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Academics
Why No One Finishes Online Courses
In 2015, we learned that the global market for online learning reached $107-billion, a number that got the attention of thousands of educators and entrepreneurs. Just two years later, in 2017, this market has grown to reach an enormous $255-billion. This represents 238% growth—a growth rate that has some industries drooling with envy. Yet, as thousands of […]
April 5, 2018
Veterans
Foundation Aims to Provide College Aid of Fallen Militar
Founded by an Army veteran and staffed mainly by veterans and Gold Star families, Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation is on a mission to provide college educations for people who lost a parent due to military service. To accomplish that goal, the group needs money and it needs to find the people it wants to […]
April 5, 2018
Veterans
Lawmakers Want Job Opportunities for Veterans
There are an estimated 331,000 veterans living in Minnesota, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and nearly 7 percent of Wilkin County’s population is veterans. Hiring veterans has become important in both the state’s private and public sectors in the last few years and officials want to continue adding veterans to the state’s economy. […]
April 5, 2018
Veterans
Husband in Murder-Suicide Case Was Retired Major, Transition Coordinator
A couple found dead in a suspected murder-suicide on Monday have been identified as a retired U.S. Army major and his Russian-born wife. Maj. Bradley Kinser, formerly a strategic intelligence research officer for U.S. Army Africa who retired in 2015, was found dead by local authorities in the bathroom of his home near Vicenza. His […]
April 5, 2018
Policy
Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Vows to Protect Bases, Veterans
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams brought her campaign to Albany Tuesday, talking with a crowd of supporters about protecting the state’s military bases, veterans and the expansion of Medicaid. “We are pleased to roll out a military investment policy, and we have six pillars — with three key pillars — that I really emphasize,” Abrams […]
April 5, 2018
Policy
Florida Governor Signs Bill to Keep State ‘Military Friendly’
Gov. Rick Scott came to USAA’s headquarters in Tampa Monday morning for a ceremonial signing of two laws designed to keep Florida “the nation’s most military friendly state.” Scoot signed the bills designed to reduce fees for Florida military, veterans and their families. The Don Hahnfeldt Veteran and Family Opportunity Act reduces professional licensing fees […]
April 5, 2018
Veterans
Using a Fake College Sting, ICE Tries to Deport Veteran
In February, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis promised that undocumented immigrants who served in the military and were honorably discharged would not be deported. “We would always stand by one of our people,” Mattis said at the time. (Not) shockingly, it looks like the Trump administration isn’t following through on that promise. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported […]
April 5, 2018
Community Colleges
California Governor’s Community College Funding Proposal Creates Controversy
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s bold new budget proposal that awards community college districts funding not just for each enrolled student, but also based on the number of low-income students being served, has drawn praise and criticism.
April 4, 2018
Students
From Practitioner to Doctoral Student: Five Prep Strategies
Depending on how long it has been since you were in the classroom, transitioning to graduate school and doctoral studies will come with its challenges. However, there are some strategies that can help you prepare to ease this transition.
April 4, 2018
Latest News
Arthur Ashe Scholar: Haley Clark, Leading By Example
Despite high expectations, the University of Georgia Lady Bulldogs exited in the second round of this year’s NCAA Tournament. For graduate student Haley Clark, the 2018 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar, these were the final basketball games of her outstanding collegiate career.
April 4, 2018
Sports
Arthur Ashe Scholar: Blaise Taylor, Committed to Serving Others
Blaise Taylor of Arkansas State University, this year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar, is a gifted defensive back who holds the school’s record for career punt return yards and finished his collegiate career as a three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection.
April 4, 2018
News Roundup
Arkansas State University Gets $10 Million From Alumnus
JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas State University is renaming its business college to honor an alumnus who donated $10 million to his alma mater. The university announced the gift Tuesday from Neil Griffin, who lives in Kerrville, Texas. The 91-year-old World War II veteran graduated from Arkansas State in 1948 with a degree in business administration. […]
April 4, 2018
News Roundup
Former VP Al Gore to Deliver Commencement Speech at University of Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Former Vice President Al Gore will deliver the commencement address this spring to graduates at the University of Maryland. The school announced Monday that Gore will address the College Park campus May 20 during graduation ceremonies at the Xfinity Center. In a news release, university President Wallace Loh cited Gore’s ability […]
April 4, 2018
News Roundup
College President Pleads Guilty Before Arkansas Fraud Trial
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The president of a Christian college in Springdale pleaded guilty to a fraud charge Wednesday, admitting he took part in what prosecutors called a kickback scheme involving his school. Oren Paris III had faced a trial Monday with former state Sen. Jon Woods and consultant Randell Shelton. Instead, the president of Ecclesia […]
April 4, 2018
Blogs/Opinion
Sports, Sponsorships and Obesity
Last September, the National Football League struck a deal with Frito-Lay that allowed the company to produce limited-edition bags of Tostitos tortilla chips, with each package bearing the logo of one of 19 featured NFL teams. Several months earlier, Major League Baseball announced that Nathan’s Famous would be its first-ever official hot dog. Now the […]
April 4, 2018
Policies
Transgender Health Care Endangered
A few years ago, Stephan Rivera, a 31-year-old native of the Bronx, New York, consulted two doctors about his prospects for “top surgery,” a double mastectomy. “I was like, I really just want to cut them off,” he recalls. Although he was generally content —working as a teacher’s aide in a public school and living with […]
April 4, 2018
Policies
NIH Rejected Alcohol Ad Study during Quest for Industry Funds
It’s rare for officials at the National Institutes of Health to summon university scientists from hundreds of miles away. So when Dr. Michael Siegel of Boston University and a colleague got the call to meet with the director of NIH’s Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, he said, “I knew we were in trouble.” He […]
April 4, 2018
Disparities
Opioid Firm Blames Government for Native American Crisis
A top U.S. opioid distributor is pointing fingers at the government for the deluge of prescription painkillers that have poured into Native American communities at alarmingly high rates. McKesson Corp., one of the country’s three big wholesale drug distributors, is embroiled in litigation brought by Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation, the country’s largest tribal group, which has […]
April 4, 2018
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