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Bill Would Increase Tuition Aid for Guardsmen

In an effort to help bring the next-generation F-35A fighter jet to Montgomery, a bill was introduced to offer local Guardsmen tuition assistance. Currently ranked 48th in the nation, Alabama’s tuition support for National Guardsmen is “killing” the city’s chances to land the high-tech jet and with it the preservation of more than 4,000 jobs, […]

March 3, 2017

Illinois Veterans Help Comrades Affected by Fire

URBANA — When University of Illinois student and Marine veteran Jason Sakowski heard about a fatal fire in Danville that claimed the life of one veteran and displaced others, he wanted to do something to help. “It sounded so horrible,” said Sakowski, coordinator for Veteran Student Support Services on the UI campus. He said he […]

March 3, 2017

“Battlefields to Ballfields” Puts Vets in Officiating Jobs

During a lengthy drive from his Sacramento home to Oregon for a golf and fishing vacation, Mike Pereira had plenty of time to think about addressing two issues especially important to him. How could the former director of NFL officiating combine enhancing his lifelong profession while helping military veterans transition into new careers. He came […]

March 3, 2017

Montana Veteran Finds Purpose and Support at College

After twelve years of honorable service in the Army and five deployments overseas, Blake Thompson found himself in a challenging position. “I decided I needed a new career to support my family and wanted to use my G.I. benefits to learn new skills. Since Kalispell, Montana is my home, I wanted to see what Flathead […]

March 3, 2017

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Florida Program Gets Veterans into Nursing

A program at Florida International University’s Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences is helping recent veterans, current reservists, and national guard members integrate into education and prepare for a future as a nursing professional. The Veterans Bachelor of Science in Nursing (VBSN) program is open to service members who trained and served in […]

March 3, 2017

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New Military-Friendly Rankings Released

SR Education Group, a leading education research publisher founded in 2004, just published the results of their research and analysis of military-friendly online colleges. The organization evaluated accredited colleges offering online degrees on the basis of key factors of military-friendly education in an online environment in order to develop a list of the 2017 Top […]

March 3, 2017

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N.Y. Lawmakers Want Revisions to Free-Tuition Plan

More than 30 members of the state Assembly have signed a budget letter to their Speaker, Carl Heastie, outlining an alternative version of the free college tuition proposal being championed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that they want Heastie to adopt for the chamber. The Assembly members, all Democrats, aim to make Cuomo’s plan more inclusive […]

March 3, 2017

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Leadership & Policy

Omarosa Has Helped HBCUs

I challenge the assertion that Omarosa Manigault is unqualified to champion HBCU interests and concerns in the Trump White House.

March 2, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Former Academic Adviser Loses Religious Bias Suit

A former academic adviser at Utah Valley University has lost a suit alleging religious harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her Mormon faith.

March 2, 2017

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Professor Creates App to Take Fear Out of Police Traffic Stops

Dr. Juan Gilbert and his team at the University of Florida have developed the Traffic Stop app, which aims to allow both police officer and driver to stay in their vehicles for routine traffic stops, injecting a level of safety for both parties.

March 2, 2017

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All Immigrants Not Included

The statements with messages of building and protecting an inclusive community are great to see, but the reality is not all campuses have included undocumented and DACA students in their statements.

March 2, 2017

Scholars: DREAMer’s Arrest a Threat to Rights of All

Experts say the arrest of a DREAMer and aspirant university math professor who had just spoken out about the impact that immigration enforcement was having on her family has had a chilling effect on other DREAMers and is likely to reverberate beyond the community of undocumented students.

March 2, 2017

Dubuque Students Apologize for Photo of Them in Blackface

DUBUQUE, Iowa — More than 150 people gathered at the University of Dubuque to discuss how to respond after two students posted a photo of themselves in blackface on social media, sparking outrage at the school and surrounding communities. The two-hour discussion Wednesday allowed students and faculty members to speak their minds, the Telegraph Herald […]

March 2, 2017

Pence, not Trump, to Give Notre Dame Commencement Address

INDIANAPOLIS — Vice President Mike Pence will deliver the commencement address this spring at the University of Notre Dame, the school announced Thursday, an honor customarily reserved for newly elected U.S. presidents. Notre Dame’s president, the Rev. John Jenkins, had criticized President Donald Trump over his executive order limiting travel and refugees from some Muslim-majority […]

March 2, 2017

College Students Protest Speaker Branded White Nationalist

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Hundreds of Vermont college students have protested a lecture by a speaker they call a white nationalist, forcing the college to move his talk to an undisclosed location on campus. Speaker Charles Murray wrote “The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life” and “Coming Apart: The State of White America, […]

March 2, 2017

Working to Ease Veterans’ Re-Entry

Ever since the horrific attack on our country on 9/11, we in the United States have been in a watchful state. We have also actively defended our interests abroad with counterattacks on those who would harm us. On the front lines have been the men and women of our armed forces, and they have carried […]

March 2, 2017

Illinois School Adds Veterans Honor Society

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is adding SALUTE, the only national honor society dedicated to recognizing and honoring military and veteran students for their service and outstanding academic performance: Service – Academics – Leadership – Unity – Tribute – Excellence. The program is made possible by a grant from the American Council on Education/Walmart […]

March 2, 2017

Texas Bill Would Benefit Veterans

A Texas lawmaker authored a bill to prevent penalties against student veterans and their families whose benefits aren’t in sync with education deadlines. Rep. John Raney, R-College Station, authored House bill 846 to prevent higher education institutions from dropping veteran students and their families from classes or charging extra fees if their state or federal […]

March 2, 2017