To introduce and provide equine-related activities to military personnel and their families, Utah State University Equine Extension created and implemented an effective program called Ride Utah! Equine-related activities have been shown to improve mental health and build strong family relationships in participating individuals. Ride Utah!…

Because of the intense and unique nature of their military life, military officers face stresses that other students do not need to be concerned about when taking courses online. An institution's ability to understand these military officer students, design online programs to meet their unique learning needs and deliver valuable online curricula…

Over 18.5% of military personnel returning from war zones to civilian life suffer mental health issues, which can lead to family breakdown, homelessness and other problems. Almost 4000 Australian soldiers have returned home from active service in the last decade suffering from combat stress and mental health conditions. A 2009 Australian…

In this chapter, the authors identify and review a number of key features in the successful development and maintenance of a PhD program delivered at a distance. The University of Oklahoma's PhD program in organizational leadership was developed in the early 1990s and delivered (primarily, but not completely) to military personnel and families…

Negotiation skills are essential in everyday life, whether in a professional or personal context. Negotiation enables two parties to address misunderstandings and avoid conflicts through an exchange that depends as much on the interpersonal skills of the negotiators as the tactics employed. Acquiring these skills requires not only sound conceptual…

One approach to achieving more particular guidelines for evaluation is to isolate one kind of extended campus program, in this case the extension of academic degree programs to military installations, to focus on its specific problems and then to base evaluation on an individual program's success in surmounting obstacles to academic quality.…

The Occupational Education Program leading to a Bachelor of Science degree at Southern Illinois University was adapted to enable military personnel to participate. Guidelines for determining the amount of credit hours to be awarded were developed. Participants were also required to have an occupational specialty or cluster that would relate to a…

The experiences of a small liberal arts college with 28,000 military enrollments a year in five states are described. Institutional commitment to military education, campus faculty involvement, campus support services, military education program faculty, and systematic program evaluation and planning are discussed. (MLW)

These proceedings provide an overview of the major areas covered at a seminar on the relationship between vocational education and defense preparedness. Discussed first are strategies for improving collaborative efforts by vocational education and the Department of Defense for the purpose of increasing defense preparedness. The next five sections…