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Section: Military
Veterans
Most of Transfers Princeton’s Taking Are from Military
Princeton University has offered admission to 13 transfer students for entry in fall 2018, the first transfer admissions since the University reinstated its transfer program. The renewed program is aimed at especially encouraging applicants from low-income, military or community college backgrounds. The University received 1,429 applications for the transfer program, which looked to enroll a small […]
May 10, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Pitching Service
As many of you know I served in the armed forces for nearly a decade of my life. As a veteran, I often find myself “pitching” military service to friends, family and new people I meet throughout the course of random discussion. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
Class Prepares Students to Work With Military Families
We are often quick to thank military personnel for their service, but do we really offer the necessary support for them and their families? What unique challenges do they face and how can we prepare students to serve those issues? How can Arizona State University as a whole better support the military community? These questions […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
Breaking Ground in Her Family: Accepted at 4 Academies
When she was in middle school, Brooke Bailey wanted to be like the cool girls. She would go to Virginia Tech and join a sorority, she would tell her parents. “Are you sure you don’t want to look at the Naval Academy?” her father, U.S. Navy Capt. William J. Bailey Jr., would ask her. Read […]
May 8, 2018
Veterans
62-Year-Old Retired Marine Graduates from Radford
RADFORD — Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va, spoke from the podium on Moffett Lawn to nearly 1,900 Radford University graduates and their family and friends at the school’s commencement ceremony Saturday. “The youngest graduate is 19 and the oldest graduate receiving a degree today is 62 years old,” Kaine said. “A round of applause for that […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
Massachusetts Senate Approves “Brave Act” Benefits for Active Military, Veterans
(Boston, Mass.) – The Massachusetts State Senate on Thursday unanimously passed “The Brave Act” – new legislation that will expand benefits and increase access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military and their families, Senator Mike Rush (D-West Roxbury) announced. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
El Paso Campus Increases Resources for Military Students
The University of Texas at El Paso says its counseling program is in high demand due to an increase in military students. Priscilla Tremenheere is the assistant director for the Military Student Success Center. She says the number of UTEP military students doubled from around 1,500 in 2015 to around 3,000 in 2018. Read More
May 8, 2018
Academics
Colorado Acts to Award Credits for Military Training
DENVER – The Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) took action on Friday, May 4, to significantly expand the commission policy on prior learning assessment, which allows students to earn college credit for expertise outside the classroom. With the changes, military and veteran students can now be awarded credit for military courses, occupations and assessments […]
May 8, 2018
Academics
College Gives Posthumous Degree to Black Vet Denied Admission
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The University of Southern Mississippi will award a posthumous honorary degree to a black U.S. Army veteran who was rejected when he tried to integrate the school decades ago. Clyde Kennard applied several times between 1955 and 1959 to what was then called Mississippi Southern College. His applications were blocked by state, […]
May 8, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Families First
Recently, a coalition of military associations came out against legislation supported by the Trump administration, that would give greater school-choice options to military service members and their children. Their letter to lawmakers, sadly, puts the concerns of school district bureaucracies above the clear needs and preferences of military families. Read More
May 4, 2018
Academics
3 Lessons Military Students Teach
When people think of college students, they generally think of recent high school graduates whose move from home to a freshman dorm or apartment is a quick and easy transition. However, not all college students fall into this category. College students range in both their ages and backgrounds: some come from out of state, some […]
May 4, 2018
Academics
Pacific Fleet Association Awards Scholarships
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) – The Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 22 awardees from Hawaii-area submariners and their families during an award ceremony hosted by the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, April 28. Read More
May 4, 2018
Veterans
96-Year-Old Pilot Will Get a Degree Earned 7 Decades Ago
World War II veteran Bob Barger hasn’t been in a classroom in 68 years, but he is going to graduate this week from the University of Toledo in Ohio at the age of 96, CTV News reported. After serving in the Navy as a pilot during WWII, Barger worked and went to college. He eventually […]
May 4, 2018
Academics
Study Gives High Marks to Online Study
Many educators and administrators find value in eLearning, online learning, and digital education in general—but is it a good investment? A team of researchers from the Arizona State University (ASU) Action Lab at EdPlus and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) sought to answer that question with a recent study. Their conclusions were, by and large, […]
May 4, 2018
Academics
82nd Airborne Hosts I.T. Industry to Help Transition
The 82nd Airborne Division wants to keep as many of its paratroopers as possible. But when it’s time for a soldier to hang up his beret, the division also wants the soldier to find success in the civilian world. “At some point, we all leave,” said Maj. Gen. Erik Kurilla, commanding general of the 82nd […]
May 4, 2018
Academics
Why Competency-Based Education Stalled
The phrase “competency-based education” is quite a mouthful, but it was all the rage a few years ago among college leaders looking to expand access to their programs. The idea can sound radical, since it often involves doing away with course structures as we know them, to focus on having students prove they can master […]
May 4, 2018
Policy
Veterans Sue to Block Appointment of Acting Secretary
Washington, D.C. — On behalf of veterans in Arizona and Washington, D.C., and in conjunction with the veterans group, VoteVets, Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit today challenging President Trump’s unlawful appointment of Robert Wilkie as Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs. By bypassing Deputy Secretary Thomas Bowman, who White House officials described as an obstructionist to […]
May 4, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Hope for Spouses
I often hear military spouses express a sense of hopelessness when it comes to reaching personal educational and career goals due to the transient military lifestyle. The obstacles to those goals seem overwhelming or even insurmountable. My husband and I got married while I was in college. I had to decide whether to stay at […]
May 3, 2018
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