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Top Military Influencers Join Forces with National Brands at Conference 2018

SAN ANTONIO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug 17, 2018–Hundreds of entrepreneurs, influencers and leaders from the military and veteran community will connect with experts from national brands and top media conglomerates at the second annual Military Influencer Conference (MIC), September 23-25 in Orlando, Florida. At this largest event of its kind, veteran and spouse participants have a unique […]

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Wounded Warriors React to Allegations Against Rep. Hunter

Daniel Riley joined the Marines in 2007 and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010, he stepped on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, losing both legs and half of his left hand. He said he had a physical reaction to the allegations against Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine), a fellow Marine. “It’s disgusting,” he said. […]

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Bill Aims to Protect Students from Worthless Degrees

WASHINGTON – As college students begin returning to class, Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., introduced Thursday the Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act of 2018. They said it would close a loophole that allows for-profit colleges to take federal financial aid dollars for students to attend unaccredited degree programs that often leave students deep in […]

Education Groups Sue DeVos for Delaying Online Protections

Two teacher unions are suing the Education Department and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over the agency’s delay of rules meant to protect students earning degrees online. The California Teachers Association (CTA) and the National Education Association (NEA), along with a second grade teacher in Kansas, a fourth grade teacher in California, and a student enrolled in an […]

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For-Profit Colleges Have Allies Now, but Complaints Persist

WASHINGTON — A lawsuit against Ashford University describes an admissions office with a cutthroat sales culture more akin to a used-car lot than a place of higher learning, peddling “false promises and faulty information” to lure students eligible for federal financial aid. Sound familiar? The allegations in the lawsuit filed by California’s attorney general are […]

Top Federal Student Loan Official Resigns in Protest

NEW YORK — The government’s top official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned in protest on Monday, citing what he says is the White House’s open hostility toward protecting the nation’s millions of student loan borrowers. Seth Frotman will be stepping down as student loan ombudsman at the end of the week, according […]

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Leveraging LinkedIn

Earlier in the summer, I wrote about the new LinkedIn feature to help military spouses obtain and maintain professional opportunities through LinkedIn Premium at no cost. The program is now live. There are a few things you need to do to take advantage of this beneficial program. To use the program, you must have moved […]

Defense Act Includes Kaine’s Military Spouse Aid

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on President Trump signing into law the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a majority of Kaine’s military spouse employment provisions and many of Kaine’s other priorities for Virginia, including a pay raise for servicemembers […]

Report: Interest in Online Education Keeps Growing

The associate’s degree is the most popular credential among potential students as demand for online higher education continues to grow, according to a study by Clearwater, Fla.-based Digital Media Solutions. The independent agency’s study reviewed trends in inquiry generation and student acquisition data from January through June of this year. Analysts used information from Sparkroom, […]

Art Institute of Phoenix Closing

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – With unfinished degrees and a lot of questions, students at one Valley college are left scrambling wondering what to do next. For more than a month, students have heard rumors of their school closing. Then on Friday, it was made official. Students received an email letting them know that at the […]

CPO Selectees Learn about Services for Sailors

FY19 Chief Petty Officer selectees from commands across NAS Patuxent River attended a daylong class at the Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) Aug. 9 to learn about the services available to them and their Sailors. “They’re going from the role of first class petty officers into the chief ranks where they’re considered subject matter […]

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Williams Woods U., Military Plan Partnership

Some Fulton residents were surprised Wednesday when a Missouri National Guard Black Hawk helicopter landed at William Woods University — but it wasn’t an invasion. It was an announcement. “Today is a landmark day for William Woods,” said Dan Westhues, vice president of the college’s board of trustees. The news: William Woods University is the […]

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