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Latinx
Conference Focuses on Championing Hispanic Higher Education Success
As Latino students enter higher education at increasing rates, ensuring their success through student support and inclusive campus cultures is a growing priority, according to higher education leaders at this year’s Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 32nd Annual Conference.
October 7, 2018
Latest News
At ASALH, Historian Tells Story of Fugitive Slave
Speaking at the 103rd annual meeting and conference of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) on Saturday, Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar said that Ona Judge was “a new American hero” who defied the first president, George Washington, at all costs.
October 7, 2018
News Roundup
Kavanaugh Confirmed, Sworn In and Dems Vow to Fight
Judge Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, bringing an end to one of the most contentious confirmation hearings in recent memory. Kavanaugh took his oath of office in a quiet private ceremony after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him to the high court. Democrats are already promising to […]
October 7, 2018
Students
California Program Cultivates Minority Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. Students
M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly is well into her Ph.D. program in physics at the University of California at Irvine, and she gives credit to participation in Cal-Bridge, a program that helps underrepresented minority students earn doctoral degrees in physics and astronomy.
October 7, 2018
News Roundup
DeVos Security Detail to Cost Nearly $8M
The cost to taxpayers of protecting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is going up and is expected to be nearly $8 million over the next year, a report says. Politico has reported that the cost of the security detail for the Michigan millionaire is expected to be $7.74 million between now and the end of September […]
October 6, 2018
Latest News
CDOs Encouraged to Forge Relationships with CFOs
The importance of collaborative partnerships across the institution, especially between chief diversity officers (CDOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs), was among the topics of conversation during a recent two-day, equity and inclusion retreat for diversity leaders in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
October 6, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
ROTC Overlooked
The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) sits at a natural juncture between the military and society, operating on numerous college campuses across the country. ROTC Cadets are integrated into the broader university community while they train to be officers in the US Military. As universities begin the academic year, both the military services and […]
October 5, 2018
Veterans
Comcast Launches Internet Service for Low-Income Vets
Comcast has launched an internet service program for low-income veterans across the United States. The initiative was announced Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with the help of Olympic idol Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paralympic gold medalist Rico Roman, who is a Purple Heart recipient. Comcast – the parent company of NBCUniversal – is expanding its Internet Essentials […]
October 5, 2018
Veterans
DOD: How to Access Verification of Experience
The VMET (Verification of Military Experience and Training), or DD Form 2586, documents and verifies service member military experience and training. Therefore, it is useful when you are considering civilian occupations related to your military service, as well as in translating military terminology and training into civilian terms. The VMET form is available to all […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Job Fair at Fort Gordon Attracts 70-Plus Employers
FORT GORDON, GA – Georgia’s unemployment rate has steadily declined over the past year. A free hiring event at Fort Gordon aims to keep those numbers down. “This is really different. I actually have to decide what I’m going to wear every day,” said Col. Rodney Lightfoot, Army Colonel and the Deputy Commander for 7th […]
October 5, 2018
Policy
Marine Corps Sets Goal to Scrub Gender Bias from Documents
The most male-dominated military service in the Department of Defense has embarked on an ambitious initiative to strip unnecessary masculine pronouns and other indicators of gender bias out of its foundational publications within the next 24 months. The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn Walters, told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Lander U. Offers Discounted to Tuition to Active Military, Guard
According to College Consensus, a website that ranks universities, Lander University is the 15th best public college in the nation for veterans. Starting in 2019, veterans will find it more affordable as well. Beginning Nov. 1, incoming students who are members of the South Carolina National Guard, U.S. military, and their family members can apply […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Trump Donates Portion of Salary to SBA Program for Veterans
President Donald Trump has donated a portion of his annual salary to establish a new entrepreneurship program for military veterans, White House officials said Wednesday. The officials said Trump would donate his quarterly salary to the U.S. Small Business Administration, which will use the money to establish an “Emerging Leaders” program solely focused on helping […]
October 5, 2018
Academics
Air Force Uses Virtual Reality to Cut Pilot Training Time, Cost
The U.S. Air Force trained and certified 13 pilots with virtual reality headsets in less than half the normal training time and at a fraction of the cost, according to Stephen Losey of Air Force Times. The service’s inaugural class of Pilot Training Next began in April with 30 students. After four months of training […]
October 5, 2018
News Roundup
UCLA Professor Named Pritzker Family Chair in Education to Strengthen Families
Dr. Tyrone Howard, professor of education and founder of the Black Male Institute at UCLA, has been named the Pritzker Family Chair in Education to Strengthen Families at the university, effective July 2019. Howard is currently the director of the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, working alongside co-director Dr. Audra Langley. The […]
October 5, 2018
Other News
Military Groups, Vets Urge Government to Keep Pressure on Fraud
Twenty-eight veterans groups and military service organizations have called on the Trump administration to scrap deregulation proposals that they said would limit oversight of “bad actor” schools preying on veterans using the GI Bill. In a letter last month to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the organizations urged her “to strengthen, not discard, common-sense protections against […]
October 4, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
The Fourth Way
Over the course of the summer of 2018, War on the Rocks published five articles on professional military education that each described a distinct vision of what American schools for field grade officers ought to be. One of these, by David Morgan-Owen, argued for a larger role for civilian academics one that, among other things, gave them greater freedom […]
October 4, 2018
Veterans
Military School Dean Fired Over Medical Use of Cannabis
A Vietnam veteran and career educator at an elite military training school now finds himself resorting to a Reagan-era executive order in hopes of clearing his name. Henry Cobbs’ crime? Vaping a non-psychoactive form of cannabis to treat his prostate cancer. Cobbs, 77, was forced out of his job last month as dean of academics […]
October 4, 2018
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