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Bad News for Immigrants Recruited to Military

The federal agency in charge of processing citizenship has shuttered all of its offices at US Army basic training locations, putting up another roadblock for immigrant recruits who were promised a fast track to citizenship in return for their service. It’s the strongest indication to date that the Trump administration may be planning to shelve […]

March 8, 2018

Immigrants in the Military

BMW Starts Camp Training Program for Transitioning Marines

What does the German automaker BMW have to do with military training? Lots, it turns out. The Germany auto company is starting a training program at Camp Pendleton for Marines getting ready to transition out. Essentially, they learn how to make quick hardware and software fixes on the shop floor. The programs only produce a few dozen […]

March 8, 2018

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Female Marines First to Train for Combat

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) – Female Marines arrived Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to begin the first phase of a combat training course that, on the West Coast, was previously open only to males. It was the first time ever female students had checked in to Marine Combat Training at the School of Infantry […]

March 8, 2018

Report: 70% of Youth Ineligible, Unfit for U.S. Military

Of the 34 million youth aged 17 to 24 in the United States, only 29 percent could actually serve, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation. As the military relies on volunteers to fill ranks each year, it’s a crisis authors Thomas Spoehr and Bridget Handy say is not in the future; it’s here […]

March 8, 2018

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Civilian Arms Race

The Second Amendment is a remarkable piece of the Constitution. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” it reads. Set aside for the moment questions about its practical interpretations today and its usefulness as a […]

March 6, 2018

Civilian Arms Race

Action Needed to Address Gaps in Physician Specialties

The Department of Defense (DOD) has experienced gaps between its physician authorizations (i.e., funded positions) and end strengths (i.e., number of physicians). Its overall approach to address these gaps focuses on the individual service components relying on the scholarship program, University, and other programs to recruit and retain physicians. However, this approach does not include […]

March 6, 2018

Military Physician

Teachers Go to Boot Camp to Learn About Marines

A group of educators from the Twin Cities and surrounding states stepped off a bus at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot in San Diego and tried to keep up as a drill instructor barked orders. They stood on the infamous yellow footprints — the footprints that every Marine stands on when he or she first […]

March 6, 2018

Western Governors Growing Despite Dispute

Last September, Western Governors University was told that it may owe up to $712 million to the federal government. The fine was recommended after an auditor’s report concluded the school was offering what amount to “correspondence courses” rather than courses that meet all the specific criteria needed to qualify for financial aid eligibility under Title IV of […]

March 6, 2018

Western Governors University

Competency-Based Learning Has Precedence

The notion of competency-based learning is nothing new. It has been adopted by several online colleges, charter schools, districts and for-profit educators. As a measure of how mainstream the concept is, even some states have implemented competency-based learning standards for their high school students. In 2010, Michigan passed seat-time waiver legislation, allowing districts that would […]

March 6, 2018

Competency Based Learning

Combat to Classroom: Navigating the Transition

Since the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions in 2003, more than 500,000 service members have entered into post-secondary education. While the military offers financial support to veterans transitioning from combat to classroom, it doesn’t address one recurring issue that student vets face: Self-esteem while in the classroom. “I did feel a bit nervous competing with people […]

March 6, 2018

Military Transition

TV Ad Aims to Pressure Trump on Transgender Military Service

WASHINGTON — Activist groups are turning to television ads — including on President Donald Trump’s go-to station, Fox News — to pressure the White House into allowing transgender people to keep serving in the military. Trump has vowed to ban transgender troops from serving. He’ll be able to see the 30-second commercial as of Friday, […]

March 6, 2018

Transgender Military Members

Free Tuition Lures Tennessee Guard Members

The Tennessee STRONG (Support, Training, and Renewing Opportunity for National Guardsmen) Act, which went into effect in in the summer of 2017, reimburses 100 percent of tuition for Tennessee National Guardsmen working towards a first time associate or bachelor’s degree, and has caused quite a buzz amongst the state’s service members. Read More

March 6, 2018

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Learning Outcomes

The tried-and-true credit hour is so entrenched in higher education, it’s hard to imagine a system that doesn’t measure students’ academic progress in units of classroom time. Generally speaking, if a student reaches 120 hours, he or she will be walking across the stage to claim a bachelor’s degree. But the conversation around learning outcomes is […]

March 2, 2018

College Classroom

Soldier Helps Student Veterans

Some students enter college with three main concerns: earning a degree, staying healthy and balancing a social life. Others, such as Raul Santana of Hazleton, add serving our country to that mix. Santana, a senior communications major at Bloomsburg University, serves as a member of the U.S. Army and also is president of the BU […]

March 2, 2018

Student Veterans

Arizona State Offers Certificate to Close Military-Civilian Gaps

A first of its kind 18-credit program aimed at narrowing the military-civilian gap by educating students about American veterans is expected to launch during the upcoming fall semester here, Arizona State University officials announced this week. Enrollment started Thursday for “Veterans, Society and Service,” ASU’s first undergraduate certificate dedicated solely to the study of veterans, military […]

March 2, 2018

Arizona State University

Applicants Need More Data to Choose Colleges

It’s college application season. First-time students, returning students, full-time students, and part-time students are researching which colleges will meet their academic and career interests and best position them for success in the workforce. A quick online search is all it takes to find this information, right? Think again. Online resources like College Scorecard and College Navigator help students learn […]

March 2, 2018

Vets Council Seeks Education Center

Hoping to offer virtual reality and other methods of education that appeal to video-game-playing generations, the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives in Athens asked the city Monday to pledge $500,000 toward a $1-million cost to build an education center for students. The proposed education center is meant to inspire students to study science, technology, engineering, […]

March 2, 2018

Education Center

Harvard Triples Online Offerings

Harvard University continues to demonstrate that online learning and an ivy-league education can go hand-in-hand. As recently reported in The Harvard Crimson, since 2014, Harvard University has tripled its online course offerings and all signs point to continued growth moving forward. According to the dean of the Division of Continuing Education at Harvard University, the Extension […]

March 2, 2018

Harvard University