The Joint Education Center provides
testing including Dantes/DSST tests, tuition assistance for active
duty Marines and Sailors, as well as education workshops for everyone.
The center's Lifelong Learning Program (LL) provides personal
and professional learning opportunities within the Navy/Marine
Corps Community. The LL Program focuses on voluntary off-duty
academic programs in a traditional classroom setting. Access to
LL for independent duty and deployed Sailors/Marines is facilitated
through online enrollment and correspondence courses. Spouses
and civilians who work aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii or reside
in the nearby community may enroll in voluntary education courses
on the Base. Priority is given to active duty military personnel.
History of Lifelong Learning
in the Marine Corps Summary*
Compiled by Clinton L. Anderson
The roots of Lifelong Learning in the U.S. Marine Corps can be
traced back to 1839 at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC,
when the Barracks Commandant established a school for the general
education of band apprentices. One of its most famous students
was John Philip Sousa, who gave great credit to this school for
his academic and musical education. But the philosophical underpinnings
of Marine Corps "General Education" came from Josephus
Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy during the administration of
President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921. It was Secretary Daniels
who observed that many sailors and Marines "were lacking
in elementary education" and had spare time to remedy this
deficiency. He was convinced that sailors and marines should not
only have a chance to learn fundamental academic skills, but also
the skills of a trade. Beginning in 1914, Daniels had young officers
teaching reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, and
history to enlisted Sailors and Marines. Attendance for those
who needed these subjects was compulsory. This effort became known
as "Navy University Afloat." Daniels wrote: "My
ambition as Secretary of the Navy is to make the Navy a great
University, with college extension, and primary extension all
on board ship. Every ship should be a school, and every officer
a school master."
* A considerable amount of this summary comes directly
from the 1993 dissertation written by Wiley Newman Boland, Jr.,
entitled: SEMPER EDUCARE: The History of Marine Corps General
Education, 1739-1992. It was submitted and approved in April
1992 by the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. This dissertation is well documented with primary and
secondary source references and is readily available at the VPI
Library in Blacksburg, VA.
Education
Know How
Sure, you've probably thought about going
to college. But all of the paperwork, prerequisites and the overhaul
of loans you need made you think twice. Go with your first thought-go
to college. There is no better time to earn your degree to give
you an edge on the workforce competition. Make it happen. The
Joint Education Center is here for you!
Don't slam the door of education and opportunity,
walk through it by attending the weekly one-hour College 101
held every Wed. at the Joint Education Center, Bldg. 220, classroom
# G, at 11:35 a.m. College 101 is mandatory to attend as per MARADMIN 571/05.
With the aid of the Joint Education Center's
professional staff, they'll walk you through the education maze
and steer you in the right direction toward your goals.
Troops
to Teachers
To all MCNET Members:
With critical assistance from the IT staff, we created an Internet-based
guide that one may use to determine eligibility for the Troops
to Teachers Program. Please follow these steps:
1. Go to ProudToServeAgain.Com
http://proudtoserveagain.com/
2. Click on the TTT home page.
3. From the blue and white menu on the left, select:
Information > Eligibility and click on Determine Your Eligibility
SOC Schools by State
http://www.soc.aascu.org/pubfiles/socmisc/UNIV_COLL.pdf
GI Bill-approved institution search (WEAMS):
http://inquiry.vba.va.gov/weamspub/buildSearchInstitutionCriteria.do
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