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Section: Other News
Academics
Trident Adds Educational Support at Fort Irwin
Trident University International (Trident) has announced the hiring of Megan Stewart as the new University Outreach Education Specialist at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in California. This arrangement is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September 2016, and applies to Fort Irwin military service members, Department of Defense civilian employees, military […]
July 27, 2018
Policy
Prosecutors Urge Court-Martial for Midshipman in Drug Case
WASHINGTON — Military prosecutors recommended a court-martial on Wednesday for a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who is accused of distributing drugs to fellow midshipmen after he acquired them on the dark web, where people search for drugs through secret web browsers and buy them using encrypted channels, code names and virtual currencies. Midshipman Zachery Williams […]
July 27, 2018
Other News
DeVos Rules Would Cut $13B in Student Loan Relief
Students who are defrauded by their schools would have a harder time getting their federal loans erased under new rules proposed by the Trump administration Wednesday. The proposal, which aims to replace a set of Obama-era rules that were never implemented, drew applause from the for-profit industry but sharp criticism from advocacy groups that represent […]
July 27, 2018
Academics
Military Education Approaching a Fork in the Road
What is the purpose of military education, and how should it be delivered? These questions are being posed with increasing urgency on both sides of the Atlantic. The incessant pace of technological change, a renewal of serious great power competition, and persistent political pressure to decrease military budgets have all contributed to a sense that […]
July 27, 2018
Other News
Students Weigh Options as Philadelphia Art Institute Closes
As a little girl, Mykaela Valentin would go into the attic of her Fox Chase home and sneak into an old chest that held her dad’s collection of comic books. She recalled falling in love with the work of the late Michael Turner — a comic book artist known for his style of drawing female characters […]
July 26, 2018
Academics
Competency-Based Education Becomes a Model
Last week, Kate Ferrel, the Executive Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs.at Nicolet College introduced Governor Scott Walker to a concept named “Nicolet My Way” during a visit to the welding lab. The effort involves a new, flexible learning model for Nicolet College students. The Dean of Trade, Industry and Apprenticeships, Jeff Labs explains […]
July 26, 2018
Veterans
Disabled Vets May Be Eligible for Student Loan Write-Off
The Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs (VA) have teamed up to notify veterans with severe disabilities that they may be eligible to have their federal student loans discharged tax-free. If you have a permanent and total disability from the VA or DOD, or are considered unemployable by the VA due to your service-connected disability, you may qualify […]
July 26, 2018
Other News
Report: Online Programs Chasing Revenue
Although they may not see it that way, officers in charge of digital learning at colleges and universities have been spilling secrets – telling us what they and their schools really value in their online and digital courses and programs. As reported in Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE2) by Quality Matters and Eduventures/Encoura, when […]
July 26, 2018
Academics
Income Sharing: Study Now, Pay Later
MONTPELIER, Vt. — As more students balk at the debt loads they face after graduation, some colleges are offering an alternative: We’ll pay your tuition if you offer us a percentage of your future salary. Norwich University announced this week that it will become the latest school to offer this type of contract, known as […]
July 26, 2018
Academics
Summer College Enrollment Up with Pell Grants
Federal financial aid changes are producing significant enrollment increases in summer classes at many California colleges and raising hopes that students will be graduating faster as a result. Cal State Los Angeles, for example, has experienced nearly a doubling of its summer school population to about 5,900. Officials attribute most of that growth to the […]
July 26, 2018
Academics
Third-Generation Legacy Graduates War College
CARLISLE, Pa. – Col. William Mellard “Bill” Connor V of Orangeburg will make legacy history at the U.S. Army War College later this week when he becomes a third-generation graduate of the storied institution and a distinguished honor graduate. Connor’s family is not the first legacy family, but one of very few in the college’s […]
July 26, 2018
Veterans
Authorities Targeting Sham Veteran Charities
Federal and state authorities have put sham veteran charities on notice. “I’m here to warn scam artists: Watch out. We’re investigating complaints. We will track you down, and in partnerships with our [state] attorneys general, we will shut you down,” said John Wobensmith, Maryland Secretary of State, during a news conference announcing the initiative that […]
July 24, 2018
Other News
Dream Center Exec Spreads Blame for Closings
The large number of California students who attended for-profit colleges at the time of their closure suggests many more may be eligible for student loan debt relief than have applied under the federal government’s current policy, an EdSource analysis shows. The process for student borrowers to cancel their federal education loan debts was created amid a […]
July 24, 2018
Other News
Thousands Claim Art Institute Defrauded Them, Await Help
Shaun Joyce used to sit at his desk at The Art Institute of Charlotte in North Carolina, on edge. That’s because a staff member could burst into his classroom at any moment and lead him on the “walk of death.” That was when students would be summoned to the for-profit school’s financial aid office and […]
July 24, 2018
Veterans
Forever GI Bill to Launch in August
The benefits under the new “Forever GI Bill” will be ready to go into effect Aug. 1, with the exception of a few IT glitches on housing allowances, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said Wednesday. “We hit the ground running and we haven’t slowed down” on implementing the bill, but the technology was not quite […]
July 24, 2018
Policy
Immigrant Target for Army Discharge Sues for Citizenship
LOS ANGELES — A U.S. Army specialist born in South Korea has sued to demand a response to her American citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her. Yea Ji Sea, a 29-year-old from Gardena, California, who has served four years and is assigned to the duty station at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filed […]
July 24, 2018
Academics
‘Hacking for Defense’ Course Puts Students to Work on Military Issues
Before blossoming into a Silicon Valley startup guru, Steve Blank spent four years as an electronics technician in the Air Force, including a stint working on fighter jets in Thailand at the tail end of the Vietnam War. In the decades since, Blank has founded or worked with eight startup companies in Silicon Valley, including […]
July 24, 2018
Veterans
Senate Confirms Wilkie for V.A. Secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday confirmed Robert Wilkie to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wilkie, previously an undersecretary at the Pentagon, is the fourth VA secretary in five years and has a lot of work ahead of him to modernize the agency and deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promises […]
July 24, 2018
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