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Administrator Says Merchant Marine Academy Is Back on Track

The U.S. Maritime Administrator last week issued a statement announcing full accreditation of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The news brings (at least part of) the drama being experienced by the nation’s only federal maritime academy to an end. The school had been […]

November 30, 2017

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Ashford Student Veterans Caught Up in Bureaucracy

Veterans enrolled in an online university are caught in an escalating dispute involving the school, the Department of Veterans Affairs and state regulators in what school officials say is a campaign by Obama administration holdovers in Washington and their liberal allies to undermine for-profit universities. Ashford University announced this month that it was temporarily suspending […]

November 30, 2017

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Soldiers Who Extend Service Could Get Bonuses

Soldiers who have the option of leaving the Army before October could land a big pile of money if they stay in — six figures for just 12 more months, in some cases, as well as choice assignments or schools when possible. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requires the active Army to get up […]

November 30, 2017

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Army Plans to Recruit 80,000 in 2018

The Army is looking at another end strength increase in 2018, and, this time, the focus will be on recruiting new soldiers, the service’s top enlisted leader said Monday. Following a 26,000-person increase in 2017, the Army has asked for another 17,000 for the total force this coming year. The plan is to focus most […]

November 30, 2017

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Military Times Lists 218 “Best Colleges”

There may not be a big-eared mouse or giant castle on the campus of Tarrant County College in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, but the faculty and staff want students to feel like they’re at Disney World. For Assistant Director of Student Development Services Eddie Brassart, that means “walking the talk” and providing “aggressively” friendly customer […]

November 30, 2017

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Exploiting Veterans

Despite efforts by Congress, the Obama administration and state attorneys general to stop the predatory practices of for-profit colleges, veterans and service members who rely on funding from the G.I. bill and the Defense Department to attend school are still being targeted by an industry infamous for saddling people with debt and useless degrees. A […]

November 28, 2017

U.S. Rep Applauds Restoration of Pell Grants to ITT Tech Students

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017) — U.S. Rep. Luke Messer (IN-06) today applauded the Trump Administration and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for retroactively restoring Pell Grant eligibility to the approximately 16,000 students nationwide who were using the grants to attend Indiana-based ITT Technical Institute when it abruptly closed last fall. Messer led the charge […]

November 28, 2017

Many Overlook Opportunity to Accelerate Careers

I recently attended a military Family Day event as an education provider and I was – and still am – a little stumped. Why were so many people overlooking an opportunity to accelerate their careers? There were more than 1,000 people in attendance, and an estimated 50 tables displaying service providers. Most of the attendees […]

November 28, 2017

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Bill Would Ease Transition for Military

NEW WINDSOR – On Friday, after working alongside Stephanie Keegan of Somers, NY who lost her son Daniel shortly after his transition out of the military and Nelson Rivera, the Dutchess County Veterans Agency Director, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) announced the introduction of the Know Your Vets Act, which will help veterans safely transition […]

November 28, 2017

Should Students Who Don’t Graduate Pay Back Pell Grants?

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman is co-sponsoring a bill that would force low-income students who don’t graduate from college in six years to repay their federal Pell Grants — with interest. The South Carolina Republican has called the Pell for Performance Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 15, a “taxpayer-friendly” bill that […]

November 28, 2017

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USO’s Tool Aids Transitioning Members

With more than 200 USO locations throughout the world, their mission never ends, connecting American’s troops to their friends and families back home. For more than seven decades, the USO — or United Service Organizations — has thrived on boosting the morale of service members stationed around the globe with various musical performances and celebrity […]

November 28, 2017

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Senators Conduct Oversight on For-Profits

Sen. Tom Carper, a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserves, joined his colleagues in conducting oversight on the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Federal Trade Commission to protect and defend the education benefits of service members and student veterans from unscrupulous for-profit institutions. On Nov. 9, the VA […]

November 28, 2017

Short on Skilled Workers, Tech Firms Train Their Own

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Some information technology companies are growing so concerned about their inability to find enough digital talent that they’re training their own. IBM, Amazon and Microsoft all now have apprenticeship programs that pay workers while they train for jobs demanding hard-to-find IT skills. Tech companies view apprenticeships — a staple of […]

November 28, 2017

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Cutting Aviation Benefit

Members of Congress like to use the term “heroes” on a routine basis when describing veterans. So it is shocking to discover that behind the scenes some members of the House Veterans Committee are seeking to significantly cut assistance for veterans pursuing valuable careers in commercial aviation. Currently, there are thousands of veterans enrolled in […]

November 22, 2017

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Education Fair Lets Soldiers Explore Education Options

Soldiers crowded into the Staff Sgt. Glenn H. English Jr. Army Education Center Wednesday morning to take part in the Fort Campbell Education Center Education and Veteran resources Fair the theme was “Achieving Excellence While Serving.” About 20 agencies, including the Veteran Service Organization and TRICARE, filled the lobby with tables, while upstairs representatives from […]

November 22, 2017

Regulators Stop Ashford from Accepting G.I. Bill

Ashford University announced this week that it will no longer accept veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill under an agreement to temporarily suspend such enrollment. The decision was made after a lengthy and ongoing dispute between Ashford University and the Department of Veterans Affairs due to its physical location in the state of Iowa. The […]

November 22, 2017

Merchant Marine Academy Accreditation Restored

Full accreditation has been restored to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, nearly a year and a half after it was placed on warning for missing five of 14 academic benchmarks, academy officials said. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a Philadelphia-based nongovernmental group that assesses the performance of educational institutions, acted […]

November 22, 2017

Military Educators Meet to Discuss Needs

The Council of Military Educators of Washington state held their seventh annual conference inside Stone Education Center’s auditorium on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Monday. Representatives from a variety of schools, military education programs and counselors met to discuss what’s working and what needs and improvements are needed to provide service members and veterans with educational opportunities. […]

November 22, 2017