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Tag: veterans
Military
Biden Campaign Gets Boost From Retired Military, Intelligence Officers
Nearly 500 retired senior military officials, diplomats and other officials signed an open letter last Thursday, endorsing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as “the leader our nation needs” and “a good man with a strong sense of right and wrong.” “We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked […]
September 27, 2020
Women
The Air Force’s First Female African American Fighter Pilot Is Paving the Way For Women of Color
The Air Force’s first female African American fighter pilot is focused on helping others achieve their goals. Although Lt. Col. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell officially retired from the Air Force last spring, she is still making her mark on future officers at the Air Force Academy. She is teaching physical education and is the director of […]
September 4, 2020
Military
Amazon Offers New Online Certificate Program for Its Military Employees
In partnership with the City University of Seattle, Amazon will offer training that could promote its military employees and their families to higher-paying jobs in the company through a new online certification program, reports the Rome News-Tribune. Amazon military veteran employees can take the program’s six online courses, which include topics such as database technologies, […]
August 25, 2020
Students
Trump Vetoes Move to Ease Loan Forgiveness for Defrauded Students
President Donald Trump late on Friday vetoed a resolution that would have made it easier for students defrauded by for-profit schools to get their student loans erased.
May 31, 2020
Health
Study: Veterans More Likely to Hold Non-Degree Credentials
A new study found that United States military veterans are more likely than their general population counterparts to hold certificates or certifications.
November 26, 2019
Recruitment & Retention
Brown Launches Initiative to Increase Military Veteran Enrollment
Brown University announced a new initiative to increase United States military veteran enrollment over the next three to five years. Currently, there are 21 student veterans enrolled in Brown’s undergraduate program. As part of the plan, Brown will consider all prospective student veterans on a need-blind basis, increase financial aid offerings, make standardized test scores […]
November 12, 2019
Military
Program Helps Prepare and Educate Veterans for Self-Employment
As a way to provide veterans, active military members and their spouses with resources, support and workforce training, Hillsborough Community College (HCC) has established an entrepreneurship program in partnership with Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.
September 5, 2019
News Roundup
New Rutgers-Camden Program to Prep Vets for Nursing Careers
Military veterans share unique experiences such as overseas deployments, a demanding lifestyle, and challenges such as health problems or needing to find a new career when they transition to civilian life, and a new program at Rutgers University–Camden will prepare them for civilian careers as nurses who will care specifically for other veterans. The Veteran […]
July 8, 2019
Students
Report Examines How Online For-Profit Institutions Impact Vulnerable Students
Online programs provided by for-profit institutions are known to focus their marketing and recruitment strategies toward vulnerable students that are low-income, African-American, veterans, women and are over the age of 25. A new report by the Center for Responsible Learning (CRL) assesses how these programs have affected these minority groups and what attracted them to online learning.
March 29, 2019
News Roundup
University of Toledo Student Sues School After Employees Disclosed PTSD
Dallon Higgs, a student from the University of Toledo has filed a lawsuit against the institution and two married employees who he alleges disclosed his post-traumatic stress disorder developed in combat and falsely described him as a safety threat to others. Higgs, a former U.S. Army paratrooper, enrolled in the physician assistant program in 2017 […]
March 28, 2019
Latest News
Groups Unite on HEA Priorities for Military-Connected Students
Strengthening the GI Bill, institutional accountability and protecting military-connected families from unethical and illegal practices were among the top concerns that various veteran and military-service groups want to see addressed in a reauthorized Higher Education Act.
March 21, 2019
International
Spontaneous Synergy Happens in a Diverse Classroom
A kind of magical synergy can break out in a university classroom that is diverse when unlikely circumstances coalesce. Where else would a 21-year-old Pakistani man and a 37-year-old U.S. Army Ranger from Ohio find themselves together in rural southeastern North Carolina?
January 29, 2019
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