IWU Selected As a Top School in Military Advanced Education's 2015 Guide to Colleges & Universities

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Dec 12, 2014, 01:30 ET

MARION, Ind., Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Military Advanced Education (MAE) has awarded Indiana Wesleyan University ("IWU") the designation of a Top School in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education. The Guide was released in the December issue of MAE, and is available online.

The Guide presents results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at more than 600 institutions including private, public, for-profit, not-for-profit, four-year and two-year colleges. From community colleges to state universities, online universities and nationally known centers of higher learning, MAE's 2015 Guide to Colleges & Universities arms students with information about institutions that go out of their way to give back to our men and women in uniform.

Now in its eighth year of publishing the Guide, MAE was the first publication to launch a reference tool of this type. This year, institutes were evaluated on their military culture, financial aid, flexibility, on-campus support and online support services. Each school's performance rating by category is represented by an easy-to-recognize dashboard. This will enable prospective students to quickly target schools that follow best practices in military education, and then put these in context with other academic or career considerations.

"We believe the Guide serves as an invaluable tool for both education services officers and transition officers when advising servicemembers about their educational opportunities," said Kelly Fodel, MAE's editor. "We used strict criteria to individually evaluate the submissions of respondents, and we had a record number of schools participating this year.

"Not only is the 2015 Guide printed in our December issue of Military Advanced Education, but also published in a searchable database online," Fodel said. "We designed this database with the military student in mind. We want to help them make informed choices, so we are giving them access to all the survey questions and answers provided by the schools, as well as explanations about critical issues like activation and deployment policies, withdrawal policies, scholarship and financial aid information and important support information."

About Military Advanced Education and KMI Media Group, Inc.
Military Advanced Education (www.mae-kmi.com) serves education services officers (ESOs) and transition officers (TOs) at every U.S. military installation, along with the servicemembers they counsel. Published 10 times yearly, MAE's editorial coverage includes exclusive interviews with military executive leadership, educators, and members of Congress; best practices; career and transition spotlights, servicemember, school, and program profiles, and periodic special reports. KMI Media Group, Inc. is the leading independent publisher of targeted information about military requirements, technologies and operations. Serving as a unique forum for senior military and Department of Defense leadership, KMI focuses on distinct and essential communities within the defense market.

Indiana Wesleyan University is home to many graduate, undergraduate and associate degree programs. A well-respected evangelical Christian university, IWU is committed to providing a comprehensive, liberal arts education. IWU offers residential programs at its main campus in Marion, IN, and programs for adult students online and at learning sites located throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Over 10,000 are enrolled in our adult degree courses, enabling many adults who work full or part-time or have other obligations to successfully complete their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

For more information on any of the over 80 degrees offered by IWU, contact the Admissions Office.

CONTACT: Jerry Shepherd, Associate Vice President for Adult Enrollment and Marketing, IWU, 765-677-2285

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