Cadets at the federal academies, by contrast, pay no tuition, though they incur an obligation to serve in the military for a period upon graduation. Trailing tuition and fees are private funds and then state funding. “In fact, we think this is very good company to be in.” VMI is a state-funded college in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with tuition and fees paid by cadets accounting for the largest source of revenue for the college. Brower IV, deputy superintendent for academics and dean of the faculty at VMI. “There is no question that both federal academies are public, since they are so highly resourced by the federal government,” said Brig. 3 public liberal arts college in the new rankings. News introduced those academies – and the other federal service academies – into the ranking structure because of a change in the classifications of colleges by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 2 respectively as public liberal arts colleges in the just-released rankings. News introduced the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy into the liberal arts college category for the first time this year. What? The apparent disconnect is due to the fact that U.S. At the same time, VMI has reached its highest ranking among both public and private liberal arts colleges overall, outpacing all its previous rivals for the public school title. 1 public liberal arts college in the country. News & World Report has not ranked Virginia Military Institute as the No. Stewart MacInnis For the first time since 2001, U.S. “Orientation to the National D-Day nine stations and then forming Memorial and the chance to meet as a battalion for dedication of a plaque recognizing the wartime World War II veterans is an excellent experience for our young cadets Please see page 2 separated by a bugler’s call, at are recounted. ![]() Hughes ’08, cadet in charge, completed Matriculation Week and the event went off with military started classes, the D-Day pilgrimage precision, with the new cadet began a process of more fully companies rotating through understanding and appreciating the 10-minute historical briefings, New cadets listen as the challenges of the Normandy assault citizen-soldier concept. Under the leadership of Michael For the new class that recently P. More year that fourth class cadets, than 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, accompanied by Cadre, have and 150,000 troops were integral to made the trip to the Memorial, the successful D-Day operation of which opened on June 6, 2001. largest air, land and sea military It marked the sixth consecutive operation in human history. class got an introduction to the The new cadets came to contemplate heroism of The Greatest Generation precision of an infinitely larger scale during a visit to the National D-Day along with unparalleled valor and Memorial here on a broiling sacrifice, all of which went into the Sunday afternoon, Sept. D-Day Memorial Visit Illustrates Citizen-Soldier Concept By Bob Holland The members of VMI’s newest contributions of VMI alumni.
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