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N.C. Launches Online University

Two years after receiving a $2 million commitment from the state legislature, an online university formally launched its partnership with North Carolina government last week with an event headlined by Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. The 2015 state budget included a $2 million allocation to Western Governors University, or WGU, even though it already had enrolled […]

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Researchers Get $6 M Navy Grant for Research

MADISON, Wis. — The U.S. Navy has awarded a team of computer science researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison over $6 million to work on developing technology for better performance, management and security of container software. Containers are programs that help software run while transferring from one computing environment to another. Containers help different elements […]

Partnership Provides Scholarships to Military Spouses

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), a leading nonprofit university devoted exclusively to psychology, and related behavioral health sciences, has partnered with the National Military Family Association (NMFA) to offer eligible NMFA military spouse members scholarships ranging from $2,500 to $16,500. Through this partnership, TCSPP aims to support NMFA’s goal to “help prepare military […]

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Office Pushes Entrepreneurship for Military, Spouses, Vets

This week I had the pleasure to meet with Barbara Carson, Veterans Business Development associate administrator. Carson visited Jacksonville Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 to meet with community leaders, entrepreneurs and to participate in the Hiring Our Heroes event aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to promote awareness about programs and resources available through the […]

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UNC-Chapel Hill Accepts $20 M Challenge to Help Military Families

(Chapel Hill, N.C. – Oct. 7, 2017) – With the launch of “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina” on Oct. 6, 2017, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a $20 million challenge in support of need-based aid for the children of service men and women. Running through October 2019, the […]

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Radford U. Gets $13.8 M Grant of Innovation Online

RADFORD — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Radford University a three-year, $13.8 million grant — the largest in the school’s history — to boost the training of specialized education in rural Appalachia. The grant was announced during President Brian Hemphill’s state of the university address in Bondurant Auditorium Friday. The money will go […]

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Army Increases Transition Efforts

WASHINGTON — The Army’s NCO Professional Development System will soon have a new line of effort to better prepare Soldiers once they decide to leave the service, senior leaders announced Tuesday. The system, which is an overhaul of the NCO Education System that began in 1973, now plans to push a greater emphasis on transition […]

Elon University names first woman president

Elon University has named one of its former faculty members and administrative leaders as its ninth president and as its first woman to lead the university. Constance “Connie” Ledoux Book, currently provost of The Citadel, will take the helm on March 1, succeeding President Leo Lambert, who has served in that capacity since 1999 and […]

MOOCs Leave English Learners Behind

With the increasing popularity of the online degree and the widespread availability of massive open online courses (MOOCs), the barriers to entry for higher education haven’t just eroded; they’ve tumbled down. Enrollees have the freedom to complete classes on his or her own schedule from a remote location for a fraction of the cost of […]

Military Leaders Gather for Education Summit

There were 39 stars that fell onto Montgomery. And they all sat on the shoulders of generals. National Guard adjutant generals and other senior National Guard leaders visited Maxwell Air Force Base and Air University on Thursday for a day-long educational orientation summit on Air University’s schools, coursework and other educational programs available to National […]

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Closing of Navy College Offices Takes Away Human Touch

NAPLES, Italy — Lawrence Daley credits face-to-face college counseling for his decision to obtain a master’s degree while he was in the Air Force in the early 1990s. Daley, who’s now a counselor at the Naples Navy college office, recalled his counselor’s strongly encouraging him to pursue an advanced degree, which he feels has given […]

Symposium Focuses on Military Spouses

The MOAA Military Family Initiative (MMFI), a 501(c)(3) charitable subsidiary of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), presented a MOAA Military Spouse Professional Development symposium at Camp Lejeune, N.C., today, as part of its national partnership with Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide U.S. Chamber of Commerce initiative supporting military families transitioning out of the […]

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