Outlines the Air Force's program of training for its personnel and the attitudes on which it is based. (IRT)

Describes how college students are among the reservists whose lives have been put on hold by recent military activation. (EV)

Describes the SUNY Colleges in the North Country Consortium, which comprises nine higher education institutions committed to working collaboratively and in concert with an Army Education Center at Fort Drum. The consortium provides educational services to active-duty military and their spouses. (EV)

Military history faces a dire fate. Fewer and fewer colleges and universities today regard the historical study of military institutions and practices a worthy social, and therefore scholarly, charge. John Lynn enters this debate, examining the state of military history, which he defines in terms of three genres: popular, applied, and academic.…

With the large number of National Guard members and reservists being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, public educators find themselves endeavoring to support the emotional and academic needs of military children and their families. Military children may exhibit behavioral and emotional difficulties during these deployments. Educator awareness of…

The "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program" is a residential education and training program designed for youth ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of or been expelled from high school. During the 22-week residential period, participants are offered GED preparation classes and other program services intended to promote positive youth…

There is scientific and popular dispute about whether there are sex differences in cognitive abilities and whether they are relevant to the proportions of men and women who attain high-level achievements, such as Nobel Prizes. A recent meta-analysis (Lynn, R., and Irwing, P. (2004). Sex differences on the progressive matrices: a meta-analysis.…

As part of an ongoing survey effort, new recruits were surveyed at United States Army reception stations across the country during the spring and summer of 1982 and 1983. In addition to presenting cross-tabulated responses for survey questions on recruits' reasons for enlisting, principal components analyses were completed on these data. These…

A calibration of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) composite of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Forms 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, and 10b to the metric of the AFQT Form 7a (AFQT-7a) and a comparison of these outcomes to the operational calibration tables implemented 1 October 1980 are presented. A sample of applicants for…

"On the Blockade" is the third historical fiction novel in the "The Blue and the Gray Series." Like the first and second volumes, the plot dates back to the War of the Rebellion, and takes place in the midst of scenes on the Southern coast, where the United States naval operations occurred. Many of the personages of the…

This is the 12th volume of a bound periodical, "American Journal of Education." This journal was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. The focus of this issue is on military systems and military education in France and Prussia. [This volume was published by Henry Barnard. It represents n3 of…

Three prototypes of paper-and-pencil based adaptive tests were developed, refined and developed in sufficient quantities for administration to groups of 40 subjects. Two aptitude areas were employed in each prototype. These were Word Knowledge and Arithmetic Reasoning. A total of 711 Basic Airmen Recruits were administered the prototypes in both…

Should problems arise in procuring a sufficient number of qualified personnel to maintain viable force levels under zero-draft conditions, it becomes necessary to identify incentive programs which could be used to stimulate recruiting effort. A total of 3391 officer trainees and 9333 basic airmen entering service during fiscal year 1972 were…

The education and training provided by the Canadian Armed Forces is analyzed in consideration of its contribution to both the economic and social aspects of national development. From this analysis it appears that the Armed Forces' extensive formally organized education and training program has an important impact on economic development when…

The study characterizes the 1971 enlistees by relating their education, race, age, and test performance to their perceived draft vulnerability as high, moderate, or low draft pressure, or not eligible for the draft, and comparing them to the 1970 accessions. It was found that the 1971 accessions demonstrated less aptitude and were less…