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The Pipeline Between the Military and The Academy, And What it Means

Last Friday the University of Texas System Board of Regents named current Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson as the sole finalist to become the next president of the University of Texas at El Paso. In other words, she probably has the job, despite protests in some quarters. In some ways, this is unsurprising. Prior to entering […]

Academics

Columbus Technical College Soldier Surprise

Leaders at Columbus technical college organize a secret military mission to help an army soldier surprise his mother in class. Read More

Veterans

After a Military Career And ‘Stint in Vietnam,’ ETSU Faculty Member Finds Home on Campus

Doug Taylor, the associate dean of admissions and records at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, was born and raised in Morristown and came to ETSU as a student in the mid-1960s. Back then, he majored in “campusology,” which he said quickly led to a brief career in the Army’s infantry and “a […]

Policy

Killeen ISD Appoints New Chief College, Career And Military Readiness Officer

The Killeen Independent School District said in a press release it created the new position of chief college, career and military readiness officer, and superintendent John Craft appointed longtime Killeen ISD educator and U.S. army veteran Nancy Duran to the position. Duran will support the ISD’s counseling programs for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, dual […]

Veterans

DeSales University Opens Office of Veterans And Military Services

Student veterans at DeSales University have a new resource to help guide them through their college careers. The university opened an Office of Veterans and Military Services in Dooling Hall. The goal is to give student veterans a central point of contact on campus. Read More

Veterans

The Naval Academy’s Oldest Graduate Dies at 104

The Naval Academy’s oldest alumnus has died at the age of 104. Retired Rear Adm. Edgar Keats died of complications from a fall Saturday. Keats was a decorated World War II veteran who served in the Pacific theater. Read More

Funding

Students of Shuttered Virginia College Shouldn’t Have to Pay Debt: Doug Jones

The former students saddled with debt from a shuttered Birmingham-based, for-profit private college system should not have to pay their balances, U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., said Wednesday in a letter sent to the school’s attorney. Education Corporation of America, which operated several Virginia College campuses in Alabama and other branded colleges in other parts […]

Policy

Military Academy Buried Trump’s Academic Records: WaPo

President Trump’s wealthy friends and fellow alumni of the New York Military Academy reportedly told the superintendent of the school to bury his academic records after he challenged Barack Obama to release his in 2011. The Washington Post reports the alumni told then-superintendent Jeffrey Coverdale to hand over Trump’s records, but Coverdale said he refused. Instead, he […]

Veterans

Sen. Martha McSally Coming Forward About Her Rape Could be a Watershed Moment For Republican Women

Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), a former Air Force pilot who was the first American woman to fly in combat, said that she was sexually assaulted while in the military during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. McSally said she was “preyed upon and raped by a superior officer” in a prepared statement during a Senate Armed […]

Policy

Mark A. Brown Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced the appointment of Mark A. Brown as chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Brown spent more than 32 years as a military service member and is a retired major general in the U.S. Air Force. Prior to his new role, Brown was the deputy commander […]

Academics

Citadel Yearbook Photo of Cadets in KKK Robes Creates Lifetime of Justifications, Regret

*The Disclaimer New bookmarks have been inserted into the old Sphinx yearbooks in The Citadel’s Daniel Library. This is what they say: “The Citadel yearbook The Sphinx, has depicted campus life since it was first published in 1900. Some of the images and language reflect racist and sexist stereotypes that are offensive. These items do […]

Policy

Gov. Wolf Seeks New College Perk For Pa. National Guard

Gov. Tom Wolf visited Fort Indiantown Gap on Wednesday to tout a proposed PA GI Bill that would allow members of the Pennsylvania National Guard to earn college benefits for their family members. The measure, called the Military Family Education Program, would be the first of its kind in the nation. While Minnesota has a […]

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