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Norfolk Grad Promoted to Brigadier General

Norfolk State University alumnus, Col. Fletcher V. Washington, Class of ’92, will be promoted to the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony today in Springfield, Virginia. A native of Fredericksburg, Washington served four years enlisted in the Army National Guard as a 12B combat engineer, before graduating cum laude from Norfolk State with a […]

March 2, 2017

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Outreach to Veterans’ Families

According to recent statistics, more than 23,000 veterans and military personnel live and reside on Cape Cod, 1,500 of whom served recently in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. They are a vital part of our community, with a variety of needs. We highly value their service to our country. But is there more we can do to […]

February 28, 2017

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SUNY Chancellor Praises Free-Tuition Plan

Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of The State University of New York, today published a message to the New York State community on college affordability, addressing concerns raised about Governor Cuomo’s Excelsior Scholarship Program. Chancellor Zimpher’s message is as follows: “As SUNY chancellor for the last eight years, I have seen many landmark education policies come […]

February 28, 2017

Virginia Expands Cybersecurity Training for Veterans

Roughly three months after it began, Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s Cyber Vets Virginia initiative to retrain veterans to work in the tech sector is expanding with the addition of two academies this spring, said state officials who hope the program will grow even further. Announced on Veterans Day 2016, the Virginia governor’s plan focuses on filling […]

February 28, 2017

Gift Will Enhance Veterans’ Services at the Citadel

The Citadel announced a substantial gift from celebrated Charleston entrepreneur and philanthropist Tommy Baker and his wife, Victoria. In recognition of their generosity, the college will name its business program the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business at The Citadel. It is the largest cash gift ever made to the college’s business program, and […]

February 28, 2017

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How Long Will Bump in For-Profit Stocks Last?

The oft-scrutinized for-profit education industry may see less scrutiny in coming years and investors are taking notice. For-profit college stocks are seeing an especially strong lift from the rising Trump tide that’s boosted the broader market, with sector leaders DeVry, Grand Canyon Education and Strayer all outperforming the S&P 500 by more than 15% since […]

February 28, 2017

Program Trains Veterans for Future in Farming

A growing number of veterans are looking to agriculture for their next career and entrepreneurial opportunity. It’s what brought dozens of veterans and active duty military recently to the parking lot of the Hillsborough County Agricultural Extension Service in Seffner. Shortly after sunrise, they boarded a bus for the Military Farm Tour sponsored by the […]

February 28, 2017

4 Facts About Student Veterans

The popular myth that student veterans don’t perform well doesn’t stand up to the facts. We took Fallujah. We know more than a decade of war. Why then do so many articles bemoan the challenges veterans face attending college? Veterans are completing tougher degrees with higher grades at better colleges than many might guess. Sure, […]

February 28, 2017

Study: Veterans Out-Perform Other Students

Despite often having to juggle schoolwork with jobs and families, veterans attending college under the Post-9/11 GI Bill are finishing at rates slightly higher than their classmates, a new report shows. The report says 53.6 percent of veterans using GI Bill benefits who arrived on campus in the fall of 2009 had graduated within six […]

February 28, 2017

“Free” Tuition Unfair to Private Colleges

The “free” tuition that has found its way into the governor’s Executive Budget really isn’t. The Executive Budget proposes “free” tuition for New Yorkers making up to $125,000 per year who attend either the State University of New York or the City University of New York. The budget has also proposed that Tuition Assistance Programand […]

February 24, 2017

Massachusetts Provides Grants to Aid Veterans

The state is helping hundreds of veterans by awarding $350,000 in grants to four Massachusetts organizations. The grant funding will go to Community Legal Aid, Inc., in Worcester; Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center in Gardner; The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School in Boston; and Veterans Legal Services in Boston, Attorney General Maura Healey’s office […]

February 24, 2017

Student Veterans to Lobby for Centers

The veterans resource center is planning a trip to the Capitol in Sacramento on March 8 to have students “tell their stories” and encourage legislators to keep funding the California community college veterans resource centers. The Sacramento trip will have student veterans representation from all 113 community colleges in the state. More student veterans receive […]

February 24, 2017

Many Women Veterans End Up Homeless

We’re sitting in Rosie Palfy’s living room, outside of Cleveland, in a house she’s just been able to purchase after VA finally settled her disability claim, after almost nine years of delays and detours. I’m having her read through the almost 400 comments women veterans left in response to my original survey about housing issues […]

February 24, 2017

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Montana Senator’s Bill Would Enhance GI Benefits

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester rolled out a proposal to bolster higher education opportunities for veterans and plugged a pair of bills targeting rural teacher shortages at Montana State University Billings on Monday. The Rural Educator Support and Training Act and the Native Educator Support and Training Act were first introduced by Tester in 2015. Both […]

February 24, 2017

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Court Rules Against Accrediting Agency of ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges

WASHINGTON — The Accrediting Council on Independent Colleges and Schools — the beleaguered accrediting agency that had oversight for two recently collapsed for-profit schools — lost its bid Tuesday to stop the U.S. Department of Education from terminating its federal recognition. The loss was due largely to testimony from ACICS interim president Roger Williams himself, […]

February 24, 2017

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UNH Will Make Tuition Free for Pell Grant Freshmen

DURHAM, N.H. — The University of New Hampshire is unveiling a plan that will mean free tuition for about 300 students next fall. The plan, called the Granite Guarantee, means full-time, first-year students from New Hampshire receiving federal Pell grants will be able to attend the university tuition-free. “They aren’t going to have years of […]

February 24, 2017

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Strict Rules May Weaken Cuomo Plan

As a freshman at City College last fall, Saad Ahmed stopped by his advisor’s office for what he thought was a routine meeting — until he found out he had lost all his state financial aid for the semester. He thought it was a mistake, but it wasn’t. Although he should have received about $2,000 […]

February 24, 2017

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Navy Veteran Will Head Cybersecurity Campus

DENVER, Colo. (PRWEB) SecureSet Academy today announced that Commander Abe Thompson (US Navy, Ret.) has been named director of the Academy’s new cybersecurity education programs in Colorado Springs. Thompson served in numerous Cyberwarfare, Information Warfare and Cryptologic roles for the Fleet from 1989-2013. His Special Warfare Navy Cyber Sailors received recognition for bringing Navy Cyber […]

February 23, 2017