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US Naval War College Gets New President

By Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — The U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island is welcoming a new president. Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley became the college’s 56th president during a ceremony July 25 at the Newport campus. He succeeds Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III. Harley previously served as assistant deputy chief of naval […]

July 29, 2016

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CHEA Workshop: More Transparency Needed in Accreditation Process

Washington — Accreditors need to make their actions more transparent and better define their roles and responsibilities as assurers of quality in order to gain the public trust. That was one of the major takeaways from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2016 Summer Workshop held here recently. While the goals of transparency and clarity […]

July 29, 2016

Ohio Waives Vets’ Teaching License Fees

COLUMBUS, Ohio —The Ohio Department of Education has eliminated fees for teaching licenses for military veterans and for active-duty service members and their spouses. The department says in an announcement the change is to recognize the contributions of military families. Eligible veterans must have honorable discharges. Current service members from all branches of the U.S. […]

July 21, 2016

Therapy Dog Aids Vet, Spreads Cheer

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — The minute Laura Diachenko hands Jack’s leash to Roger Wieland, they are off on their daily adventure at Cape Coral’s Gulf Coast Village. “Hi, Jack,” an employee says as the two amble down the hall. Jack — a miniature Australian shepherd — stops, gets a tap on the head and then […]

July 21, 2016

Water-Quality Intern Doubles as National Guardsman

It’s not quite a summer vacation for Guisel Marmolejo, as she is spending her summer days in a lab or searching area streams for water samples. Marmolejo, 24, is one of 31 college students to be accepted as interns at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. More than 150 students from 96 schools […]

July 21, 2016

2 Schools Get Grants for Veterans’ Education

CINCINNATI — Union Institute and University in Cincinnati has been awarded a $150,000 grant from an anonymous foundation that aims to help veterans earn their college degrees. The grant will continue to fund living allowance stipends for honorably discharged, Pell Grant-eligible veterans working toward their bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees at the school. Geri Maples, […]

July 21, 2016

Police Shootings Pain Military Veterans

SAN DIEGO — Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve among veterans who traditionally share a close bond with law enforcement. Veterans and active-duty troops started posting messages on social media almost immediately after the news broke that a masked ex-Marine had ambushed law enforcement along […]

July 21, 2016

Southern Miss Gets $3M Grant from DOD

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The University of Southern Mississippi has won a $3 million federal grant to develop three pilot programs to aid regions whose economic health is dependent on defense initiatives. The university said it was selected due to its expertise in economic development and the state’s dependence on Department of Defense spending. DOD spends […]

July 21, 2016

Murder-Suicide a Year Later: Understanding PTSD

YORK, Pa. — Sometimes, Emily Brown’s mind flashes back to July 2, 2015. When she hears firecrackers. Sees wood decks. Smells the aromas of a summer night. Brown was a customer at Flapjack’s Restaurant and Pub off U.S. Route 15 in Carroll Township that night, along with about 50 to 60 other people. It was […]

July 20, 2016

Rescued Horses Will Help Veterans with PTSD

NIANTIC, Conn. After losing sight in his right eye from a 2013 rocket attack in Afghanistan, retired U.S. Army Maj. Dan Thomas recovered with help from an equine therapy program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Hoping to help other veterans, he and his wife traveled from their home in Alabama to Connecticut recently […]

July 20, 2016

Morgan, Other Colleges Luring Dropouts to Return

BALTIMORE — Every weekday for a few years, Malik Mosley switched from a full-time worker to a full-time student at 8 a.m., when he finished his overnight shift at an Aberdeen warehouse and drove to class at Morgan State University. He managed that workload until a family member suffered an illness in 2013. Juggling school […]

July 20, 2016

Disgrace, End of Army Career Haunted Gunman

DALLAS — He was disarmed in the middle of a war zone and placed under 24-hour escort. The most humiliating part was that everyone in Micah Johnson’s unit in Afghanistan knew why: He was accused of stealing a female soldier’s panties. Johnson’s aspirations to a military career were over. Now he faced removal from the […]

July 20, 2016

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July 19, 2016

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Former Tuskegee Airman, Educator Roscoe Brown Remembered as ‘Real Pioneer’

Roscoe C. Brown also will be remembered for the forays he made on behalf of diversity in the realm of academe and access to higher education.

July 5, 2016

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38% Female: Coast Guard Academy Sets Record

Forty years after military service academies opened their doors to women, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy marked the milestone at a ceremony June 27 as it welcomed a class with a record 38 percent of female cadets. The enrollment rate for women has not been matched at the Naval Academy, the Military Academy at West […]

June 30, 2016

Indiana Veterans Bond to Help Others Readjust

As a calvary scout, Dustin Everhart was the “eyes and ears” of the U.S. Army, keeping his comrades up to date on battlefield conditions.

June 30, 2016

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The Citadel Won’t Allow Incoming Cadet to Wear Hijab

As The Citadel drew a line in the sand Tuesday in the name of “uniformity,” the U.S. Military Academy stood down and headed off a potentially controversial situation of its own.

May 10, 2016

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APAHE Focuses on Pacific Islander Higher Ed Experience

This year, for example, the conference offerings included multiple panel discussions spotlighting the issues and interests of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

April 11, 2016

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