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Month: June 2017

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[UPDATED with copy of monitoring report] MSCHE report is out: Academy remains on accreditation warning

June 29, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 3

UPDATE:  Link to the full Academy monitoring report added at the end of this post. Today the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (“MSCHE”) released […]

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Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby, ’79, to be nominated as Maritime Administrator

June 22, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 17

Yesterday it was announced that President Trump intends to nominate Rear Admiral (Ret.) Mark H. “Buz” Buzby, ’79, as his Maritime Administrator.  The president could […]

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Breaking: Current data about sea year

June 10, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 1

The whole soccer team issue sidetracked me from the post that I’ve been preparing about how MARAD calculates the restoration of sea year. I’ll try […]

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[Update re today’s court hearing] Why I haven’t posted about the soccer team issue

June 9, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 17

Update:  At today’s court hearing, the parties reached an agreement that will allow the senior midshipmen on the soccer team to participate in graduation and […]

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Dear Secretary Chao: MARAD is undermining you.

June 6, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 12

Dear Secretary Chao: We at KingsPointSentry.com welcomed your nomination as the Secretary of Transportation and we were particularly heartened during your confirmation hearing when Senator […]

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Only 10% of 2020 B-Splits will go out to sea on time

June 5, 2017 Andy Simpson, KP '82 15

In two weeks, B-Splits at the Academy are scheduled to depart on sea year. Unfortunately, 90% of the Class of 2020 B-Splits will be getting […]

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  • JOE RYAN '61 on [UPDATED] MARAD’s efforts to control its oversight board, the Academy’s Board of Visitors: Understanding MARAD’s gamesmanship – Part 4
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