Coming Home: Student Veterans' Articulation of College Re-enrollment

Using Community Advisory Boards to Build Partnerships and Develop Peer-Led Services for Rural Student Veterans

“…24 Veteran-led programs provide student veterans an opportunity to connect to fellow veterans and veteran faculty members who share military experiences and can help them transition from the rigid structure of the military to the self-directed life of a student. 25 Grassroots efforts promoting teamwork and encouraging veterans to serve as leaders able to connect veteran peers to needed resources may be ideal ways to engage student veterans and to help them succeed in college. This community-based participatory research approach is a targeted and appropriate way to develop peerled programs with the potential to be sustained over time.…”

Complex perceptions of identity: the experiences of student combat veterans in community college

“…The research of Rumann and Hamrick (2010) marks an important crossroad in the contemporary research and a significant next step towards a greater understanding of this population; yet, their study was limited to only six participants, calling for the further empirical research presented here. Livingston et al (2011) investigated student veterans' navigation of college reenrollment, and the emergent themes and analysis presented in their results provided the first transition model tailored specifically to student veterans. In their results, Livingston et al (2011) suggested a notable gap in the research related to how student veterans navigate identity renegotiation upon their transition and how the perception of their own identity may influence their experience in college.…”

“…Livingston et al (2011) investigated student veterans' navigation of college reenrollment, and the emergent themes and analysis presented in their results provided the first transition model tailored specifically to student veterans. In their results, Livingston et al (2011) suggested a notable gap in the research related to how student veterans navigate identity renegotiation upon their transition and how the perception of their own identity may influence their experience in college. DiRamio and Jarvis (2011) expanded upon this recommendation by devoting a chapter of their work to a discussion of identity: veteran, civilian, and student.…”

“…Contemporary studies, such as those conducted by Ackerman et al (2008), Cook and Kim (2009), Rumann and Hamrick (2010), and Livingston, Havice, Cawthon, and Fleming (2011), have focused primarily on the veteran transition to higher education and relied heavily on the work of Schlossberg's (1984) theory of adult transition for study design and conceptualization of findings. Few empirical studies applying theories of identity development to combat veterans exist (DiRamio & Jarvis, 2011;Rumann & Hamrick, 2010).…”

A Pilot Program for the Recruitment and Education of Navy Veterans Based on System-level Technical Expertise and Leadership Maturation Developed during Service

“…6,7,8 The research that does exist often uses a deficit perspective or was completed by non-veterans who lack knowledge about military experiences. 8 Although a common theme in the existing literature is the transition from military to post-secondary education 9,10,11,12 , there is little about supporting veterans throughout their time in post-secondary education. Vacchi and Berger created one model for veteran support that includes services, support, transition support, and academic interactions.…”