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Online courses gain more ground
A major innovation — forged by the struggles of the Great Recession and fostered by technology — has come to higher education.
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Cody on new TA rules: Education is the'force multiplier' for Air Force
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New tuition assistance rules beginning Oct. 1
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Hagel: I'll protect GI Bill family transfer rights
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Medical prep school program offers path to commission
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Reservists will no longer have to pay tuition up front
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Army Corps of Engineers promotes STEM careers
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50 spouses get financial counselor fellowships
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1st female superintendent starts at Air Force Academy
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10 vital school supplies you never knew you'd need
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DoDEA cancels school closings
Defense officials have canceled the five furlough days that would have forced the Department of Defense Education Activity schools to close for five days at the beginning of the school year, a defense official said.
- Aug. 6, 2013
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Top TA school under fire for its name
A leading Senate Democrat is taking aim at the nation's top military tuition assistance school, saying its name could be tricking service members.
- Aug. 1, 2013
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GAO: For-profit, public schools show similar success rates
Students attending the for-profit institutions that take in the most Post-9/11 GI Bill money don't appear substantially less likely, or more likely, to succeed academically that those attending similar public or nonprofit private schools, a recent governm
- Jul. 31, 2013
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Bill would help troops better manage pre-service student loans
Two Illinois lawmakers want to amend financial protection law governing student loan repayments to eliminate what they say is a policy that discourages service members from consolidating or refinancing pre-service loans.
- Jul. 31, 2013
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No agreement yet on VRAP improvements
Expansion of a popular but underused veterans' skill training program is underway in Congress, but there is no agreement yet on how to improve the program.
- Jul. 30, 2013
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Service academies score high on Forbes' best colleges list
The U.S. Military Academy ranked No. 7 — ahead of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University — in Forbes magazine's 2013 rankings of the best colleges.
- Jul. 26, 2013
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AF Academy says it understated military personnel numbers in spending report
The Air Force Academy says it understated the number of military personnel at the school in its annual report on spending.
- Jul. 23, 2013
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Bill would let schools directly access VA records of vets' benefit entitlements
Educational institutions would have direct access to Veterans Affairs Department records of a student's education benefits entitlements under a new House bill designed to help student veterans get better financial counseling.
- Jul. 22, 2013
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AF Academy: Spending cuts haven't hurt academics
The Air Force Academy says deep spending cuts haven't hurt academics or substantially affected faculty numbers.
- Jul. 17, 2013
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Air Force Academy spending off $177M in fiscal '12
Air Force Academy spending plunged by 21.1 percent in 2012 as the military scaled back across all branches.
- Jul. 16, 2013
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10,000 financial managers to receive new training
A new certification program for Defense Department financial managers will provide standardized training for nearly 10,000 officer, enlisted and civilian financial managers in the Air Force, the service said Thursday.
- Jul. 12, 2013
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Laptop prices are plummeting
So, it's time for a new laptop. Whether you're looking for a back-to-school machine or a new notebook for your next deployment, you couldn't pick a better time to be on the hunt.
- Jul. 12, 2013
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SVA working to better track vets' success rates in school
A new effort to better track how student veterans fare in college — which holds the promise of identifying the practices and schools that best get vets to graduation day — is underway and should start producing information before 2014, the head of Student
- Jul. 12, 2013
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War-zone master's degree
Navy Lt. Thomas Saenz needed armed guards and an armored car to get to his final exams.
- Jul. 12, 2013
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American Military University is top TA school in every branch of the military
In every branch of the military and across the Defense Department overall, American Public Education Inc.
- Jul. 8, 2013
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Marine Corps honors DoDEA director
The director of the Defense Department's school system for military children will be honored at the Marine Corps Sunset Parade at 7 p.m. tonight at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington.
- Jul. 2, 2013
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Expert: Start at the top to prevent sex crimes
In April 2011, psychology professor and sex crime prevention expert Chris Kilmartin took his message to military leaders in San Antonio.
- Jul. 2, 2013
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Air Force seeks captains for PhD program
The Air Force last week said it will sponsor three captains to pursue a doctorate degree at a major university next year.
- Jun. 28, 2013
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AF Academy search turns up potential substance abuse
The Air Force Academy says a periodic inspection has turned up possible alcohol and substance abuse by a small number of cadets, which could potentially lead to the cadets being kicked out.
- Jun. 20, 2013
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Professor to teach gender studies courses at USAFA
A professor of psychology at the University of Mary Washington is helping the military overcome what some have called an epidemic of sexual assaults.
- Jun. 18, 2013
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New complaint reporting system for schools on the way
The federal government is testing, and plans to soon implement, a broad new complaint reporting system designed to root out the 'bad apples' among education institutions that serve troops and veterans, a Defense Department official told Congress.
- Jun. 14, 2013
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Schools scramble to support vets — is it working?
Anthony Arnold left college his freshman year to enlist in the Navy. When he returned to finish his undergraduate degree five years later, he wasn't like everyone else. He was older. He was trained in military intelligence.
- Jun. 14, 2013
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Free media training program for vets starting in Connecticut
The Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network plans to launch a free digitial media training program for veterans at its Hartford headquarters in the fall, and officials hope that the effort serves as a model that can be expanded nationwide, officials said.
- Jun. 14, 2013
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Bills to lower vets' tuition face opposition from schools
Bipartisan legislation that would force public colleges and universities to charge only in-state tuition rates to troops and veterans — if they want to keep receiving GI Bill payments — is facing strong opposition from schools that could see revenues drop
- Jun. 12, 2013
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