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Edinboro Students Pursue Pilot Licenses

EDINBORO, Pa. — Classrooms for Edinboro University of Pennsylvania student Brandon Morton include cockpits and a flight simulator. Morton, 19, of Guys Mills, is one of the first students in the university’s aeronautical science program launched this past fall. The two-year program includes traditional classes at Edinboro’s Porreco College and flight and flight-related instruction at […]

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Utah Program Links Veteran Students to Mentors

All students need someone on their side. For student veterans, who are used to the camaraderie being in the service provided, that buddy is even more essential as they leave the uniform behind for the classroom. “It is a cultural shock for a veteran,” said Clint Cary, a veteran and senior studying aviation at Utah […]

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SUNY Cortland Named “Military-Friendly”

SUNY Cortland has been helping military veterans pursue higher education since the end of World War II, when thousands of returning soldiers supported by the GI Bill packed classrooms of what was then a state teacher’s college. Today, men and women who served their country continue to earn degrees at the College in an even […]

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Demand Grows for Veterans with Psychology Degrees

The expansion of the Post-9/11 GI Bill has made it possible for tens of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to enter the classroom and build new careers. To meet this burgeoning need, universities, colleges and technical schools are creating new educational opportunities for specially geared toward veterans in the fields of science, technology, education […]

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3 Benefits to Online Learning for Spouses

If you are a military spouse, you probably know what it feels like to leave behind the family you love, friends you cherish and familiar places you used to call home. A military spouse’s role may be overlooked, but the military lifestyle doesn’t have to be an obstacle to some of the same opportunities civilians […]

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Virginia School Joins Military Friendly List

(Charlottesville, Va.) – Piedmont Virginia Community College has been named a top 10 gold-level Military Friendly® School Award recipient in the community college category for 2017 and is the only community college in Virginia to make the top 10. In November 2016, Victory Media, originator of the family of Military Friendly® employment, entrepreneurship and education […]

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Universities Assess Role in Meeting Skills Gap

The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles the mad dash from colleges and universities to realign their academic offerings with workforce development needs, which companies suggest are not being filled because institutions are lacking focus on skill development. Pennsylvania higher education officials note that while 43% of working adults hold a higher education credential, an assessment […]

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2+2 Plans Let Students Complete Bachelor’s Online

For Nathan Legleiter, a Kansas resident who works as a compliance analyst at a bank, community college was just the first step of a post-secondary education. Legleiter went straight into the workforce after high school. He didn’t decide until years later to pursue his associate degree primarily online at Barton Community College in Great Bend, […]

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Study: Per-Credit Costs Drop in Florida

A new survey of programs in Florida’s public university system reveals that per-credit costs for undergraduate degrees fell more than 15% between 1999 and 2013, according to Campus Technology. The report, compiled by faculty researchers from the University of Chicago and Yale University, suggests that majors in STEM fields like engineering and health saw the […]

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Colleges Put Fiscal Hopes in New Degree Programs

The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education recently revealed that costs are the number one challenge to college access in the state and that without significant investments in need-based scholarships, the region’s workforce will suffer from a lack of qualified employees. While private and public support of scholarships continues to remain a top priority for […]

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Demand for Digital Courseware Outstrips Demand

Now, more than ever, higher education stakeholders believe digital course materials are the key to solving systemwide problems. A recent Pearson Education survey called “Digital appetite vs. what’s on the table,” found that at least 84 percent of students, teachers and administrators said a shift to digital could help with challenges they face. About 82 […]

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Online Courses Help College Reclaim Military Ed Role

WHILE BEING STATIONED in some hot spot probably doesn’t sound like the best time to be working on your graduate degree, students in new online programs offered by New England College are doing just that from remote locales all over the world.The MBA in Strategic Leadership and the MA in International Relations were tailored to […]

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