Then, employees can go directly to a nationally or regionally accredited college of choice and earn the remainder of their needed credits. To assist with costs, employees may qualify for civilian tuition assistance. The AFSC team is working to offer the same associates of science degrees as CCAF. Currently in the accreditation process and expected to be available soon are degrees associated with non-destructive inspection, information technology and quality assurance. The team is working with other colleges and universities to add additional degree programs. “If we can make this work for civilians like CCAF does for the military, we are improving careers and personal development for our employees.”Īs the pilot program is just being established, criminal justice is the first associate degree program available to civilians. “We are so excited about this program because we see a value for blue-collar and technical workers,” said Rebecca Delgado, Hill’s senior academic analyst and education services officer. The team met with higher education institutions to evaluate training and courses completed by federal civilians that could warrant college credits. The Air Force Sustainment Center’s team working an education initiative questioned why civilian workers did not get applied college credit when completing required military training as Airmen get for associate degrees with the Community College of the Air Force.Īs part of the AFSC’s strategic goals to innovate, design, and deliver training, a civilian university model was proposed to further develop and advance the civilian workforce. The pilot program is a new initiative that assists Air Force civilian workers in earning a college degree. Amazon's audiobook service Audible adapted the series into a 13-hour radio drama in 2015 with its own impressive cast, but here's hoping Hulu's take is the small screen version the comic's fans have been waiting for.HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah - Some federal civilian employees at Hill Air Force Base are now able to transfer skills learned through mandatory job training into credits that count toward an associate of science degree, by earning some college credits from nationally or regionally accredited colleges and universities. The first pass at a Locke & Key adaptation was six years ago, when Fox ultimately passed on a pilot backed by producer pair Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman and starring Mirando Otto and Nick Stahl. The son of horror icon Stephen King, Hill wrote several best-selling novels ( Heart-Shaped Box, NOS4ATU, The Fireman) before embarking on Locke & Key with artist Rodriguez, which took home a couple British Fantasy Awards and an Eisner, comics' Oscar-equivalent. There they explore a house with doors unlocked by magical keys that bestow powers.and a malevolent demon determined to steal them all for itself.Ĭuse developed the pilot while Hill wrote its script. The comic follows three siblings of the Locke family returning to their ancestral home in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, after their father is brutally murdered. I'm directing the TV pilot adaptation of his own amazing graphic novel for Hulu and producer /7J6PzffSvk Hulu is producing an hour-long pilot adaptation with Lost's Carlton Cuse executive producing and Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson filming it. After a few false starts, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez's award-winning horror comic Locke & Key is getting another shot at coming to your screen.
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