Shipboard college exams resume with new rules

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Shipboard college exams resume with new rules
By Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, February 13, 2009

Sailors may again take college exams aboard ships after lost tests triggered a worldwide freeze on the practice a year ago.

The testing must follow a new policy designed to ensure more secure storage and handling of exams, and those who violate the rules will face punishment, the U.S. Navy said in a recent memorandum.

The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support gives thousands of sailors around the world access to a variety of higher education opportunities, including college exams and law school entrance testing.

The Navy halted the program in March after tests were lost at some shore facilities and aboard some ships.

All paper-based education testing resumed at shore facilities two months later, but the Navy vowed to freeze examinations aboard ships until it made policy changes.


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[patrice]

1. As if getting hiring preference on civilian jobs, once they're discharged, weren't enough.

Honor?