Few people understand the meaning of lifelong learning better than a veteran does. I can’t speak from experience, but I wonder if it often feels to a soldier as though one’s real education begins not on the first day of basic training, but somewhere in the first tour of duty. It must seem trite to [...]

For students who are in the military, distance learning is like a dream come true. To think that you could continue getting an associate, bachelor’s or even master’s degree while stationed overseas or even deployed in a war zone is real coup for online education.

But military personnel taking online courses while fulfilling their service is [...]