Colorado Springs university leaders discuss U.S. education efforts

Clockwise from center: Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould talks with John Gould and Schuyler Foerster before a panel discussion at Colorado College Dec. 8, 2011, on education in the United States. John Gould is Colorado College's associate professor of political science. Foerster is president of the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council, which organized the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Colorado Springs university leaders discuss U.S. education efforts

Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, second from left, discusses the state of higher education in the United States during a panel at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 8, 2011. The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council organized the panel, which also included (from left): Dr. Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; World Affairs Council President Schuyler Foerster, Colorado College President Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler and Dr. Bruce Harmon, dean of engineering at the southern campus of Colorado Technical University. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy builds vision for women's mentoring

Capt. Carla Stephany shares her table's ideas with the larger group during the Air Force Academy's women's mentoring initiative at the Milazzo Center Nov. 30, 2011. The purpose of the meeting was to set up a vision for implementing and assessing a women's mentoring program at the Academy. Stephany is a clinical social worker at the Academy's Peak Performance Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

In the Stairwell

The cadet group In the Stairwell is scheduled to perform at a holiday reception Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 in the White House. The group was formed in 2004 and was just recently made an official cadet club. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Volunteers lay wreaths at Academy Cemetery

Airman 1st Class Katrina Barrios places wreaths on graves in the Academy Cemetery Dec. 2, 2011. The Academy received 950 wreaths from Wreaths Across America for the wreath-laying ceremony, which was the first of its kind here. Barrios is assigned to the 10th Surgical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Volunteers lay wreaths at Academy Cemetery

Maj. Jason Harris brushes snow off a grave during a wreath laying at the Air Force Academy Cemetery Dec. 2, 2011. The ceremony was the first of its kind for the Academy Cemetery, according to Academy Mortuary Affairs officials. Harris is an instructor with the Academy's Department of Military and Strategic Studies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)