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Veterans’ Center Management Changes
WARNER ROBINS — Less than a year after veterans training center opened, the state is changing how it is managed. The Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center, or VECTR, has been managed by Middle Georgia State University in partnership with Central Georgia Technical College. Now Central Georgia Technical College will take over management effective July […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Navy Vet/Professor Recalls Typhoons and a Torpedo
SAVOY, Ill.— Carl Lee Davis grew up in a very small rural community in Kentucky, later finding himself on a ship chasing submarines in the Pacific during World War II. The house that Davis, 92, grew up in was made from logs cut from trees on the family farm. There was nothing in Kentucky to […]
February 17, 2017
Veterans
Vermont Vets Eligible for Living Stipend
BRATTLEBORO, VT – Union Institute & University is expanding its Veterans in Union living allowance stipend opportunity nationwide to Vermont veterans. As a Yellow Ribbon University, and recently named a 2017 Military-Friendly® School, Union is committed to serving the unique needs of veterans. “This stipend opportunity assists veterans in the completion of their undergraduate, master’s […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Tennessee Office Helps Vets Get Jobs
Educators at Middle Tennessee State University hope a new investment in resources for student veterans will serve as a launching pad into civilian life. The university on Tuesday officially unveiled 600 square feet in added space for the Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center. The expansion includes office space and staff members […]
February 17, 2017
Other News
Nonprofit-Profit Online Degree Programs Differ
With the rise in popularity of online education, students can find several programs to choose from. One of the choices that they will have to make is whether to go with a nonprofit or for-profit online degree program. Similar to traditional universities and colleges, there is a difference between nonprofit and for-profit online degree programs. […]
February 17, 2017
Veterans
Groups Says Study Justifies Funding of GI Bill
WASHINGTON — In the first six years after the rollout of the multibillion-dollar Post-9/11 GI Bill, more than half of the veterans using the education benefit completed their degrees. Through September 2015, about 453,000 degrees were earned. Student Veterans of America, a nonprofit coalition of veterans groups on college campuses, released new research to Congress […]
February 17, 2017
Students
DeVos Says Community Colleges Key to Workforce Development
Community colleges will play an important role in advancing President Donald Trump’s workforce agenda, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said at a meeting of community college leaders Thursday. It was DeVos’ first appearance at a conference event in her new role.
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
Kentucky State Presidential Search Accompanied by Controversy
Kentucky State University’s search for a new president has run into a rolling storm of troubles amid widespread criticism this week from across the university’s community over its search committee’s recommendations.
February 16, 2017
African-American
Economist: Education Alone Won’t Close Racial Wage Gap
Though Black college graduates generally fare better than Black high school graduates, higher education has not proven sufficient to remedy America’s racial wage gap, a leading labor economist said recently during a Black History Month lecture.
February 16, 2017
Students
University of Wisconsin Students Demand Free Tuition for Black Students
MADISON, Wis. — Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and UW-Madison remains out of reach for Black students today, the student government said Wednesday. The Associated Students of Madison said in a resolution that students from suburban high […]
February 16, 2017
Leadership & Policy
DePaul University Names 1st Lay President in 119-year History
CHICAGO — DePaul University has named its first lay president in the Chicago school’s 119-year history. The Catholic university on Thursday announced that A. Gabriel Esteban will be its 12th president as of July 1. He is currently president at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, where he has held the post since […]
February 16, 2017
Women
UVa Administrator Files Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — An administrator at the University of Virginia is suing the school for alleged gender and disability discrimination. Media outlets report UVA assistant vice provost Becky Ackerson filed a lawsuit against the UVA Board of Visitors Wednesday claiming the school knowingly paid her less than male counterparts. According to the lawsuit, Ackerson was […]
February 16, 2017
Students
University of Kansas Campus Police Prepare for Concealed Carry
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas Office of Public Safety is planning to add more positions and new equipment to prepare for allowing concealed handguns on campus. Police Chief Chris Keary tells the Lawrence Journal-World that the office is adding three police officers to patrol busy areas of campus, four portable metal detectors and […]
February 16, 2017
Blogs/Opinion
Free Tuition: Here’s the Fine Print
As anyone who’s ever applied for financial aid knows, affordable tuition often seems possible only if you’re willing to fill out a thousand forms, provide test scores, grades and proof of awesomeness, and promise your first born to the college of your dreams. But what if you could go to college free of charge — […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
Merchant Marines to Resume Vessel Training
KINGS POINT, N.Y.— Federal officials say a training program that places U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen on board commercial vessels is resuming. The program called Sea Year had been halted amid concerns about sexual assault and harassment. The 900-member academy located on Long Island Sound outside New York City trains graduates to work in the […]
February 16, 2017
Other News
Veterans Share Tips on Benefits
CSUSB veteran students provide first-hand insights into a variety of tuition benefits for members of the military on active duty or after its completion. While in service, active duty members receive tuition assistance which pays on a per class basis up to $4,500 a year. “While you are in the military they pay for your […]
February 16, 2017
Veterans
Veterans’ Seminar Will Expand
STEVENS POINT – A seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point that helps veterans transition out of military life will be available at other campuses in the UW System starting in the fall. The Back from the Front seminar is open only to first-year students who are veterans or currently enlisted. The course helps the […]
February 16, 2017
Academics
Idaho Panel Offers Adult Scholarship Bill
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho House panel has introduced a $3 million proposal to create scholarships for adult students with some college credits to return and finish their undergraduate degrees. This is the second time the Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter-backed proposal has been floated inside the Idaho Legislature. Last year, a similarly worded proposal failed […]
February 16, 2017
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