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Study: Vets Get Less Tuition Covered for Medical Degree

Stephen Graves was in his first year at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in 2014 when he discovered that the Post-9/11 GI Bill would cover more of his tuition were he enrolled in a law school or MBA program.

Think Like an Officer

“I’ve got (x) years (or months) to get you thinking like an officer.” I said this line frequently to my students during my years in the Commandant’s Department at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. The Academy, also known as Kings Point, trains and educates officers for the merchant marine. About 25 percent of all graduates […]

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Job Services Share Advice with Fort Hood Spouses

KILLEEN — Fort Hood’s Hiring Our Heroes Military Spouse networking lead, Jessica Hall, organized a professional network lunch and learn for military spouses Sept. 6. Representatives from Workforce Solutions of Central Texas, Spherion, Dignity Memorial and Fort Hood Transition Assistance Program attended the luncheon at the Killeen Workforce Center. “My goal is to make sure […]

Experts: How Online Education Can Better Serve Students

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. The quality of online courses still varies drastically, and research shows there are major racial disparities […]

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Free Agriculture Classes Benefit Veterans

At the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, three eager military veterans don the head-to-toe white jumpsuits and netted hats commonly used by beekeepers about to dive into a hive. Led by Jamie Wickler, education coordinator for the farm, the veterans are here as farming students, to learn about growing produce, raising livestock and, yes, tending the bees […]

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Ex-Navy Seal Turns Simple Idea into Multi-Million Dollar Business

Sometimes, the simplest ideas have the biggest impact. Take Southwest Airlines as an example. In 1971, this startup airline was losing money. It became so bad that at one point, the airline had to sell one of its four aircraft just to make payroll. A man named Bill Franklin, Southwest’s vice president of ground operations, […]

Student Vet Enrollment Spikes at Ivy League Schools

When Thomas Johnson graduated from high school, going to an Ivy League university didn’t seem like an option. Sure, he made good grades. But the idea of getting accepted into one of the eight elite Northeastern schools felt “like a real far reach.” “There was that kind of stigma that you don’t have the ability […]

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For-Profit Virginia College Closing 2 Louisiana Campuses

Virginia College is closing both of its Louisiana locations next year, part of a plan by the parent company of the for-profit college to shut down 26 campuses across the nation. Along with the previously reported Cortana Mall location, which is set to shut down on July 1, the Shreveport-Bossier City campus will close a […]

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ASALH Conference Explores Role of African-Americans in Times of War

Thousands of historians, public school teachers and others committed to learning about the role of African Americans in times of war will gather at the 103rd Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in Indianapolis next month.

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A 9/11 Reflection

9/11 is a tragedy. Many have served and responded in diverse ways since the unspeakable event on 9/11/01. There have been many lives lost on Ground Zero and other places around the world as a result of 9/11. I served the tragedy by leaving the monastery as a Dominican Friar Monk and returned to the […]

U.S. Air Force Reservist Becomes First Female F35A Lightning II Pilot

Colonel Regina Sabric, callsign “Torch”, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania has become the first female Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Col. Sabric is also commander of the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB in Utah, a unit she assumed command of in April of 2018. Col. Sabric […]

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Wounded Warrior Reenlists at 30-feet Underwater

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A Redstone Arsenal Soldier, combat veteran and Wounded Warrior with U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, reenlisted 30 feet underwater at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 31. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Brown, currently serving as the aide to USASMDC/ARSTRAT command sergeant major, was […]

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