Air University Educational Digest - 2010 (pdf ... - The Air University

source of commissioned officers) from McGee Tyson
ANGB, Tennessee, to Maxwell AFB. This transfer
benefited the ANG and the USAF alike, as it gave the
ANG‘s newest officers all the advantages of
attending OTS classes while at the same time
imbuing the USAF‘s newest officers with an
appreciation of the merits—and the needs—of a Total
Force structure. Formally designated as Det. 12,
ANG Readiness Center, the ANG officer
schoolhouse was co-located with OTS over the
summer, and its first class of Maxwell-hosted
graduates received their commissions on 13
November.
AU colleges and schools also continued to adapt their
course offerings to new web-based technologies. For
example, SOS released the first major revision to its
distance learning program since 2002, and CCAF
began to offer a ground-breaking, on-line cultural
awareness course for AF enlisted personnel that
emphasized the affects that cultural differences could
have upon mission performance.
In 2009, the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS) reaffirmed AU‘s accreditation as a
degree-granting institution. AU was initially
accredited in 2004 and is subject to renewal every
five years. In 2010, SACS provided favorable
consideration to accrediting AU as a level V
institution, opening the door to offer the Ph.D. in
Military Strategy to selected SAASS students.
These events cemented AU‘s status as a center of
intellectual and academic excellence.
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