Comments on: How military friendly are America’s colleges and universities? http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/02/how-military-friendly-are-america%e2%80%99s-colleges-and-universities/ Working adults and the new world of higher education Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:48:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cliff http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/02/how-military-friendly-are-america%e2%80%99s-colleges-and-universities/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Cliff Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:47:56 +0000 http://www.theother85percent.com/?p=8#comment-252 Doctor, you asked what challenges the military member faces in getting an education. As a retired service member who was on a combat team in the 1980s, I struggled with juggling deployments and going to school. . Many times I was enrolled in the local college and I would be notified of a team deployment. This happened more than once and of course this was before advent internet and the online classroom. Since that time in the 1980's I have engaged online learning as part of my growth and embraced this new classroom. This brings into view new challenges. Sadly many brick and mortar colleges and employers have not accepted the online student or graduate. With the many colleges, such as Capella, there are those "traditional" schools who once held their noses when discussing the online student and classroom, now see the benefit and are taping into the virtual world. The online students of today are not "classroom rats", with responsibilities and are more self-motivated and driven to succeed. This is true with many military personnel. Today's military person has all the technology and resources to attend class anywhere in the world. A wide variety of courses and at a cheaper, lower cost classes are the key for the typical G.I. Joe or Jane. Just my view. Doctor, you asked what challenges the military member faces in getting an education. As a retired service member who was on a combat team in the 1980s, I struggled with juggling deployments and going to school. . Many times I was enrolled in the local college and I would be notified of a team deployment. This happened more than once and of course this was before advent internet and the online classroom.

Since that time in the 1980’s I have engaged online learning as part of my growth and embraced this new classroom. This brings into view new challenges. Sadly many brick and mortar colleges and employers have not accepted the online student or graduate. With the many colleges, such as Capella, there are those “traditional” schools who once held their noses when discussing the online student and classroom, now see the benefit and are taping into the virtual world. The online students of today are not “classroom rats”, with responsibilities and are more self-motivated and driven to succeed. This is true with many military personnel. Today’s military person has all the technology and resources to attend class anywhere in the world.

A wide variety of courses and at a cheaper, lower cost classes are the key for the typical G.I. Joe or Jane. Just my view.

]]> By: Alphonso http://www.theother85percent.com/2008/02/how-military-friendly-are-america%e2%80%99s-colleges-and-universities/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Alphonso Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:54:09 +0000 http://www.theother85percent.com/?p=8#comment-115 The military, the Army most specifically, does a lot to make resources available to soldiers who want to pursue their education. These options are only as good as the institutions who are willing to provide service. When I was deployed overseas we had the University of Maryland University College and Central Texas College both on our post. They had teachers in person teaching. It was a great opportunity for many people to continue their educations while away from the states. However, people such as myself wanting to pursue graduate studies, only option was to study online. Outside of deployed environments countless colleges are recruiting miltary students. Most places are willing to significantly drop their tuition rates so that the military benefits will cover all tuition. So there would be no cost (out of pocket) to the service member. The military, the Army most specifically, does a lot to make resources available to soldiers who want to pursue their education. These options are only as good as the institutions who are willing to provide service. When I was deployed overseas we had the University of Maryland University College and Central Texas College both on our post. They had teachers in person teaching. It was a great opportunity for many people to continue their educations while away from the states. However, people such as myself wanting to pursue graduate studies, only option was to study online.

Outside of deployed environments countless colleges are recruiting miltary students. Most places are willing to significantly drop their tuition rates so that the military benefits will cover all tuition. So there would be no cost (out of pocket) to the service member.

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