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Section: Military
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Digital Ivy: Harvard’s Next Online Program
Yes, this is a program that’s all about the numbers. A triad of Harvard institutions—its business School, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the department of statistics—are teaming up with Maryland-based digital education company, 2U, to offer an online executive education certificate in business analytics. It’s a sweet […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Tiny Homes, Big Plans for Helping Vets
A new partnership is poised to yield a tiny homes village for homeless veterans in Quincy, along with other tiny home projects and programs to aid veterans and homeowners throughout Northeast Missouri. Richard Elsenpeter, President and Founder of the Tri-State Veterans Community Project, met with NECAC Deputy Director of Housing Development Carla Potts on Wednesday, […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Tuition Costs Just Might Be Coming Down
It’s a fall tradition: Students don college sweatshirts and their parents, meanwhile, sweat the tuition bills. One flash-in-the-pan movie this summer even featured a couple, played by Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, who start a casino to cope with their kids’ college costs. Annual tuition hikes have been pretty much a given in higher ed, […]
August 10, 2017
Other News
Why Men Are the New Minority in Colleges
Jessica Smith raised an arm and pointed across the lobby of the university student center like an ornithologist who had just spied a rare breed in the underbrush. “There’s one,” she said. It was, in fact, an unusual bird that Smith had spotted, especially on this campus: masculum collegium discipulus. A male college student. Women […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Institute Welcomes 6th Commandant
The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation bid farewell to U.S. Army Col. Keith W. Anthony and welcomed Col. Robert F. Alvaro, also from the U.S Army, as commandant on July 19th. U.S. Army Brigadier General Eugene (Gene) J. LeBoeuf, the deputy commanding general and executive vice provost for Academic Affairs for Army University, Combined […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Virginia Creates Legal Guide for Service Members, Veterans
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general has created a new resource guide with information on things like taxes and education for military service members and veterans. The Virginia Military and Veteran Legal Resource Guide created by Attorney General Mark Herring’s office is aimed at helping military families and veterans learn about the rights, resources […]
August 10, 2017
Academics
Warrior Scholar Project Smooths Transition to Academe
On Sunday afternoon, 19 student veterans checked in to Rudder Auditorium for a week that will help give them the tools to succeed as students through the Warrior Scholar Project. The program is hosted at 15 campuses around the nation, but is new to A&M this year. It began on Aug. 6 and will run […]
August 10, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
New GI Bill— We Can All Be Proud
Members of Congress might not see eye to eye on many issues, but at least they can agree on expansion of the GI Bill that boosts education aid to veterans and their dependents, Purple Heart recipients, and members of the National Guard and Reserves. The bipartisan legislation, dubbed the “Forever GI Bill,” passed the House […]
August 8, 2017
Other News
Southern N.H. Expands Military Discounts
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Members of the National Guard and Reserves can now get the same discount as active duty military at Southern New Hampshire University. The university offers a 30 percent discount for undergraduate degrees and a 25 percent discount for graduate degrees to active-duty military and their spouses. The discounts are now available to […]
August 8, 2017
Academics
New Degree Pathway Offered from Maine
Officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle have announced a new degree pathway for adult learners that gives them the ability to earn their college degree in just a few years for under $10,000: a Competency Based Education Bachelor of Business Administration (CBE BBA) degree, to be offered online beginning in Fall 2017. […]
August 8, 2017
Other News
WGU Indiana Offers $50K for Adult ‘Smart Choice’
INDIANAPOLIS — As Hoosier parents prepare to send their children back to school, WGU Indiana is helping adults make the “smart choice” to return to school themselves. The online, nonprofit university announced that 25 Smart Choice Scholarships, each valued at up to $2,000, are immediately available to new undergraduate and graduate students. Each Smart Choice […]
August 8, 2017
Policy
Colleges Plan for Assault on Affirmative Action
The flurry of public denouncements came quick. Some were bold and defiant. Just as the announcement that the Trump administration was implementing an immigration ban drew the ire of administrators at colleges and universities across the nation, so too, did a media report that the Department of Justice was looking to go after universities that […]
August 8, 2017
Academics
New Job Center at Joint Base Eases Transitions
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place July 7 for Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s new American Job Center inside Hawk Transition Center on Lewis North, bringing together officials from JBLM, Washington state and various local business leaders in what is considered a groundbreaking effort for helping transitioning military service members. The goal of the new on-base American Job […]
August 8, 2017
Academics
New Degree Program Offered at Fort Knox
Fort Knox Garrison Commander Col. Patrick Kaune views the new Engineering and Electrical Technology program at Fort Knox as a win. “(It’s) a program of great importance,” Kaune said Friday. “It will provide for more educational and employment opportunities for service members, veterans and families.” The program is through Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Kaune […]
August 8, 2017
Academics
Brothers Honor Grandparents With Military Scholarship
Two brothers who want to honor their late grandparents have established a $5,000 annual scholarship at the University of Miami College of Engineering. The money will be awarded to engineering students who are active-duty military, military veterans, former military personnel or members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. The CDR. and Mrs. Donald C. Pette […]
August 8, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Cheating Poor Students
Six months ago, the colleges we lead joined 28 other universities and colleges with high graduation rates to launch the American Talent Initiative, an ambitious commitment, now involving 71 institutions, to enroll an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students by 2025. Now, however, the Trump Administration and some Congressional leaders are poised to make reaching […]
August 4, 2017
Policy
Pentagon Misses Deadline on Reviewing Bonuses
Despite a last-minute push, the Pentagon has failed to fully meet a deadline set by Congress to review and mostly reverse efforts to recover enlistment bonuses for up to 17,500 California National Guard soldiers and veterans, including some who were wounded in battle. Pentagon officials refused Tuesday to provide a breakdown of how many California […]
August 4, 2017
Veterans
Virginia Initiates Effort to Smooth Transition After Service
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and co-chair of the Senate Military Families Caucus, and the Virginia Department of Veterans Services yesterday announced an effort to reach out to transitioning servicemembers to thank them for their service and help inform them of the resources available to them as […]
August 4, 2017
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