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Dilger, Robert Jay – Congressional Research Service, 2021
Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. In recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, veterans who have…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Public Agencies, Veterans, Federal Aid
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Biniecki, Susan M. Yelich; Berg, Paul – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
Retiring senior military officers (SMO) are a specific group of adult learners in role transition. SMOs have the shared experience of high-level leadership roles, senior managerial experiences, and military rank. They experience some similar transition challenges as other military affiliated learners, such as military-civilian culture; however, in…
Descriptors: Veterans, Adult Learning, Administrators, Career Change
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Carpenter, Rob E.; Silberman, Dave – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2020
The United States military is one of the most notable developers of civilian workforce talent. Yet, approximately one third of post 9/11 veterans retain a personal narrative of military identity that they often find conflicts with civilian society--and as a result, with a civilian career. Earlier studies on veteran career transition have…
Descriptors: Veterans, Self Concept, Career Development, Labor Force Development
Dilger, Robert Jay; Lowry, Sean – Congressional Research Service, 2019
Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals…
Descriptors: Veterans, Entrepreneurship, Small Businesses, Employment Experience
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Bell, Barbara – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2017
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spends nearly $12 billion annually on education benefits (VA, 2016). Veterans are showing up on campus in ever increasing numbers. While recruiting veterans makes sense from an enrollment management perspective, as most veterans come to campus with financial aid, how well prepared is higher education to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Veterans, Transitional Programs, Federal Legislation
Cahill, Charlotte – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2013
Federal education benefits for veterans represent a substantial investment--$18 billion since 2009 under the Post-9/11 GI Bill--in the development of a skilled American workforce. Unfortunately, this investment does not always pay off because many veterans encounter serious obstacles as they attempt to navigate the higher education system and the…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Barriers, Higher Education, Academic Advising
Hollis, Michael J. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this paper was to identify a problem in higher education that needed a new solution and draft a viable proposal for how to resolve it. I chose the problem of cultural barriers that veterans often face when attempting to return to many universities following military service. The method used was a combination of existing literature…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Military Service, Cultural Differences, Social Mobility
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Westwood, Marvin J.; McLean, Holly; Cave, Douglas; Borgen, William; Slakov, Paul – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2010
This study is an evaluation of the Veterans Transition Program, a residential, group-based program designed to assist the transition of military personnel back into Canadian society by aiding with their personal and career readjustment. Participants in the program included 18 male soldiers who experienced varying degrees of combat-related trauma.…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Military Personnel, Veterans, Transitional Programs
Brito, Javier; Callahan, Philip; Marks, Michael Wm. – Online Submission, 2008
This exploratory case study focuses on a returning Hispanic combat veteran and his perceptions and experiences regarding transition from a military setting to a higher education setting. Focus is placed on a cohort-based transition educational program of studies designed to provide coping skills that foster resiliency so as to minimize…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, War, Veterans, Case Studies
Cuyahoga Community Coll., Cleveland, OH. Office of Educational Evaluation and Market Research Systems. – 1980
A survey was conducted to ascertain the views of present and past students and staff and administrators of Cuyahoga Community College's three ACCESS programs: Veterans Upward Bound, Project Search, and Special Services for Disadvantaged Students. Questionnaires sent to current program participants focused on the nature and value of program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged, Participant Satisfaction
Bascetta, Cynthia A. – 2002
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the transition assistance programs offered by each military branch and their effectiveness. Data were gathered from the following sources: (1) program descriptions and administrative data; (2) structured group interviews with approximately 70 service members who had participated in the transition…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Counseling Services, Data Collection, Federal Programs