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Samuel L. Bagwell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Military experience alone is no longer enough to replace a college degree for many civilian jobs, leaving nearly 15% of transitioning veterans at a disadvantage without higher education credentials. This study explored how active-duty Marines decide whether to pursue postsecondary education and assessed the role of the voluntary education (VolED)…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans Education, Decision Making, Higher Education
Erin Starr Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Every year 115,000 veterans transition out of the military and enter an institution of higher education as student veterans. These student veterans enter academia with specific challenges to success that traditional non-veteran students do not experience. The problem addressed by this study was the underutilization and lack of transition services…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Transitional Programs, College Students, Student Needs
Kaycee Budd – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how the military and veteran services offices in public institutions are supporting student veterans in their higher education journey. This study was aimed to allow Chief Military and Veteran Services Officers (CMVSO) in 4-year public institutions to identify challenges and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans Education, Student Personnel Services, Public Colleges
Christina R. McDonald – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Higher learning institutions have encountered increasing student-veteran enrollment rates due to the surge of servicemembers discharged from the military in recent years. Community colleges have also experienced increased rates of student veterans choosing two-year institutions either to pursue a technical degree or to enroll in courses…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Veterans, Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education
Timothy Thomas Ullmann – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Student combat veterans comprise a unique subpopulation within institutions of higher education. To date, however, most research has been conducted on student veterans, not student combat veterans; and these studies were conducted at four-year institutions with minimal inquiry or analysis performed at the level where the vast majority of veterans…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Community College Students, Holistic Approach
Nevada System of Higher Education, 2016
The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) is dedicated to supporting student veterans and their families in pursuing their educational goals. Student veterans are growing in number not only in Nevada, but across the nation. This particular student population often faces unique challenges in assimilating back into civilian life. It is the goal…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Access to Education
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Goldberg, Mary; Cooper, Rory; Milleville, Maria; Barry, Anne; Schein, Michelle L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2015
This article describes a workshop with academic professionals and military leaders and includes the case study of a veterans' transition program that served as a resource for identifying best practices for programs for Veterans with Disabilities in STEM Degree Programs. The information collected during this workshop, along with the theoretical…
Descriptors: Veterans, Disabilities, STEM Education, Workshops
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