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Military Education Approaching a Fork in the Road

What is the purpose of military education, and how should it be delivered? These questions are being posed with increasing urgency on both sides of the Atlantic. The incessant pace of technological change, a renewal of serious great power competition, and persistent political pressure to decrease military budgets have all contributed to a sense that […]

July 27, 2018

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Education and Innovation

In early 2017, a Russian drone dropped a thermite grenade on an Eastern Ukrainian military base and caused a chain of explosions that destroyed a billion dollars’ worth of ammunition and infrastructure. In southern Afghanistan today, the Taliban have seemingly developed a home-grown version of “clear, hold, build” to kill security forces, block supplies, and […]

July 26, 2018

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Students Weigh Options as Philadelphia Art Institute Closes

As a little girl, Mykaela Valentin would go into the attic of her Fox Chase home and sneak into an old chest that held her dad’s collection of comic books. She recalled falling in love with the work of the late Michael Turner — a comic book artist known for his style of drawing female characters […]

July 26, 2018

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Competency-Based Education Becomes a Model

Last week, Kate Ferrel, the Executive Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs.at Nicolet College introduced Governor Scott Walker to a concept named “Nicolet My Way” during a visit to the welding lab. The effort involves a new, flexible learning model for Nicolet College students. The Dean of Trade, Industry and Apprenticeships, Jeff Labs explains […]

July 26, 2018

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Disabled Vets May Be Eligible for Student Loan Write-Off

The Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs (VA) have teamed up to notify veterans with severe disabilities that they may be eligible to have their federal student loans discharged tax-free. If you have a permanent and total disability from the VA or DOD, or are considered unemployable by the VA due to your service-connected disability, you may qualify […]

July 26, 2018

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Report: Online Programs Chasing Revenue

Although they may not see it that way, officers in charge of digital learning at colleges and universities have been spilling secrets – telling us what they and their schools really value in their online and digital courses and programs. As reported in Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE2) by Quality Matters and Eduventures/Encoura, when […]

July 26, 2018

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Income Sharing: Study Now, Pay Later

MONTPELIER, Vt. — As more students balk at the debt loads they face after graduation, some colleges are offering an alternative: We’ll pay your tuition if you offer us a percentage of your future salary. Norwich University announced this week that it will become the latest school to offer this type of contract, known as […]

July 26, 2018

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Summer College Enrollment Up with Pell Grants

Federal financial aid changes are producing significant enrollment increases in summer classes at many California colleges and raising hopes that students will be graduating faster as a result. Cal State Los Angeles, for example, has experienced nearly a doubling of its summer school population to about 5,900. Officials attribute most of that growth to the […]

July 26, 2018

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Third-Generation Legacy Graduates War College

CARLISLE, Pa. – Col. William Mellard “Bill” Connor V of Orangeburg will make legacy history at the U.S. Army War College later this week when he becomes a third-generation graduate of the storied institution and a distinguished honor graduate. Connor’s family is not the first legacy family, but one of very few in the college’s […]

July 26, 2018

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“Ladies and….”

Two short words can change the Marine Corps: “Ladies and . . . .” As a brand new lieutenant to the fleet, I was shocked standing in formation when my commanding officer began by addressing the unit as “gentlemen.” I was not the only woman in my unit and there have been women serving in […]

July 24, 2018

Authorities Targeting Sham Veteran Charities

Federal and state authorities have put sham veteran charities on notice. “I’m here to warn scam artists: Watch out. We’re investigating complaints. We will track you down, and in partnerships with our [state] attorneys general, we will shut you down,” said John Wobensmith, Maryland Secretary of State, during a news conference announcing the initiative that […]

July 24, 2018

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Dream Center Exec Spreads Blame for Closings

The large number of California students who attended for-profit colleges at the time of their closure suggests many more may be eligible for student loan debt relief than have applied under the federal government’s current policy, an EdSource analysis shows. The process for student borrowers to cancel their federal education loan debts was created amid a […]

July 24, 2018

Thousands Claim Art Institute Defrauded Them, Await Help

Shaun Joyce used to sit at his desk at The Art Institute of Charlotte in North Carolina, on edge. That’s because a staff member could burst into his classroom at any moment and lead him on the “walk of death.” That was when students would be summoned to the for-profit school’s financial aid office and […]

July 24, 2018

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Forever GI Bill to Launch in August

The benefits under the new “Forever GI Bill” will be ready to go into effect Aug. 1, with the exception of a few IT glitches on housing allowances, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said Wednesday. “We hit the ground running and we haven’t slowed down” on implementing the bill, but the technology was not quite […]

July 24, 2018

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Immigrant Target for Army Discharge Sues for Citizenship

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. Army specialist born in South Korea has sued to demand a response to her American citizenship application after the military moved to discharge her. Yea Ji Sea, a 29-year-old from Gardena, California, who has served four years and is assigned to the duty station at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filed […]

July 24, 2018

‘Hacking for Defense’ Course Puts Students to Work on Military Issues

Before blossoming into a Silicon Valley startup guru, Steve Blank spent four years as an electronics technician in the Air Force, including a stint working on fighter jets in Thailand at the tail end of the Vietnam War. In the decades since, Blank has founded or worked with eight startup companies in Silicon Valley, including […]

July 24, 2018

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Senate Confirms Wilkie for V.A. Secretary

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday confirmed Robert Wilkie to be the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Wilkie, previously an undersecretary at the Pentagon, is the fourth VA secretary in five years and has a lot of work ahead of him to modernize the agency and deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promises […]

July 24, 2018

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San Antonio One-Stop Center Eases Transition

After serving four years in the Navy, Bryan Hernandez was ready to start the next chapter of his life. He had been a damage controlman on the USS Nimitz, working as a first responder aboard one of the largest aircraft carriers in the world. He had seen the world, traveling to India, Bahrain, and Japan […]

July 20, 2018

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