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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
Dilger, Robert Jay; Lowry, Sean – Congressional Research Service, 2020
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: Small Businesses, Public Agencies, Veterans, Veterans Education
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
Burgess, Rebecca – American Enterprise Institute, 2018
Veterans are the unacknowledged permanent ambassadors of national service. How veterans are publicly portrayed directly relates to how society conceptualizes military service, including what happens to an individual during that service. In an all-volunteer force, reputation is key to the attractiveness of joining a profession that can end in death…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Federal Legislation, Economic Opportunities, Empowerment
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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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1992
This congressional hearing reviews the continuing implementation of sections 1142, 1143, and 1144 of Title 10, United States Code, and section 1418(a) of Title 38, the Transition Assistance Program to assist servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces as a result of downsizing. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, and written…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Armed Forces, Dislocated Workers, Employment Services
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