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Serving those who serve: Coaching students in uniform
Kay Currin
InsideTrack Coach
My personal interest in working with service members to complete their college degrees comes from growing up as an Army Brat, working with the Army for 10 years, and completing a master’s project on the need for student services for active duty military and veterans enrolled in college. Today, I coach students from all branches of the military—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Together, they represent approximately 60 percent active duty military, 30 percent veterans, and 10 percent nonmilitary.
I support a university that has always had a special… Continue reading
In service of students
Chris Leonardo was a minister for eight years, working primarily with middle and high school students at an interdenominational church in Oregon, when he felt a call of a different kind.
It was a sign – a sign of a weak economy – when his position was eliminated and he found himself looking for a logical career transition. He found it as a coach, not of spiritual guidance but of effectiveness and success, providing executive-style coaching to college students.
“The joke 20 years ago was that if you were a pastor who lost his job or left the flock,… Continue reading
Pell Institute singles out DeVry University for the high level of service it offers to the neediest students
“Promising Practices Supporting Low-Income, First-Generation Students at DeVry University,” a new report from the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education praises the company for the services it offers to low-income and first-generation students.
