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Peer reviewedBlackerby, Christine – Social Education, 2005
This article features Congressman Edward Rees's bill. Congressman Edward Rees of Kansas introduced a bill (H.R. 7786) in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 8, 1954, to create a national holiday that would honor the nation's veterans. He said in a speech on the floor of the House that he did it so that "a grateful nation may pay…
Descriptors: Committees, Veterans, Holidays, Federal Government
Stark Technical Coll., Canton, OH. – 1990
The Ohio Veterans Entrepreneurial Training Project was a 2-year pilot training and education program, conducted by a consortium of seven two-year colleges in Ohio, to assist veterans who are interested in owning and operating their own small businesses. Veterans were recruited through more than 2,500 recruitment packets distributed through Ohio…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development
PDF pending restorationHammond, Richard – 1980
Principal findings of a mail survey undertaken in 1977 to collect data on the socioeconomic characteristics of veterans, their usage of various veteran benefits in the past--including education benefits--and their plans for usage of other benefits in the future are summarized. Among the data reported are the following: percent of veterans…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Employment Level, Fringe Benefits
Direct linkWilliams, Michael D. – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Visual impairment and blindness are issues facing the veteran and non-veteran populations in a variety of ways. Currently, the number of veterans in the U.S. diagnosed with low vision is estimated to be more than one million. The number of veterans diagnosed with legal blindness is estimated to be more than 160,000. Over 45,000 veterans diagnosed…
Descriptors: Blindness, Rehabilitation Programs, Quality of Life, Veterans
Kinosian, Bruce; Stallard, Eric; Wieland, Darryl – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to describe the projected use for long-term-care services through 2012. Design and Methods: We constructed a static-component projection model using age, function, and other covariates. We obtained enrollee projections from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and combined these with nursing home and…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Veterans, Age, Marital Status
Scheflen, Kenneth C.; Brandewie, Robert J. – 1973
The document evaluates the impact of the Veterans' Education and Training Service (VETS) program on G.I. Bill utilization rates. The VETS program is designed to increase enrollments of educationally and economically disadvantaged veterans in Veterans' Administration education and training programs. Statistical data on veterans and descriptive data…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Download full textWomen's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1997
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.2 million women veterans (5 percent of all veterans) in the United States in 1996. Female veterans were 84 percent white, 12 percent black, and 4 percent Hispanic. Between 1987 and 1991, women accounted for 11 percent of persons separating from the military, a number that is…
Descriptors: Adults, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1992
This document is a committee report on H.R. 5087, a bill to improve veterans' education assistance programs, which the committee recommended unanimously to approve as amended. Some of the major provisions of the bill are the following: (1) change the requirements that military personnel complete high school equivalency degree requirements before…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLorr, Maurice; And Others – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
A comparative analysis is made of the social characteristics of Vietnam veterans and World War II veterans. By use of the Interpersonal Style Inventory, the results showed that the Vietnam veterans were more rebellious, radical, and expedient than older veterans. (DEP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Relationship
Wyant, Dennis R. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
A high rate of unemployment among Vietnam veterans prompted an investigation into the use of available job resources and training in job-seeking skills by 232 blinded veterans. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Employment, Exceptional Child Education
Canant, Talmadge – Worklife, 1976
The program trains disabled Vietnam veterans to become employment interviewers (to assist other veterans in finding employment) while employing them as paraprofessional community service aides. (AG)
Descriptors: Employment Counselors, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Paraprofessional Personnel
Baggett, Wallace; Jones, Bernell – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Graduate Students, Higher Education
LeMasurier, Joseph; Kaszuba, Michael J. – Manpower, 1975
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Federal Programs, Job Development, Job Placement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1989
This document includes a report on the 1989 Amendments to the Veterans Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program and the text of the proposed bill as amended. The report discusses the stipend program for members of the selected reserve, the major provisions of the bill as amended, the background to the bill, authority for the program,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Health Personnel, Medical Education
Maisto, Stephen A.; Nirenberg, Ted D. – 1986
The matching hypothesis, presented in this study, predicts that designing treatment according to patient characteristics leads to better outcomes. A study was conducted to collect data on current practices of patient-treatment matching in alcohol treatment. A questionnaire was completed by 70 directors of Veterans Administration inpatient alcohol…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
