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Section: Other News
Policy
Higher Education Bill Would Expand Financial Aid
A bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday aims to reform how the federal government oversees higher education. North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx introduced House Resolution 4508, which expands the Pell Grant, a federal financial aid program, to include shorter-term programs like apprenticeships. It would also cap the amount of loans students […]
December 5, 2017
Policy
Senate Tax Bill Proposes Changes in Higher Education
The U.S. Senate passed tax reform legislation along party lines early Saturday, with several significant differences from the House bill passed Nov. 16 pertaining to higher education. One amendment stipulates that individuals can deduct only up to $10,000 on state and local property taxes, which colleges and universities worry will stop donors from making sizable […]
December 5, 2017
Academics
Massachusetts Plans Commission on Digital Education
Earlier this month, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said that he plans to establish a Commission on Digital Innovation and Lifelong Learning. The intent of the commission is to sound the depths of the current state of employment and the Massachusetts workforce. Baker hopes the commission will provide insight on how to create conditions and incentives […]
December 1, 2017
Veterans
Woman Sentenced for Stealing $260,000 from Wounded Warriors
A former government contractor at San Antonio Military Medical Center was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for stealing more than $260,000 in donations meant to help wounded warriors. Opal Jewel Charles, 67, of Cibolo pleaded guilty in June to federal charges of wire fraud and structuring bank deposits to evade detection. At sentencing […]
December 1, 2017
Academics
Military Branches Compete for Talented Recruits
After graduating from high school, Vanessa Givens wanted more opportunity than she felt her South Carolina hometown offered. “Our family didn’t focus on education. We focused on getting a job,” she said. “In Beaufort, there’s not many opportunities outside of being a cashier or working at a local department store.” So in search of a […]
December 1, 2017
Other News
Bill Would Shield Pell Funds from Taxes
Washington, DC – This past week, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) announced legislation that would help protect low income students from being taxed on using their Pell Grants for non-tuition purposes. He is joined in introducing the bipartisan Pell Grant Flexibility Act (H.R. 3581) by his Republican colleagues Representatives Lee Zeldin (NY-1), Thomas MacArthur (NJ-3), and […]
December 1, 2017
Other News
Veterans Renew Efforts to Limit For-Profits Use of GI Bill
Veterans groups are redoubling their efforts to restrict how much money for-profit colleges can accept from student veterans’ tuition payouts after indications that the industry is becoming even more reliant on their education benefits to stay in business. On Thursday, a group of Democratic senators reintroduced legislation to close the “90/10 loophole” in federal funding […]
December 1, 2017
Veterans
New Allegations: Senator Groped Army Woman on U.S.O. Tour
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is facing a new allegation of inappropriately touching a woman after an Army veteran accused him of groping her during a USO Christmas tour in the Middle East more than a decade ago. Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio, told CNN in report Thursday that Franken had […]
December 1, 2017
Other News
California Sues For-Profit School over ‘False Promises’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s attorney general has sued an online, for-profit university, alleging officials made false promises to entice students and illegally tried to collect their overdue debt. The suit filed November 29 by Attorney General Xavier Becerra against San Diego-based Ashford University alleges the school and its publicly traded parent company, Bridgepoint Education Inc., […]
December 1, 2017
Policy
Report: Many Military Spouses Jobless
Spouses of U.S. service members say they continue to face numerous barriers to employment near duty stations, including Onslow County. A new survey released last week by Blue Star Families – a nonprofit organization supporting military families through resources for careers, deployment, and quality-of-life activities – revealed 55 percent of military spouses are underemployed. Those […]
November 30, 2017
Veterans
GW Military Office Director Steps Down
A top veterans affairs official at the University has resigned. Victoria Pridemore, the associate director of military and veterans student services, decided to step down earlier this month and officially left her post last week, University spokeswoman Lindsay Hamilton said Monday. Officials did not previously announce her resignation. Hamilton said there is no interim associate […]
November 30, 2017
Academics
Administrator Says Merchant Marine Academy Is Back on Track
The U.S. Maritime Administrator last week issued a statement announcing full accreditation of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The news brings (at least part of) the drama being experienced by the nation’s only federal maritime academy to an end. The school had been […]
November 30, 2017
Other News
Ashford Student Veterans Caught Up in Bureaucracy
Veterans enrolled in an online university are caught in an escalating dispute involving the school, the Department of Veterans Affairs and state regulators in what school officials say is a campaign by Obama administration holdovers in Washington and their liberal allies to undermine for-profit universities. Ashford University announced this month that it was temporarily suspending […]
November 30, 2017
Academics
Soldiers Who Extend Service Could Get Bonuses
Soldiers who have the option of leaving the Army before October could land a big pile of money if they stay in — six figures for just 12 more months, in some cases, as well as choice assignments or schools when possible. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requires the active Army to get up […]
November 30, 2017
Other News
Army Plans to Recruit 80,000 in 2018
The Army is looking at another end strength increase in 2018, and, this time, the focus will be on recruiting new soldiers, the service’s top enlisted leader said Monday. Following a 26,000-person increase in 2017, the Army has asked for another 17,000 for the total force this coming year. The plan is to focus most […]
November 30, 2017
Academics
Military Times Lists 218 “Best Colleges”
There may not be a big-eared mouse or giant castle on the campus of Tarrant County College in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, but the faculty and staff want students to feel like they’re at Disney World. For Assistant Director of Student Development Services Eddie Brassart, that means “walking the talk” and providing “aggressively” friendly customer […]
November 30, 2017
Other News
U.S. Rep Applauds Restoration of Pell Grants to ITT Tech Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017) — U.S. Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) today applauded the Trump Administration and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for retroactively restoring Pell Grant eligibility to the approximately 16,000 students nationwide who were using the grants to attend Indiana-based ITT Technical Institute when it abruptly closed last fall. Messer led the charge […]
November 28, 2017
Academics
Many Overlook Opportunity to Accelerate Careers
I recently attended a military Family Day event as an education provider and I was – and still am – a little stumped. Why were so many people overlooking an opportunity to accelerate their careers? There were more than 1,000 people in attendance, and an estimated 50 tables displaying service providers. Most of the attendees […]
November 28, 2017
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