by Amy Gillentine Published: November 29,2011
The Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., Friday to review morale and discipline, and a variety of other issues at the academy. The board meets regularly to consider changes to curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other Academy issues. Members include: Susan Schwab, former U.S. ambassador; Alfredo [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 21,2011
Tags: aeronautics, Air Force Academy, Colorado
An Air Force Academy instructor was chosen as the top professor in Colorado by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, marking the second straight year that the academy’s staff has received the award. Dr. Thomas Yechout, a professor in the Academy’s Aeronautics Department, was recognized for writing a flight mechanics textbook and for helping [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 14,2011
The Air Force Academy received a Colorado Environmental Leadership program Gold Leader award from the Colorado Pubic Health and Environment Department. The award recognizes institutions that have fully operational, facility-specific environmental management systems that have undergone planning, implementation and operation, as well as checks and reviews at several levels. The process started earlier this year, and the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: October 4,2011
The U.S. Air Force Academy received an $800,000 grant to study space junk and the threat it poses to satellite systems. The Center for Space Situational Awareness Research will develop the Falcon Telescope Network, a system of small telescopes for satellite tracking. The network will form the basis for the cadets’ education and research program, and will partner [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 21,2011
The military is investigating allegations that two senior officials at the Air Force Academy provided misleading information about faculty credentials to an organization that accredits colleges and universities, The Associated Press has learned. A document obtained by the AP says the Air Force inspector general ordered a formal investigation into complaints that the academy’s dean and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, don't ask, don't tell, military academies
They were young children — mere kids 18 years ago when the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays serving openly in the military took effect. But over two decades, attitudes shifted, America changed and these youngsters grew up, winning coveted spots to study in the top military academies. Now they are giving a collective shrug [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: September 13,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, rankings, top U.S. News and World Report
The Air Force Academy is ranked No.1 in the nation by high school guidance counselors and second in the nation by aeronautical and astronautical engineers. Those were just two among many other top-tier rankings the Academy claimed in U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings for 2012. The high school counselor rankings category was added this year, [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: August 30,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Economic impact, Parents weekend
An estimated 9,500 visitors will visit the Pikes Peak region for the Air Force Academy’s annual Parents’ Weekend, starting Thursday. The visitors are expected to bring an additional $7.5 million in direct revenue to Colorado Springs businesses and an additional $556,776 in sales tax revenue. Academy officials say the numbers are a fraction of the more [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: August 4,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Forbes, Princeton Review, Top Ten
In its second accolade of the week, the Air Force Academy is ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the nation, according to Forbes. Forbes released its best colleges ranking Wednesday, ranking the academy as the tenth best. The magazine ranked Williams College in Massachusetts at the top, followed by Princeton, the U.S. Military [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: August 2,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Princeton Review, staff, top colleges
The Air Force Academy received top 10 rankings in the most available professors, low drug and alcohol use and best school administration in a review of top colleges released by Princeton Review. The review ranks the Air Force academy’s faculty fifth in the nation in “most accessible professors,” and ranked its administration ninth in the category, [...] [...]
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