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Restore Benefits

A recent government study concluded that about 12 percent of service members who left the military between 2011 and 2015 did so with a discharge type that will make them unable to access Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Within that group, more than 55,000 had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury or related […]

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Rolling Back Protections

Step by step, the Trump administration is walking back policies and rules in higher education that its predecessor said were needed to protect students who rely on federal funding to pursue a degree. Supporters say the Education Department under President Trump is restoring balance after overreach during the Obama administration led to punitive regulations and […]

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DeVos, Stop Stalling

This week, the Department of Education is holding hearings (Monday in DC, Wednesday in Dallas) at which members of the public can comment on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s announcement that she will conduct a “Regulatory Reset“ – a new round of rule-making proceedings to reconsider two college accountability rules issued by the Department in […]

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Withholding Diplomas

Well, this seems problematic. Beginning with the class of 2020, seniors in Chicago’s public school system will not be given their high school diplomas unless they provide proof of a post-graduate plan, such as a college acceptance letter or enrollment in the military. But what is being pushed as a motivational initiative to get kids […]

Applying Military Training to Civilian Workplace

Human nature, motivation and avenues to fulfillment have not changed much since our prehistoric ancestors fashioned spear points in caves. Because the military is one of the oldest professions in the world, there is a vast body of literature dedicated to leadership and management in the military environment. Examples of great leadership can be found […]

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Education Worth Fighting For

On April 27, Purdue University’s president, Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana, unveiled a dramatic new program that he and the board of trustees had been fashioning in secret for months. This self-proclaimed world-class university would be acquiring Kaplan University, one of several controversial for-profit, online education companies that have emerged over the last […]

The Future of Moocs

Technology is often described in the literature as an enabler, a facilitator, a supporter, as an enhancer and as empowering, but for millions around the world, this is not always the case. Massive open online courses or MOOCs have experienced remarkable growth and momentum since their launch and are seen by many as being at […]

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Not All of Us Have PTSD

After coming off a deployment to Afghanistan, I found myself interviewing for a new job. I’m a graduate student in clinical psychology, so it’s no surprise that the training director interviewing me was, himself, a psychologist. We exchanged pleasantries, I made some sort of joke about Boston traffic and we sat down to begin the […]

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The Occupational Licensing Burden

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in the United States as of December 2016 was 4.7 percent. The unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans (since September 2001) was 5.1 percent, and 4.3 percent for all veterans (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Our military people, who after serving their country, move to […]

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The Next Wave for Technology

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Along the way, innovators have often over-promised and under-delivered, causing many smart people to wonder if we’re now in a frothy bubble of irrational exuberance, most eloquently summarized by Audrey Watters in Hack Education, who […]

DeVos’ Vision: Rolling Back Protections

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos suspends the crackdown on for-profit college abuses. What else is she up to? Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is putting pen to paper. She wants to roll back protections for students caught up in for-profit school fraud and unfulfilled gainful employment promises. Scaled back protections of gay and transgender students. And like […]

Teaching Like a Sailor

Looking back at the last 17 years, my life has taken many turns. I served in the U.S. Navy for six years, stationed on a frigate out of San Diego and a Naval Air Station outside Philadelphia. Ironically, I was a bit rudderless before joining the Navy. I had spent an unsuccessful year at Auburn […]

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