Southern France Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1945, Nice, Alpes Cote D'Azur                                July 1945 the stars and stripes Page a army school program expanding con 4 i i n i the army education program till reach All soldiers who desire to participate in it and whose military duties permit them to do you know that participation in the army education program is voluntary its up to you whether or not you take advantage of the that in a theater wide Survey made recently two sol Diers out of three indicated a desire to participate in the pro that participation in the program costs an initial fee if you enrol in Musafi self teaching or Cor Respondence that your unit has or will have a quota for attendance at i at the theater centralized technical and at various civilian universities and and military conditions you Aill have a Chance to apply for enrolment in such of these places As May interest that in your battalion or regiment there is an educational advisement officer who can give advice on what schools to attend and what courses to j on Job opportunities i Back v i that the army education program will not make you a or a skilled but it will enable you to make uie most of it will get you Back into the habit of and it will facilitate your return to civil that participation in the program will not delay your re turn to civil in rare cases and then Only for the time required to Complete a course begun m a civilian University or technical that you will return to your unit after attending a i University or civilian ins Titu except in rare cases where the unit nov have been alerted or have left the 9 that in the i universities you will study under some of americas leading that in your unit command school you win study from Stan Dard textbooks selected by committees of american that work you com plete Success Fusle in the army education or Tarim will be noted on your permanent r eneral Dwight in a statement inaugurating the theater education said recently the army has undertaken its educational program in order to fulfil its obligation the soldiers who have won our great the program already is under it will be accelerated in the weeks and months the army education program will provide the individual Soldier with opportunities both for study and for vocational with in his own unit the Soldier will be Able to learn the rudiments of a skill or Trade often through on the Job within his unit the Soldier will find schools wherein he May select from a wide Range of outside his the Soldier with a suitable background will be Able to study in special army univer sity study centers or to further his knowledge of mechanical skills in a centralized army vocational there will also be provi Sions whereby soldiers May study in recognized civil educational institutions both in the United King Dom and on the the army is maintaining a system of correspondence courses which offer a wide and through which the Soldier May pursue his studies to the maximum extent of his inclination and of the time available to in establishing this diversified program in the european we Are not proposing or promising to work we intend Sim ply to do everything can to assist the american Soldier in pre paring himself to meet the new challenges of civilian in the last these challenges will be met and overcome through the inherent Good sense and Industry of the Soldier himself aside from contributing to discipline and the education program has the further objective of assisting in the preparation of men Lor their return to civilian first of till in this the army Hopes to impart not less Nan a fifth Grade general Educ atom to All military personnel who have not received such education the program has the mis Sion of providing men and women who want to earn with one or useful vocational or professional or Basic education leading to unit i e incl their As Are in a to pro n their commands with Advie and information to help them cach choices of in the education pro based on their plans far firn a us Faithe army correspondence school every ambitious Serviceman and woman in the Eto today has an Opportunity to study and prepare Foi postwar professions and industries under a three Way educational pro Gram devised for of duty study by Musafi the army correspondence with the world As a Campus and historic Europe As a the educational facilities for Arney Stu dents Are unlimited and precedent the worldwide University enables those whose education was disrupted by the War to renew relations with institutions of those who have been so effected May take advantage of the refresher courses offered in their respective Fields before they return to Amer ican a Soldier student will get As much put of Musafi courses As he puts into the courses have been carefully selected to serve men and women who want to use their off duty hours the Institute offers service Stu dents three methods of is follows Musafi correspondence self teaching University Extension two of the Musafi correspondence and Are handled directly by the in the third course University Exten Musafi merely acts As an agent Between the student and the the Institute also acts As an educational advisor to the it helps him determine whether or he has sufficient background to take the course he has selected and guides his educational for if a student wanted to become an a and did not have Elemen tary training in Book keeping and commercial the institutes educational advisors would Aid the student in selecting a course of study leading to his a Brief analysis of the courses offered is presented below in order that the student May select what he believes is the Best system for him to follow Musafi correspondence under this the student receives an average of three lessons at a he studies textbooks or lecture material in his respective Field and within a specified period mails the completed lessons to Musafi where they Are graded and returned with a new set of when the course is he May be tested if an end of course test is available for the not All correspondence courses have an end of course Musafi self teaching this method gives the student tha Complete course at one he gets the lecture mater Ial and study and is required to study the course by him an end of course if is Given by an of the student May Galwaa continued on Page d features of the army education program described in detail elsewhere in this supplement United states armed forces Institute described on this this is the army Cor Respondence school it offers a selection of 205 training within civilian described on Page qualified Soldier students Are placed in outstanding civilian educational Cor Industrial institutions in the United kingdom or on the usually for one army University command unit centralized technical army information education staff  described on Page the army own i uni where typical University programs Are provided for qualified described on pages b and these schools Are operated by and within air Force groups or units of similar size they offer courses ranging from literacy training through second year College described on Page the army vocational which provides courses in about 18 major vocational Fields and in the occupational skills with described on Page the i e school in Winch trains the key personnel who conduct the i e program within on Jcu in practical training is on Lupu by exjt4s