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Academics
Challenge: Shedding Military Culture
The military lifestyle is engrained into a Soldier from the day they arrive at basic training. The Army teaches its Soldiers how to become leaders, take charge, and make vital decisions. These are all attributes that make Army veterans highly valuable to civilian companies. However, the transition to civilian life is not easy for all […]
June 16, 2017
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Policy
NerdWallet: “Debt Relief” Firms Prey on Students
Fraudulent “debt relief” companies are preying on the most vulnerable of the 44 million people with student loans, as federal officials dispute who’s to blame and what to do, a NerdWallet investigation has found. U.S. enforcement agencies the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission — in recent years have closed only seven […]
June 16, 2017
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Academics
Army University Hosts Symposium
Army University hosts its 2017 Education Symposium June 20-21 at Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo. The symposium’s goal is to link academia, industry, and the public sector — including the Army — to collectively work toward developing a competency-based education approach to talent. This year, Army University partners with the Lumina Foundation and […]
June 16, 2017
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Sports
Sex and Higher Ed? Pitino’s Light Punishment Says It All
The NCAA Committee on Infractions just showed how its moral compass sort of points the right way. It just didn’t have the guts to mete out the punishment deserving of the crime.
June 15, 2017
Students
Experts: Free Speech on Campus in Constant Crisis
The American Association of University Professors, with the help of the Newseum Institute, held a symposium where two groups of panelists were asked whether they believe freedom of speech and the press is in a crisis and is being threatened.
June 15, 2017
Newseum CEO Jeffrey Herbst
African-American
Tracy Smith Named New Poet Laureate
Tracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2017-2018.
June 15, 2017
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Students
LGBT Inclusion: A Work in Progress
The notion that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth do not exist on a college campus demonstrates real prejudice.
June 15, 2017
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Students
Trump Signs Executive Order to Increase Apprenticeships
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Thursday that calls for the expansion of apprenticeships and more support for colleges and universities that infuse apprenticeships into their coursework.
June 15, 2017
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Students
Researchers Find Increased Pot Use by College Students
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A study by Oregon State University researchers has found college students at an undisclosed large public university in the state are using more marijuana since recreational pot became legal two years ago. The Register-Guard reports the researchers’ study was published Wednesday in a journal called Addiction. The study found increased use is […]
June 15, 2017
Leadership & Policy
NIU President Stepping Down as Report Shows Mismanagement
DEKALB, Ill. — The president of Northern Illinois University is stepping down in the wake of a state investigation accusing him and other administrators of mismanagement when it comes to hiring consultants. The (DeKalb) Daily Chronicle reports Doug Baker leaves June 30. He announced the news at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting. He says the […]
June 15, 2017
Sports
NCAA Suspends Pitino After Escort Investigation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has suspended Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino for five Atlantic Coast Conference games following its sex scandal investigation. The governing body also Thursday placed the basketball program on four years’ probation, vacated wins in which ineligible players participated and handed down a 10-year show-cause order for former basketball operations director […]
June 15, 2017
Students
Student Sues University of Nebraska Over Banishment
LINCOLN, Neb. — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student accused of assault says in a lawsuit that he’s been unfairly banned from the campus. Court records say Jeremiah Perkins, of Beaver City, was arrested after the off-campus incident. In his lawsuit he says he was assaulted by one or more university students. Police say Perkins assaulted […]
June 15, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Type of Discharge & Benefits
The Character of Discharge (CoD) that you received from your military service may have an effect on the types of services that you may be eligible for when applying for benefits with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Many veterans’ benefits from disability to education depends on the type of discharge you receive. The military […]
June 15, 2017
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Policy
States Target Abuses Against Students, Military
Demonstrating the continuing enforcement activity by state attorneys general with respect to student lending and active servicemembers, the AGs in Massachusetts and New York recently obtained consent orders from, respectively, a student loan debt relief company and a residential leasing company. What happened In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healey charged yet another student loan “debt […]
June 15, 2017
Academics
Trump Endorses Apprentice Programs
PEWAUKEE, Wis. — The man who parlayed a run on TV’s “The Apprentice” into a winning presidential campaign said Tuesday the nation needs a stronger system of apprenticeship to match workers with millions of open jobs. “I love the name apprentice,” President Donald Trump declared. He said he wants every high school in America to […]
June 15, 2017
Other News
Maine Bill Requires Checkups on For-Profits
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Democrat’s bill to require annual review of for-profit colleges is headed to Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s desk. A recent Center for Responsible Lending report found that students at for-profit colleges in Maine carry much heavier debt loads than those at public and private nonprofit colleges in the state. Democratic Sen. Eloise […]
June 15, 2017
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Other News
Military Spouses Eligible for Programs
Eligible spouses of active-duty service members now have an opportunity to enroll in their choice of 83 programs offered by Texas A&M University-Texarkana Extended Education and Community Development as part of the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) workforce development program. The Department of Defense MyCAA program provides up to $4,000 of financial assistance to […]
June 15, 2017
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Other News
DOE Revising Rules That Helped Defrauded Students
WASHINGTON — The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will change two key Obama-era rules governing student loan forgiveness in cases involving fraud and misconduct by universities. The department said it will convene special committees to rewrite Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment regulations. The rules were introduced last year as the department was […]
June 15, 2017
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