Student Veterans in Higher Education: A Conversation Six Decades in the Making

Hammond, Shane

doi:10.1002/ir.20191

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“…Furthermore, the failure of institutions to promote progress of veterans toward graduation meant the loss of federal and state funds (Dillard & Yu, 2016;Fouad & Ghosh, 2018;Geiger, 2015;Vick & Fontanella, 2017). Dillard and Yu (2016) and Hammond (2017) reported that veterans using the GI Bill were U.S. citizens, males, and fulltime students. Today's veterans are more diverse.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing Veteran Services and Success in Higher Education: Cal Poly Pomona’s Veterans Resource Center Case Study

Azpeitia

Emerson

2022

Journal of Veterans Studies

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This study tests if the services of the Veterans Resource Center meet the needs of veterans and if these services contribute to veteran success. Using a survey of 130+ student veterans, the study determined that services are accessed and utilized. However, while services contribute to immediate needs, few are related to long-term success. Services that do contribute to long-term success were the Veterans Resource Center, VA benefits certification, library, career, and counseling. Higher success scores are associated with the use and efficiency of these services as assessed by veterans. Equally important is what is missing. There is no statistical relationship between demographic factors (e.g., gender, race) and success. In addition, the unwillingness of veterans to conceal their veteran status from faculty and staff is also absent.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, they found that about 48% of activeduty service members and 47% of reservists were ethnic minorities. Hammond (2017) identified that an increased number of service members survived their war injuries and returned home. Such injuries caused significant trauma to their bodies and/or to their mental health.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing Veteran Services and Success in Higher Education: Cal Poly Pomona’s Veterans Resource Center Case Study

Azpeitia

Emerson

2022

Journal of Veterans Studies

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“…The passage of the SRA changed the relationship between the military and higher education from one of training to re-training. The end of World War II saw the discharge of millions of service members, and in response, Congress passed the SRA to mitigate the potential negative impact such an influx could have on the economy (Hammond, 2017). The SRA provided veterans with financial benefits, including unemployment support, loans for housing and businesses, and access to postsecondary education (Rumann & Hamrick, 2009).…”

Section: History Of the Relationship Of Higher Education And The Armementioning

confidence: 99%

Student Veterans: Does How We Welcome Them Matter?

Giampaolo

Graham

2020

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The recent influx of veterans into higher education has caused an increase of dedicated services and programs. Educational success is contingent upon student involvement in their educational communities, and orientation plays an important role in facilitating this engagement. Using quasi-experimental research design, and Schlossberg’s constructs of mattering and marginality in higher education as a lens, this study sought to discover if student veterans experienced differing levels of mattering to their schools when categorized by the type of orientation they attended. Five hundred eighty-nine student veterans at 13 public universities within one Midwestern state completed the Unified Measure of University Mattering Instrument (France, 2011), and provided limited demographic information. Findings demonstrate that student veterans who experienced an orientation session which included a session designed exclusively for veterans demonstrated statistically significant higher scores in their perceived mattering to their school than student veterans who did not attend orientation. However, student veterans who attended standard orientation without veteran-specific content did not demonstrate statistically significant higher scores that those who did not attend orientation at all. Results indicate how small changes in traditional programs can have a significant impact on student veterans’ sense of mattering to their university.

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“…These students have changed significantly since the original G.I. Bill of 1944 (Eagan, McBain, & Jones, 2017;Hammond, 2017). After the Post-9/11 G.I.…”

Section: Newly Assessed Emerging Aspects Of Student Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bill had colleges and universities across the country experienced such a significant increase in student veteran enrollment. Combat experience and the effects of serving in the military during active wartime can impact students' emotional well-being and their ability to adjust to and succeed in college (Hammond, 2017).…”

Section: Newly Assessed Emerging Aspects Of Student Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%