Creating a veteran-friendly campus : strategies for transition and success / Robert Ackerman, David DiRamio, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ackerman, Robert .

DiRamio, David C.

Series:

New directions for student services ; no. 126.

New directions for student services, 0164-7970 ; no. 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterans--Education--United States.

Veterans.

Veterans--Education.

United States.

College environment.

Physical Description:

100 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Summary:

As the United States' wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, increasing numbers of students who experienced combat will enroll in colleges and universities. There is mounting evidence that these veterans will require support unique to their needs beyond the processing of financial aid paperwork from the Veterans Administration. Obviously, combat frequently inflicts injuries, both physical and mental, that will require attention, but veterans are a unique population in other ways as well. Soldiers experience extraordinary bonding in wartime, and colleges can provide opportunities for that fellowship to be a source of support and connection. Female veterans will bring a new, nontraditional perspective to campus, and student service organizations should pay careful attention. There is also a significant group of students who leave for service and return-under the best of circumstances, they need accommodation to succeed

Institutions of higher education traditionally have responded to the needs of special student populations by developing programs and offering services. This volume contains information about programatic initiatives that can help create a welcoming environment for veterans, one that encourages serious, creative involvement. The authors bring broad experience and deliberate consideration to bear on questions that are only becoming more important to the entire spectrum of American colleges and universities

Contents:

Transitions: combat veterans as college students / Robert Ackerman, David DiRamio, Regina L. Garza Mitchell

Mobilization and return of undergraduate students serving in the national guard and reserves / Mark Bauman

Supporting student veterans in transition / Corey B. Rumann, Florence A. Hamrick

Meeting the needs of women veterans / Margaret Baechtold, Danielle M. De Sawal

A statewide approach to creating veteran-friendly campuses / Jayne M. Lokken ... [et al.]

Ensuring the success of deploying students: a campus view / Teresa Johnson

Connections, partnerships, opportunities, and programs to enhance success for military students / Deborah Ford, Pamela Northrup, Lusharon Wiley

Student veterans organizations / John Summerlot, Sean-Michael Green, Daniel Parker

Partnering to assist disabled veterans in transition / David DiRamio, Michele Spires

Stewards of the public trust: federal laws that serve servicemembers and student veterans / Michael McGrevey, Darryl Kehrer.

Notes:

"Summer 2009."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780470537350

0470537353

OCLC:

421101149