Veterans in higher education : when Johnny and Jane come marching to campus by DiRamio, David C, Jarvis, Kathryn instant download

Veterans in higher education : when Johnny and Jane come marching to campus by DiRamio, David C, Jarvis, Kathryn instant download

xvii, 144 p. : 23 cm, It's estimated that, in the coming decade, as many as 2 million students with military experience will take advantage of their education benefits and attend institutions in all sectors of higher education. This monograph provides useful information about students with military experience who attending college by blending the theoretical, practical and empirical. The authors assemble some of the best-known theories and research in the literature of the field to provide starting points from which to investigate the phenomenon of today's veteran attending college. Other frameworks and theories, particularly from the literature on college student development, from recognizable names such as Baxter Magolda, Braxton, Chickering, Schlossberg, and Tinto, are used, sometimes directly in their own words. New issues to our generation, such as the unique subpopulation of women veterans and the challenges they face, are explored. This volume equips higher education professional with a fundamental understanding of the issues faced by the student veteran population and aims to enable them in their roles of providing sorely needed assistance in the transition to college, persistence at the institution, and degree attainment, Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-133) and indexes, Old Friends and New Faces -- Home Alone? : Applying Theories of Transition to Support Student Veterans' Success. A model for supporting student veterans' transition ; Commentary from Nancy K. Schlossberg -- What Matters to Veterans? : Peer Influences and the Campus Environment. The military bond ; Inputs, environment, and outcomes ; Inputs, environment, and outcomes for veterans ; Peer group supports and influences ; Commentary from Alexander W. Astin -- Transition 2.0: Using Tinto's Model to Understand Student Veterans' Persistence. Transition and preentry attributes ; Goals and commitments ; Initial institutional experiences ; Transition 2.0: academic and social integration ;