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“Battlefields to Ballfields” Puts Vets in Officiating Jobs

During a lengthy drive from his Sacramento home to Oregon for a golf and fishing vacation, Mike Pereira had plenty of time to think about addressing two issues especially important to him. How could the former director of NFL officiating combine enhancing his lifelong profession while helping military veterans transition into new careers. He came […]

March 3, 2017

Montana Veteran Finds Purpose and Support at College

After twelve years of honorable service in the Army and five deployments overseas, Blake Thompson found himself in a challenging position. “I decided I needed a new career to support my family and wanted to use my G.I. benefits to learn new skills. Since Kalispell, Montana is my home, I wanted to see what Flathead […]

March 3, 2017

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Florida Program Gets Veterans into Nursing

A program at Florida International University’s Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences is helping recent veterans, current reservists, and national guard members integrate into education and prepare for a future as a nursing professional. The Veterans Bachelor of Science in Nursing (VBSN) program is open to service members who trained and served in […]

March 3, 2017

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New Military-Friendly Rankings Released

SR Education Group, a leading education research publisher founded in 2004, just published the results of their research and analysis of military-friendly online colleges. The organization evaluated accredited colleges offering online degrees on the basis of key factors of military-friendly education in an online environment in order to develop a list of the 2017 Top […]

March 3, 2017

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N.Y. Lawmakers Want Revisions to Free-Tuition Plan

More than 30 members of the state Assembly have signed a budget letter to their Speaker, Carl Heastie, outlining an alternative version of the free college tuition proposal being championed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that they want Heastie to adopt for the chamber. The Assembly members, all Democrats, aim to make Cuomo’s plan more inclusive […]

March 3, 2017

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Illinois School Adds Veterans Honor Society

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is adding SALUTE, the only national honor society dedicated to recognizing and honoring military and veteran students for their service and outstanding academic performance: Service – Academics – Leadership – Unity – Tribute – Excellence. The program is made possible by a grant from the American Council on Education/Walmart […]

March 2, 2017

Texas Bill Would Benefit Veterans

A Texas lawmaker authored a bill to prevent penalties against student veterans and their families whose benefits aren’t in sync with education deadlines. Rep. John Raney, R-College Station, authored House bill 846 to prevent higher education institutions from dropping veteran students and their families from classes or charging extra fees if their state or federal […]

March 2, 2017

Lawmakers Offer Act to Expand Military Education

(U.S. Senate) – U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Ranking Member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, and Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today are introducing legislation to ensure that America’s veterans have access to educational opportunities. The Senators’ Educational Development (ED) for Troops and Veterans Act will […]

March 2, 2017

College Staff Take Course in Military Competency

February 28, 2017 —With about 20 percent of its students connected to the military, Texas A & M University, San Antonio, recently took an extraordinary step: It became the first college in the United States to require all faculty and staff to take “military competency” training. As part of its mission to be “military embracing,” […]

March 2, 2017

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Stanford Expands Veterans’ Programs

After serving six years in the U.S. Army, including five deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Cole Moses knew that the transition to academic life – as an MBA student at Stanford Graduate School of Business – would be tough. Still, even before he arrived on campus Moses knew he could rely on two organizations for […]

March 2, 2017

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Scholar Rates For-Profit Schools as “Lower Ed”

Tressie McMillan Cottom studies for-profit colleges as a sociologist at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has analyzed large data sets, scrutinized financial filings, interviewed students and staff. But she has also helped enroll students at two different for-profits herself. They’re not named, but known only as “Beauty College” and “Technical College” in her new book, Lower […]

March 2, 2017

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Norfolk Grad Promoted to Brigadier General

Norfolk State University alumnus, Col. Fletcher V. Washington, Class of ’92, will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony today in Springfield, Virginia. A native of Fredericksburg, Washington served four years enlisted in the Army National Guard as a 12B combat engineer, before graduating cum laude from Norfolk State with a […]

March 2, 2017

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SUNY Chancellor Praises Free-Tuition Plan

Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of The State University of New York, today published a message to the New York State community on college affordability, addressing concerns raised about Governor Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship Program. Chancellor Zimpher’s message is as follows: “As SUNY chancellor for the last eight years, I have seen many landmark education policies come […]

February 28, 2017

Virginia Expands Cybersecurity Training for Veterans

Roughly three months after it began, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s Cyber Vets Virginia initiative to retrain veterans to work in the tech sector is expanding with the addition of two academies this spring, said state officials who hope the program will grow even further. Announced on Veterans Day 2016, the Virginia governor’s plan focuses on filling […]

February 28, 2017

Gift Will Enhance Veterans’ Services at the Citadel

The Citadel announced a substantial gift from celebrated Charleston entrepreneur and philanthropist Tommy Baker and his wife, Victoria. In recognition of their generosity, the college will name its business program the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business at The Citadel. It is the largest cash gift ever made to the college’s business program, and […]

February 28, 2017

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How Long Will Bump in For-Profit Stocks Last?

The oft-scrutinized for-profit education industry may see less scrutiny in coming years and investors are taking notice. For-profit college stocks are seeing an especially strong lift from the rising Trump tide that’s boosted the broader market, with sector leaders DeVry, Grand Canyon Education and Strayer all outperforming the S&P 500 by more than 15% since […]

February 28, 2017

Program Trains Veterans for Future in Farming

A growing number of veterans are looking to agriculture for their next career and entrepreneurial opportunity. It’s what brought dozens of veterans and active duty military recently to the parking lot of the Hillsborough County Agricultural Extension Service in Seffner. Shortly after sunrise, they boarded a bus for the Military Farm Tour sponsored by the […]

February 28, 2017

4 Facts About Student Veterans

The popular myth that student veterans don’t perform well doesn’t stand up to the facts. We took Fallujah. We know more than a decade of war. Why then do so many articles bemoan the challenges veterans face attending college? Veterans are completing tougher degrees with higher grades at better colleges than many might guess. Sure, […]

February 28, 2017