The purpose of this article is not to criticize, but rather to serve as a catalyst in getting firms to re-examine their position and philosophy concerning the value of military experience." (Author)

Presents a portrait of reverent remembrance of the war dead in England, noting that students in the United States need to learn that Memorial Day is more than just a fun 3-day holiday. Explains the importance of gardens, landscaping, and tradition to the English in remembering the soldiers who died fighting for their country and freedom. (SM)

Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Young Men for 1966-81, this study examined the effect of military service on the highest grade of schooling completed. Fixed-effects estimators were used to generate estimates of the effect of military service on the schooling trajectories of veterans and nonveterans that are…

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…

The number of women veterans attending college is increasing. This suggests that campus professionals need to become aware of how issues associated with mental health, sexual assault, and gender identity may influence how women veterans make the transition into the higher education environment. This chapter addresses the special needs of women…

The study evaluates the Army General Educational Development Program (GED) in the light of current and future Army requirements under an All Volunteer Armed Forces concept. It includes analysis of education service plans, recommends new concepts to redirect the program toward attracting and meeting needs of potential recruits, evaluates reporting…

In the next decade, the military will rely on aggressive marketing to battle the nation's businesses as both search for the best entry-level employees. (Author)

High youth unemployment is defined as a structural, not a cyclical, problem. National youth service, in which youth contribute their service to national needs, would help youth and the nation. The argument for such a service is presented as well as the relationship to military service. (MD)

The author discusses the inertia and ambivalence characterizing higher education when the Federal Government first began making plans for a draft during World War II. (Editor)

Serves as introduction and background for remaining papers in this issue which describe major pieces of Army's Selection and Classification Project (Project A). Outlines principal objectives, methodology, and research design of Project A. Identifies overall objective of the project: to generate instrumentation and validity information database…

Describes events that led up to the decision to create a Request for Proposals for the Army's Selection and Classification Project (Project A) and considers the conditions that made it possible. Also discusses the conditions that seem necessary to maintain such a project over the course of its life cycle. (Author/NB)

Defines goal of criterion development in Army's Project A as construction of multiple measures of major components of job performance such that total performance domain for representative sample of population of Army entry-level enlisted positions was covered. Describes major steps in job analyses, content sampling, instrument construction, and…

Describes the activities and achievements of Manuel Sanchez, a librarian who went undercover for the Library of Congress during World War II to obtain books, maps, and documents essential for victory in Europe. (CLB)

Although there is increasing evidence of a relationship between domestic and foreign policy attitudes among American elites, we have less of an idea about why these sets of attitudes cohere. The answer lies in a better understanding of what we mean when we talk about "left" and "right" or "liberal" and "conservative." Drawing on the literature on…

Military families with autistic children are often confronted with a very particular set of challenges. Autism, a neurological disability that causes difficulty with behavior, communication, learning, and social interaction, can create enormous stress on a family--stress that is magnified when one spouse is away for extended periods of time, when…