By Dr. Kathleen Shriver and Jodi Bouvin
American Military University
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is important to active duty military, to those who are no longer on active duty, and to those who have served our country and are now veterans.
One of the statistics reported by the U.S. Census Bureau is the number and percent of higher education degrees attained by the population. Based on the 2010 survey, for the first time, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults aged 25 years and older have earned a degree. Almost 18 percent have a bachelor’s degree, 10 percent earned a master’s, and the remaining received a doctorate.
By Dan Allen, MSgt (Ret), USAF
Southeast Military Outreach Education Coordinator at American Military University
While serving on active duty in the United States Air Force, I am now ashamed to say that I waited over 13 years to finally work up the nerve to attend my first college class. In my head, I easily justified why I couldn’t take classes as my life was just too busy with family, work, and social commitments.
by Emily Philippe
Program Director, Accounting and Finance at American Public University
If you plan on pursuing a career in accounting, with the military or as a civilian, consider the following recommendations. First, while it is important to take advantage of military offered training and schools, do not neglect continuing your education outside of the military.
Illustrative of the state of cybersecurity in the U.S., a child hacked into the email account of CIA Director John Brennan and exposed sensitive facts.
The House Homeland Security Committee has released its Terror Threat Snapshot for January. As usual, it’s frightening.
With more than 100 ISIS-related terror plots found in the U.S. in 2015 so far, Americans are on edge. Here are some tips to prevent a terrorist attack.
The attacks in Paris were unlike other recent homegrown or ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks here in the U.S. and abroad since it appears to have been a well-planned and coordinated complex attack. At this early stage, it appears that this most recent attack in Paris employed a hybrid mix of homegrown terrorists, formerly returned foreign fighters, as well as possible covert infiltration of at least one terrorist as a refugee. What strategy should the U.S. deploy to counter ISIL? AMU professor Jeffrey Gardner writes about how our intelligence agencies and special operations forces need to fight smartly with regional nations.
An analysis of Mao Zedong’s effectiveness. Was he a good leader?
Emergency and disaster management briefing for June 5, 2020: Cristobal is likely to quickly regain strength over the Gulf of Mexico – and other news.
