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Section: Military

Helping Veterans

Increasingly more Americans, upon recognizing a military veteran, are likely to approach him or her and say, “Thank you for your service.” While that is commendable and can be touching, it is not enough just to thank individuals for having been willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and our precious freedoms. We must […]

October 18, 2018

St. Louis Hot Bed for Degree-Seeking Women Vets

Women make up 14 percent of the U.S. military as well as a full quarter of the veterans who are pursuing a college education upon returning home from service. In the St. Louis area alone, evidence of their significant presence isn’t hard to come by. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked […]

October 18, 2018

Veterans’ Legal Aid Program is Part of New White House Platform

Donald Trump’s presidency has turned former Obama-era White House lawyer Sarah Baker into a sort of matchmaker. We The Action, where Baker serves as executive director, is not unlike a dating website. “Except instead of two people finding love, it’s lawyers finding impactful work where they can feel like they’ve made a difference,” she said. […]

October 18, 2018

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Military Vet is Career Counselor for Soldiers

“Even at basic training all the Soldiers called me grandma and now I’m still grandma to Soldiers, but just in a different way,” said Daisy Johnson, senior career counselor at the Pfc. Milton A. Lee Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program center. Johnson earned the nickname because she joined the military at 25 years old after […]

October 18, 2018

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Filmmaker Opens R.I. Education Center for Vets

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A filmmaker who shares the stories of World War II veterans is opening an education center in Rhode Island. Tim Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, said the foundation’s Global Education Center will be dedicated Nov. 3. He wants to help students learn about the war and meet the […]

October 18, 2018

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Online Learning & Military

Exploring the expansion of the online learning model, this article examines how this expansion has influenced the military student. Looking at the online and for profit expansion and ensuing lull, the underlying reasoning for declining enrollment, increasing attrition, and non-completion rates among these schools are explored. Varying online social media outlets are used to contact […]

October 16, 2018

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Texas Tech Offers Resources for Active Military, Veteran Students

After time overseas, many veterans have trouble adapting to their lives of school and work. Although, continuing their education at Texas Tech is an endeavor they will not face alone. On campus, there are a variety of resources dedicated to assisting veterans with their college goals. The Tech Military and Veterans Programs is a department […]

October 16, 2018

V.A. Explains the Wait for GI Bill Money

The average student veteran using the Post-9/11 GI Bill this fall has had to wait more than 3 weeks for their housing benefits to come through. The Veterans Affairs Department alerted students to the higher-than-normal wait times in an email this week, noting that average processing times are currently around 23 days for continuing GI […]

October 16, 2018

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Cadet Found Guilty of Rape of Unconscious Woman

WEST CHESTER — The arc of the life of two promising college students whose paths crossed on St. Patrick’s Day two years ago is a study in tragedy, said those who were involved in the criminal trial that resulted in guilty verdicts on rape charges over a four-day period this week. A Chester County Common Pleas […]

October 16, 2018

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Minnesota Launches Initiative to Help Adult Learners Return to College

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education, or OHE, and Minnesota State are launching a new program to help adult learners re-enroll and finish their postsecondary education: MN Reconnect. Through MN Reconnect, adult learners who started but did not complete their postsecondary studies will receive personalized support to re-enroll in higher education, stay engaged in their […]

October 16, 2018

Army Expelled 500 Immigrant Recruits in a Year

Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found. The decade-old Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest recruiting program […]

October 16, 2018

N.J. Attorney General Backs Lawsuit of Defrauded Students

New Jersey has pledged support in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its attempts to limit debt relief for defrauded college students. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal joined seven other states in filing an amicus brief Wednesday in support of the lawsuit filed by former students at Corinthian Colleges. Read more

October 16, 2018

DeVos Bows to Court on For-Profits Fraud Rule

WASHINGTON — The Education Department says it will no longer try to delay an Obama-era regulation that helped students defrauded by for-profit colleges get their loans forgiven. A federal court ruled last month that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ decision to delay the regulation, known as borrower defense, was unlawful and that the rule should go […]

October 16, 2018

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Fraudulent For-Profits

Hundreds of thousands of veterans attend institutions of higher education with help from the GI Bill. These are benefits that veterans rightfully earn by virtue of service to our country. But their benefits are in danger from conniving, unaccredited for-profit colleges. Last year’s GI Bill update restored the benefits to veterans defrauded by two for-profit […]

October 12, 2018

More Retirees Study, Live on Campuses

When Barbara Lane and her husband relocated to the Berkshires from New York City, they didn’t envision a traditional retirement. “Ed and I have never seen ourselves as they kind of people who will move down to the warm weather and play bridge and tennis for the rest of our lives,” Lane said. “That was […]

October 12, 2018

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Oregon Vice Provost Heralds Online Advances

Ask Carol Gering about her greatest successes as executive director of e-learning and distance education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and she’ll rattle off a half-dozen stories about students in seconds. Among them, a woman from Jordan who wants to open a fashion business in the Middle East and is taking UAF online classes […]

October 12, 2018

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A Jail Offers Help to Reintegrate Veterans

The McLennan County Jail has started a new program for our former troops. Creating Opportunity for Veterans through Education and Reintegration, or C.O.V.E.R as it’s called, is a program that seeks to help veteran inmates move toward the right path back into society. Inmates are selected for the program through an application process which includes […]

October 12, 2018

New Checklist Aims to Help Universities Improved Digital Offerings

Online learning is picking up speed in higher education as a college experience offering more flexibility and convenience for students and teachers alike, as well as opening doors to students who may not be able to attend classes on campus. However, not every online program may be up to par with traditional higher education offerings, […]

October 12, 2018

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