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APRIL 2003

Military Education at U of Maryland

In 1949 University of Maryland University College (UMUC) began making higher learning accessible to working adults in the U.S. military—any time, any place—even in some of the most nontraditional places for learning imaginable. UMUC has been on a remote mountaintop outpost in Korea and in combat zones in Vietnam.

Thanks to the Internet and UMUC’s advanced technological infrastructure, U.S. service members abroad can continue their studies without interruption even when reassigned from continent to continent. In short, anyone who begins a UMUC degree in one place may resume his/her studies wherever there is a computer with Internet access. Last year, more than 47,000 active-duty military and dependents took UMUC courses through the University’s overseas programs in 28 foreign countries, under contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. More than half (27,000) of these students attended UMUC in Europe. An additional 6,000 active-duty military enrolled in UMUC courses stateside—online and on-site. Military enrollments in the United States are the fastest growing segment of UMUC’s student population.

Today, UMUC–Europe, based in Heidelberg, Germany, offers classes at U.S. military installations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the most recent of which was established in Kosovo in spring 2000. To date, close to half a million students have taken courses from UMUC–Asia, based in Tokyo, Japan, and thousands have earned certificates or degrees.

In 2000, UMUC was selected as one of the first colleges/universities to participate as a U.S. Navy College Partner to offer distance-learning programs to sailors.

In addition to UMUC’s history of providing educational resources to U.S. service members, UMUC has tailored its graduate programs for:

Info Resources Management College, National Defense University – Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C. (1995)

U.S. Army Signal Center – Ft. Gordon, GA (2001)

U.S. Naval War College – Newport, RI (2001)

Army Management Staff College – Ft. Belvoir, VA (2001)

Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University – Norfolk, VA (2002)

Air War College, Air University – Montgomery, AL (2003)#

 

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