Army Launches Plan To Recruit High School Dropouts
The U.S. Army hopes to recruit as many as 6,000 dropouts who would earn high-school-equivalency diplomas during their time in the military, under a three-year pilot program announced this month.
Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera joined U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley and retired Army Gen. Colin Powell at the Pentagon Feb. 3 to unveil the "GED Plus" program, which will be offered to new recruits through Sept. 30, 2003.
The program is aimed at students who left high school to work or take care of family responsibilities. Students who were expelled from...
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