{"id":463,"date":"2014-12-22T09:53:44","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=463"},"modified":"2014-12-22T09:53:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T14:53:44","slug":"mansfield-receives-military-top-school-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Mansfield Receives Military \u201cTop School\u201d Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> <strong>Mansfield University has been designated a \u201cTop<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?fit=1519%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1519,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Print&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Print\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?fit=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?fit=864%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School-253x300.jpg?resize=253%2C300\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?resize=864%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MAE-Top-School.jpg?w=1519&amp;ssl=1 1519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a> School\u201d by Military Advanced Education (MAE) in the magazine\u2019s 2015 Guide to Colleges &amp; Universities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The guide, which measures best practices in military and veteran education, was released in the December issue of MAE. It is available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/mae-kmi.com\" target=\"_blank\">mae-kmi.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAE\u2019s Guide to Colleges &amp; Universities presents the results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at more than 600 institutions. It serves as tool for both education services officers and transition officers when advising service members about their educational opportunities. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now in its eighth year, MAE was the first publication to launch a reference tool of this type according to the guide\u2019s publishers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelly Fodel, editor of MAE magazine, said the guide serves as an \u201cinvaluable tool for both education services officers and transition officers when advising service members about their educational opportunities. We used strict criteria to individually evaluate the submissions of respondents, and we had a record number of schools participating this year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For information on veterans services and benefits at MU, go to <a title=\"Mansfield Military-Veterans\" href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.edu\/military-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\">mansfield.edu\/military-veterans\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Mansfield University has been designated a \u201cTop School\u201d by Military Advanced Education (MAE) in the magazine\u2019s 2015 Guide &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=463\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mansfield Receives Military \u201cTop School\u201d Designation<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-7t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1276,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1276","url_meta":{"origin":463,"position":0},"title":"Mansfield Receives Military \u201cTop School\u201d Designation","author":"Terry Day","date":"March 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Mansfield University has been designated a \u201cTop School\u201d by Military Advanced Education and Transition (MAE&T) in the magazine\u2019s 2016 Guide to Colleges and Universities. 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