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Grading Army College

I have spent the past year being graded, evaluated, and assessed as a student at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). After graduating and reflecting over the past year, I will now grade, evaluate, and assess CGSC. You will find that I am extremely candid and pride myself in speaking my mind. […]

June 21, 2018

Failing Mission

This past week, nearly a dozen national veterans and military service organizations assembled on Capitol Hill in a united front to voice their concerns about the House of Representatives’ Higher Education Act reauthorization, known as the PROSPER Act. The PROSPER Act — which could head to the House floor on June 18 — would roll […]

June 19, 2018

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4 Questions

Even though for-profit colleges get a bad rap for being predatory and leaving students saddled with debt but no degree, a significant number of private nonprofit and public colleges have the same issues. For example, a recent analysis examined 781 colleges where most students borrow and few can repay their loans. While the analysis found […]

June 15, 2018

Lifetime Learning

In a world of rapid technological and economic transition, it is now imperative that people engage in lifelong learning. The traditional model, in which people focus their learning on the years before age 25, then get a job and devote little attention to education thereafter, is rapidly becoming obsolete. In the contemporary world, people can […]

June 14, 2018

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Social Engineering

AFTER RESCINDING A White House invitation to the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles last week amid a nasty spat over protest and patriotism, President Trump decided to honor “the great men and women of our military” instead. Standing on the South Lawn, hand over heart, he sang along as the United States Marine Band and […]

June 12, 2018

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Empowering Transition

Veterans are the unacknowledged permanent ambassadors of national service. How we publicly portray veterans directly relates to how society conceptualizes military service, including what happens to an individual during that service. In an all-volunteer force, reputation is key to the attractiveness of joining a profession that can end in death or permanent disability. Read More

June 8, 2018

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Predatory Colleges

From Memorial Day in late May to the anniversary of D-Day, it’s normally a good time to be a veteran. They get well-earned recognition at sports stadiums and in local parades. There are a series of war movie marathons on TV channels. We wish we could do more for our armed forces personnel, and those […]

June 7, 2018

Continuing Education

North Carolina is home to more than 120,000 active duty military personnel and their families as well as more than 720,000 military veterans. Our men and women in uniform deserve our support not just throughout their time of service, but also afterward as they transition out of military life and move toward new employment and […]

June 5, 2018

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DeVos Dystopia

With Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos having turned over her Department’s policies to lobbyists for the very predatory colleges that have ripped off students and taxpayers for billions of dollars, many of the bad actors in the for-profit college industry have accelerated a wave of conversions to non-profit status, aimed at freeing them from the […]

June 1, 2018

Avoiding Burnout

There are lots of benefits for establishing a career in the military for both the service and for servicemembers. From the service’s perspective, a lot of time and money is spent to screen candidates and provide them with proper training. In addition, servicemember longevity means that the valuable experience and technical expertise that servicemembers accumulate […]

May 31, 2018

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Privatizing V.A.

THE PUBLIC reasons given for firing Dr. David Shulkin as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the withdrawal of Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to replace him were misleading. Shulkin was not forced to resign because he took one unauthorized trip. Compared with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, he was a paragon of virtue. […]

May 29, 2018

What DeVos Didn’t Say

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testified before the House Committee on Education and Workforce on Tuesday. Representative Bobby Scott, the Democratic ranking member on the committee, asked DeVos about his concerns with the PROSPER Act, House Republicans’ bill to reform the federal role in higher education. DeVos’ answer could have been better. Read More

May 24, 2018

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Broadening Experience

In the early 1920s, Major Dwight Eisenhower benefitted from a world-class, personalized leader development program. While serving as a Brigade Executive Officer in the Panama Canal Zone under the command of General Fox Conner, Major Dwight Eisenhower, found a mentor that would influence him through the rest of his career as a Soldier and politician. […]

May 22, 2018

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V.A. Swamp

So much for draining the swamp and removing the status quo of cronyism and beltway favors inside the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The newest promotion of Margarita Devlin into the #2 slot at VBA (principal deputy under secretary for benefits) may undermine new Under Secretary Paul Lawrence reforms. According to an announcement this week, Margarita […]

May 18, 2018

A Time for Gratitude

Each year, Texas A&M University-San Antonio holds a special Patriot Cord Ceremony for our graduating students who are serving in the military or are veterans. At this year’s ceremony today, May 16, one of the brave men and women we will honor is Cadet Command Sgt. Maj. Jose Michel. Michel, 34, is a first-generation college […]

May 17, 2018

Fit Kids, National Security

One of Tom Cronan’s dreams was to make sure that every child had the opportunity to reach his or her potential. The two of us are so proud to see Tennessee taking a big step toward making that dream come true by passing the Tom Cronan Physical Education Act. Read More

May 15, 2018

A Different Country

Serving in the armed forces has its share of burdens, from frequent moves to extended time away. The military does, however, does give you a different perspective on America and what being American means. I recently enjoyed four weeks off following a six-month deployment to Afghanistan (my fourth)—time off being relative, of course. I was only home […]

May 11, 2018

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Military Spouse Day

Each May we memorialize the men and women who sacrifice their lives defending our freedom. Often forgotten are military spouses who maintain households and raise children. On May 23, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the first proclamation declaring Military Spouse Day. Now celebrated the Friday before Mother’s Day, National Spouse Day recognizes the husbands and […]

May 10, 2018

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