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Students Plant, Sell Deer Corn to Benefit Wounded Warriors

CLEMSON — Freedom is earned by those who aren’t afraid to give a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Some Clemson students are giving a little of their own sweat to help repay America’s veterans. Michael Kule from Aiken, Jamie Lanham from Eastover and Fil Mabry and Joey McCorkle from Columbia are senior agricultural mechanization […]

Cadets from 9 colleges Compete in Texas ROTC Ranger Challenge

Nearly 130 Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from nine universities in Texas competed in the annual Central Texas region ROTC Ranger Challenge on Fort Hood over the weekend. The Ranger Challenge Tab is the only individual qualification tab awarded exclusively to ROTC cadets. The tab is awarded to cadets who compete in regional ROTC Ranger […]

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Robot Teaches Course at West Point

Bina48, the first-ever robot to complete a college course, finished another mission today: It became the first robot to co-teach a university-level class. Why it matters: The experiment at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point sought to determine if AI can “support a liberal education model,” says William Barry, a West Point professor who […]

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Polk State a Pathway for Mom Who is Vet, Student

Brittiny Pearn always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and she is well on her way to being the next leader of a Polk County classroom. She was the first Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education student to pass all three Florida Teacher Certifications and is the student representative on the Polk State Bachelor […]

$10 Million Gift Expands William & Mary MBA Program

The College of William & Mary will expand its online graduate business degree offerings through the new School of Business Center for Online Learning funded by a longtime supporter’s $10 million gift, one of the largest donations the department has ever received. The W&M Raymond A. Mason School of Business will offer a wider array […]

Online University Offers Scholarships to DACA Students

IDEA Public Schools has received a grant that will enable its IDEA-U online university to educate, support and grant degrees to 1,000 DACA students during the next five years. The grant totals $20 million and will allow IDEA-U and its partners at Southern New Hampshire University, the Shapiro Foundation and TheDream.US to open the doors […]

Helping Veterans

Increasingly more Americans, upon recognizing a military veteran, are likely to approach him or her and say, “Thank you for your service.” While that is commendable and can be touching, it is not enough just to thank individuals for having been willing to sacrifice their lives for their country and our precious freedoms. We must […]

St. Louis Hot Bed for Degree-Seeking Women Vets

Women make up 14 percent of the U.S. military as well as a full quarter of the veterans who are pursuing a college education upon returning home from service. In the St. Louis area alone, evidence of their significant presence isn’t hard to come by. On Monday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked […]

Veterans’ Legal Aid Program is Part of New White House Platform

Donald Trump’s presidency has turned former Obama-era White House lawyer Sarah Baker into a sort of matchmaker. We The Action, where Baker serves as executive director, is not unlike a dating website. “Except instead of two people finding love, it’s lawyers finding impactful work where they can feel like they’ve made a difference,” she said. […]

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Military Vet is Career Counselor for Soldiers

“Even at basic training all the Soldiers called me grandma and now I’m still grandma to Soldiers, but just in a different way,” said Daisy Johnson, senior career counselor at the Pfc. Milton A. Lee Soldier for Life-Transition Assistance Program center. Johnson earned the nickname because she joined the military at 25 years old after […]

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Filmmaker Opens R.I. Education Center for Vets

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A filmmaker who shares the stories of World War II veterans is opening an education center in Rhode Island. Tim Gray, founder of the nonprofit World War II Foundation, said the foundation’s Global Education Center will be dedicated Nov. 3. He wants to help students learn about the war and meet the […]

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Online Learning & Military

Exploring the expansion of the online learning model, this article examines how this expansion has influenced the military student. Looking at the online and for profit expansion and ensuing lull, the underlying reasoning for declining enrollment, increasing attrition, and non-completion rates among these schools are explored. Varying online social media outlets are used to contact […]

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