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Veterans

Van Uses Technology to Promote Benefits

ELKO – Want to know more about veteran benefits? Follow new Veterans Resource Center mobile outreach vehicle to their offices at Great Basin College. The vehicle is styled with a colorful vinyl wrap featuring two Great Basin College student veterans and college president Joyce Helens and a digital screen that can be customized with messages […]

Other News

Education Department Overstated Endorsements for Accreditor

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OVERSTATED ENDORSEMENTS OF FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE ACCREDITOR: The Trump administration’s recommendation last week to continue the federal approval of a controversial accreditor of for-profit colleges cited endorsements by peer accreditors that those organizations never made. Read more

Academics

Changes Planned for College Scorecard

The U.S. Department of Education is planning to add a lot more data to its College Scorecard, the online database of information about two- and four-year colleges and universities. It has been heavily criticized for lacking information on the earnings and debt for college students. Users can look up individual institutions to find details on […]

Policy

Students Struggle as Glitch Holds Up GI Bill Payments

If Jane Wiley and her husband, Ryan Wiley, both discharged from the Marines, don’t receive the housing allowance they get through the GI Bill by Nov. 1, she expects that they will run out of money for food and rent. They will also have to stop attending school if they can’t afford child care for […]

Blogs/Opinion

ROTC Overlooked

The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) sits at a natural juncture between the military and society, operating on numerous college campuses across the country. ROTC Cadets are integrated into the broader university community while they train to be officers in the US Military. As universities begin the academic year, both the military services and […]

Veterans

Comcast Launches Internet Service for Low-Income Vets

Comcast has launched an internet service program for low-income veterans across the United States. The initiative was announced Tuesday in Washington, D.C., with the help of Olympic idol Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paralympic gold medalist Rico Roman, who is a Purple Heart recipient. Comcast – the parent company of NBCUniversal – is expanding its Internet Essentials […]

Veterans

DOD: How to Access Verification of Experience

The VMET (Verification of Military Experience and Training), or DD Form 2586, documents and verifies service member military experience and training. Therefore, it is useful when you are considering civilian occupations related to your military service, as well as in translating military terminology and training into civilian terms. The VMET form is available to all […]

Academics

Job Fair at Fort Gordon Attracts 70-Plus Employers

FORT GORDON, GA – Georgia’s unemployment rate has steadily declined over the past year. A free hiring event at Fort Gordon aims to keep those numbers down. “This is really different. I actually have to decide what I’m going to wear every day,” said Col. Rodney Lightfoot, Army Colonel and the Deputy Commander for 7th […]

Policy

Marine Corps Sets Goal to Scrub Gender Bias from Documents

The most male-dominated military service in the Department of Defense has embarked on an ambitious initiative to strip unnecessary masculine pronouns and other indicators of gender bias out of its foundational publications within the next 24 months. The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Glenn Walters, told members of the Defense Advisory Committee on […]

Academics

Lander U. Offers Discounted to Tuition to Active Military, Guard

According to College Consensus, a website that ranks universities, Lander University is the 15th best public college in the nation for veterans. Starting in 2019, veterans will find it more affordable as well. Beginning Nov. 1, incoming students who are members of the South Carolina National Guard, U.S. military, and their family members can apply […]

Academics

Trump Donates Portion of Salary to SBA Program for Veterans

President Donald Trump has donated a portion of his annual salary to establish a new entrepreneurship program for military veterans, White House officials said Wednesday. The officials said Trump would donate his quarterly salary to the U.S. Small Business Administration, which will use the money to establish an “Emerging Leaders” program solely focused on helping […]

Academics

Air Force Uses Virtual Reality to Cut Pilot Training Time, Cost

The U.S. Air Force trained and certified 13 pilots with virtual reality headsets in less than half the normal training time and at a fraction of the cost, according to Stephen Losey of Air Force Times. The service’s inaugural class of Pilot Training Next began in April with 30 students. After four months of training […]

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