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AMU, Phoenix top new analysis of military’s most popular TA, GI Bill colleges

Veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill leveled off in fiscal 2015, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, marking the first time the popular new benefit failed to increase its base by tens or hundreds of thousands of users over the prior year. Meanwhile, active-duty service members using military tuition assistance, or TA, fell by […]

July 29, 2016

Former DoD VolEd Chief Weighs-in on TA

Today Gary Woods, the former Chief of DoD Voluntary Education, offered his perspective on the move to suspend tuition assistance. In his OpEd, titled ‘Tuition Assistance in the Crosshairs,’ Woods explains that military tuition assistance originated after WWII and became policy in the National Defense Authorization Act of 1972. He also describes how in 2002, […]

July 29, 2016

Water-Quality Intern Doubles as National Guardsman

By Elizabeth Donald and Zia Nizami It’s not quite a summer vacation for Guisel Marmolejo, as she is spending her summer days in a lab or searching area streams for water samples. Marmolejo, 24, is one of 31 college students to be accepted as interns at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. More […]

July 29, 2016

Texas Tech Lets Veterans Apply Credit for Military Training

Veterans can receive credit for their military training and work experience under the Texas College Credit for Heroes Program, and Texas Tech is partnering with the Central Texas College District to actively commit to that program. The Texas College Credit for Heroes Program was established by the Texas Workforce Commission in 2011. The new partnership […]

July 29, 2016

Veteran Services Gain Recognition

For about a year and a half, Michael Rutledge has served as the Veterans Resource Representative at the University. His service has helped earn the school multiple honors, including the latest from the Michigan Veteran Education Initiative. Rutledge says the string of recognition has been helpful to veterans in the community at large. “The veterans […]

July 29, 2016

Tech Partners Up For Veterans Program

Texas Tech University and the Central Texas College District in Kileen have partnered up to commit to the Texas College Credit for Heroes Program, according to a Tech news release. The program was initially started in 2011 after the passage of Senate Bill 806, according to the release, to help maximize acceptance of college credits […]

July 29, 2016

Wounded Warrior Fellow Joins House Staff

The office of Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) announced today the addition of Wounded Warrior Fellow, Charles Jordan, to the district staff. Jordan, a U.S. Army combat veteran, will serve as a constituent services liaison in the Texarkana office. “With more than 700,000 constituents and 63,000 veterans in Texas’ 4th District, it’s critical that my staff […]

July 29, 2016

‘I Don’t Understand People Who Trash-Talk America,’ Clinton Tells Veterans

Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton spoke at the VFW convention on Monday, July 25 at the Charlotte Convention Center. She told veterans that she deeply cared about problems affecting them and expressed her disappointment with the VA scandal. She also brought up the fact that her father was a veteran and that she has […]

July 29, 2016

UWF Military and Veterans Resource Center Adds Scholarships

The University of West Florida Military and Veterans Resource Center awarded scholarships to ten students at its fifth annual scholarship luncheon, held Thursday, July 21, 2016. The luncheon recognizes military veterans and dependents or family members of an active or retired military service member who are awarded the Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Michael Ferguson Scholarship, […]

July 29, 2016

USA Today: Clinton’s Costly College Plan

When not bashing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton’s team has been trying to mend fences this week with Bernie Sanders’ backers. Team Clinton played up the progressive record of Clinton running-mate Tim Kaine and helped usher out Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as Democratic Party chairwoman. But in many ways, these actions are just window dressing. The […]

July 29, 2016

DOE to Cut Student Aid to For-Profit Medtech

The Education Department will cut off federal student financial aid July 31 to three for-profit medical education campuses, saying the schools exaggerated their job placement rates. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Education into Medtech Colleges, a for-profit medical institute that has campuses across the USA, found three campuses in Falls Church, Va., Silver […]

July 29, 2016

Bill (and Hillary) Clinton’s For-Profit College Problem

I’m against for-profit schooling. It’s possible for a school designed to make a profit to offer its students a quality education, but the lure of the almighty dollar makes the urge to recruit students who don’t have the qualifications to benefit from the school and to scrimp on staff and supplies, because every dollar you […]

July 29, 2016

Anne Holton, Kaine’s wife, Resigns as Virginia Education Secretary

Vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s wife has resigned her post as Virginia’s education secretary — just as Kaine gets ready to formally accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for vice president. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Anne Holton’s resignation on Tuesday. In a statement, the governor hailed Holton as a “tireless advocate” for students and “an […]

July 29, 2016

Cybersecurity Education: Focusing on the Future

By William Reid, LCDR, USN (Ret), Program Director, Cybersecurity, Coleman University Coleman University proudly salutes the military, both current service members and veterans. As one of the Military-Friendly Schools® in the U.S., we are in the top 15% nationwide that delivers the best experience for military students. At Coleman, our mission is to deliver relevant […]

July 29, 2016

US Naval War College Gets New President

By Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — The U.S. Naval War College in Rhode Island is welcoming a new president. Rear Adm. Jeffrey A. Harley became the college’s 56th president during a ceremony July 25 at the Newport campus. He succeeds Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III. Harley previously served as assistant deputy chief of naval […]

July 29, 2016

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CHEA Workshop: More Transparency Needed in Accreditation Process

Washington — Accreditors need to make their actions more transparent and better define their roles and responsibilities as assurers of quality in order to gain the public trust. That was one of the major takeaways from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2016 Summer Workshop held here recently. While the goals of transparency and clarity […]

July 29, 2016

Former Oregon State Fraternity Member Found Guilty of Rape

CORVALLIS, Ore. ― A former Oregon State University student has been found guilty of raping a woman at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity last year. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports that Tyler Lazell Warren on Wednesday was found guilty of rape, sexual abuse and burglary in connection with the July 2015 incident at the fraternity. Warren […]

July 28, 2016

Business School at Wayne State Starts Diversity Institute

DETROIT ― The Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University is starting an institute to integrate a focus on organizational diversity and inclusive leadership. The Institute for Leadership and Diversity will consolidate and expand the Detroit school’s leadership service and research programs. It also will seek to offer innovative student, community and executive […]

July 28, 2016