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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Student veterans"”.
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Advising Student Veterans in Higher Education
<p>Student veterans are a growing population in higher education with over 650,000 veterans using education benefits in 2018. Student veterans are enrolling in colleges of all types, and many institutions have support services designed for them specifically. In most cases these support services are …
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Student veterans' career services in higher education
This qualitative study investigated student veterans’ awareness of, access to, and use of U.S. military veteran-centered career development resources, services, and programs that are necessary to enhance their transitional career development and preparedness while in higher education at a large …
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A study of student-veterans and academic engagement
… For an increasingly large percentage of such veterans, the decision that they will make will be to become full-time college students and pursue an education that will provide them with meaningful careers. Unfortunately, due to the type of constant deployment cycles that many student-veterans …
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Post-military service coping behaviors of student veterans
… and subsequent coping behaviors among military veterans at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). The analytical approach was based on Agnew’s general strain theory, which contends that individuals turn to unhealthy or illegitimate coping mechanisms to deal with pain, whether that be physical or …
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Female student veterans' resiliency in their role transitions
<p>This study examined female student veterans as they pertain to Schlossberg's Theory of Transition (1981), which asserts that many life events influence one’s ability to adapt when transitioning from one role to another in a linear fashion. The results of this study reveal that the participants …
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Student veterans and university support services: A phenomenological study
… study was to describe the lived experiences of student veterans at an institution of higher learning in Hawaii in an attempt to better assist the reintegration of veterans as students at the institution. The aim of this study was to use the study’s findings to identify the disconnect, if any, …
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Masculinity, hardiness, and psychological well-being in male student veterans
American colleges are experiencing a surge of veterans and active-duty students who attend school at least part time. Little research exists on positive characteristics which facilitate their academic attainment. This study seeks to understand how conformity to traditional masculine norms and …
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A Bridge Program's Effect on Non-College Ready Student Veterans
… remediate academic deficiencies for a cohort of student veterans has any bearing on their post-secondary success and persistence. Specifically, this study examined the Veterans Bridge to College Success (VBCS) pilot program at Eastern Kentucky University, which provides an admission pathway for …
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Cisgender Women Student Veterans' Lived Experiences Inside the College Classroom
Women student veterans have been an understudied student population for decades. Although researchers have explored women student veterans' transition to higher education from the military, challenges relating to their peers, and mental health and service-related disabilities, there is virtually no …
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Liberation through Listening: Learning from Student Veterans in the Composition Classroom
… a qualitative study to explore experiences of student veterans in introductory writing classrooms. Drawing on the theories of feminist standpoint (Harding, 1986) and rhetorical listening (Ratcliffe, 2005), I describe the current cultural divide between members of the military and civilians (Pew …
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Community, Purpose, and Empowerment: Developing a Support Program with Student Veterans
… mixed-method studies evaluated factors impacting student veterans at a Midwestern community college, particularly their sense of community and how their perceptions and experiences relate to academic success. Research on student veterans indicates that many face challenges beyond physical and …
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U.S. Military Student Veterans Identity Formation: Policy Feedback and Symbolic Interactionism
… psychology and sociology is synthesized around student veterans as a new phenomenon in higher education and public policy. By examining student veterans through the Social Construction of Target Populations (SCTP) framework, these articles contribute to the theoretical understanding of how …
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Veterans in Higher Education: A Qualitative Examination of Student Veterans at Peach University
<p>With the passage of the Veterans Educational Assistance Act in 2008, better known as the Post 9/11 GI Bill and with the downsizing of military forces (2011-2015) many veterans were given the incentive to start college. Since the implantation of the veterans’ educational benefits, little research …
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Peacing it Together: Post 9/11 Enlisted Student Veterans’ Awakening to Peace Leadership
<p>Student veterans face a spectrum of socialization challenges intrapersonally, interpersonally, in communities, and structurally due to the cultural differences between the military and college. More comprehensive programs that individually and collectively address these challenges need to be …
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The process by which combat-exposed student veterans achieve a meaningful and purposeful life
… risk and resilience among combat-exposed student Veterans emphasize the impact of combat exposure upon negative health-related outcomes (e.g., depression or posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]). Little is known regarding the risk that combat exposure poses to positive outcomes, such as …
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In Their Own Words: Post-9/11 Student Veterans’ Perceived Motivation in Higher Education
… the perspectives and voices of Post-9/11 student veterans attending the University of South Florida (USF). This inquiry explored participants' stories and experiences regarding their motivation to attend higher education at a public, research-intensive university. This narrative inquiry …
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The Transition Experiences of Re-Enrolling Student Veterans at a Public Four-Year University
… the transition experiences of re-enrolling student veterans. This research question guided the study: What are the barriers and strategies for resolution that reenrolling student veterans face in their pre- and post-service transition experiences? I conducted semi-structured, intensive …
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Validation of the Disability Identity Development Scale Among Student Veterans With Disabilities in Higher Education
… empirical evidence suggests a growing number of veterans with disabilities are choosing to enroll in postsecondary education. Although prior studies have explored various aspects of identity both for student veterans and those with disabilities, none has examined how disability identity is …
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From soldier, to civilian, to student: student veterans' transitions from overseas deployments to the university classroom
… in August 2009 made approximately two million veterans of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan eligible for higher education subsidies, and colleges universities are experiencing an increased enrollment of veterans. Ultimately, in order to understand how veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan …
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