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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Col. Lee Gentile, left, commandant of Air Command and Staff College, hands the unit flag for the newly activated Global College of Professional Military Education to Col. Craig Ramsey during an activation and assumption of command ceremony April 1, 2022, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Ramsey serves as the first commandant of the college, which falls under ACSC and is responsible for providing online PME courses to more than 30,000 students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)Col. Lee Gentile, left, commandant of Air Command and Staff College, hands the unit flag for the newly activated Global College of Professional Military Education to Col. Craig Ramsey during an activation and assumption of command ceremony April 1, 2022, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Ramsey serves as the first commandant of the college, which falls under ACSC and is responsible for providing online PME courses to more than 30,000 students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
                
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Air University stands up Global College of PME, adds enlisted educationPublished April 14, 2022
                    
                    By Phil Berube
                    
                    
                    Air University Public Affairs
            **MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) --****Air University**has reorganized and renamed its distance learning program to reflect the direction civilian institutions are taking with their online courses and to recognize and welcome the addition of enlisted professional military education programs to its offerings.

The activation of the**Global College of Professional Military Education**now places the university’s officer and enlisted distance learning programs under one organization. Previously, distance learning programs for officers fell under theeSchool of Graduate PME and the **Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education**for enlisted members.

The distance learning programs now nested under the Global College of PME are Squadron Officer School; Air Command and Staff College; Air War College; Online Master’s Program; and Airman Leadership School, Noncommissioned Officer Academy and Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy for enlisted members. The enlisted programs are currently transferring to GCPME, with plans to be completely moved over by early summer. Under current Air Force policy, the enlisted online courses are primarily taken by**Air National Guard**and******Air Force Reserve**members.

The newly launched enlisted PME courses will take advantage of the same Arizona State University learning management system that officer courses have been on for the last two years.

“What I’m most excited about with this change is the impact to ourAirmen around the world,” said Col. Craig Ramsey, who assumed command of the Global College of PME as its first commandant April 1. “This gives us access to programs and technology that really enhances the student experience as they complete the courses. Instead of completing assigned readings and taking a test on it, there will be the opportunity for peer-to-peer exchange with others in the online class.”

Ramsey now leads an organization with a projected faculty of 96 and more than 30,000 online students, graduating about 20,000 officers and enlisted members annually. Organizationally, the Global College of PME falls under Air Command and Staff College.

“I’m so proud of the Global College team and what they’ve been doing to get to this point,” Ramsey said. “These professionals continue to deliver a learning experience that gets rave reviews from the students. There’s an opportunity here to deliver military education to ourAirmen throughout their careers in much the same way they pursue education with a civilian institution. We are fortunate to be on the cutting edge of technology and programs in providing our students a valuable learning experience.”FS 



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