Understanding the importance of life mission when advising soldiers

Examining Factors Related to Academic Success of Military-Connected Students at Community Colleges

“…The results of this research is contradictory. For example, DiRamio, Ackerman, and Mitchell (2008) found militaryconnected students not academically prepared for college whereas Wilson and Smith (2012) found that military experience assisted students in adapting to the rigor of college. These traits resemble Bandura's (1997) concept of academic self-efficacy or the personal judgment of an individual's capacity to complete a course of action to reach a desired outcome.…”

Thank you for your service: Military initiatives on college campuses

“…When soldiers attend with civilian students, many view the civilian students as unfocused and undisciplined. They see the military as the institutional affiliation where they learned to see life in mission terms (Wilson & Smith, 2012;Wilson, Smith, Lee, & Stevenson, 2013). Life is something to be accomplished.…”

“…Soldiers attending college view college work through a military‐values, mission‐focused lens (Wilson & Smith, ). When military leaders, most importantly unit commanders, expect soldiers to attend civilian schools and to excel, soldiers are more likely to embrace this value and complete civilian education as needed.…”

Boots on the ground: examining transition factors for military and veteran student academic success

“…Additionally, students may experience dissonance when the classroom environment is set up for them to learn and then go apply skills in the "real world" as an authenticated task; military and veteran students may have already applied skills in the real world and bring those experiences with them into the classroom as a reverse-authenticated task (Parks, Pikowsky, & Hayes, 2014). Ackerman et al (2009), DiRamio et al (2008, and Wilson and Smith (2012) found that veterans felt underprepared for the academic rigors of college, whereas De Sawal 2013asserted that student veterans and service members had stronger study habits and spent an equivalent amount of time studying as their non-military peers. Wilson and Smith (2012) attributed higher levels of academic success in veterans and military students to training for carrying out a mission and applying that level or rigor to studies.…”

“…Ackerman et al (2009), DiRamio et al (2008, and Wilson and Smith (2012) found that veterans felt underprepared for the academic rigors of college, whereas De Sawal 2013asserted that student veterans and service members had stronger study habits and spent an equivalent amount of time studying as their non-military peers. Wilson and Smith (2012) attributed higher levels of academic success in veterans and military students to training for carrying out a mission and applying that level or rigor to studies. Durdella and Kim (2012) found that student veterans engaged in higher levels of advanced academic behaviors (studying frequently, emailing professors, contributing to class discussions, etc.)…”