| Author |
Hamrick, Florence A. (Florence Aileen)
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| Title |
Called to serve : a handbook on student veterans and higher education / Florence A. Hamrick, Corey B. Rumann, associates. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
EBC894235x |
| ISBN |
9781118176764 (hbk.) |
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1118176766 (hbk.) |
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9781283735735 (MyiLibrary) |
| Publisher |
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2013] |
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©2013 |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 334 pages) : illustrations. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Veterans -- Education (Higher) -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Electronic books.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Preface: Setting the Context Florence A. Hamrick and Corey B. RumannAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors1 The Military and Higher Education in the United States Dexter Alexander and John R. Thelin 2 Contemporary Political and Legislative Frameworks for Serving Veterans and Service Members Enrolled in Higher Education Sally Caspers and Robert AckermanVignette Josh Lang 3 Activations, Deployments, and Returns Wade G. Livingston and Mark C. BaumanVignette Nina Duong 4 Contemporary Student Veterans and Service Members: Enrollment Patterns and Student Engagement Danielle DeSawalVignette Sally Caspers 5 The Complexity of Veteran Identity: Understanding the Role of Gender, Race, and Sexuality Susan V. Iverson and Rachel AndersonVignette Annie Rose Badder 6 Understanding Disability in the Student Veteran Community Amanda Kraus and Nicholas A. RattrayVignette Amanda Irish 7 Enrollment, Transfers, and Degree Completion for Veterans John D. Mikelson and Kevin P. SaundersVignette Jonathan Miller 8 Offices of Veterans and Military Services Stephen G. Abel, Robert J. Bright, and R.M. CooperVignette Kathy Meyers 9 Focused Learning Environments for Student Veterans Sarah Minnis, Stephanie Bondi, and Corey B. RumannVignette Paul Tschudi 10 Student Veterans Organizations and Student Self-Advocacy Brian Hawthorne, Mark C. Bauman, and Leah Ewing RossVignette Joe Sorge 11 Institutional Leadership on Serving Student Veterans and Service Members Tom Jackson, Jr., Charles J. Fey, and Leah Ewing RossVignette Nicholas Osborne 12 Promoting Organizational Change to Create a Veteran-Friendly Campus: A Case Study Jan Arminio and Tomoko Kudo GraboskyConclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward Corey B. Rumann and Florence A. HamrickGlossaryAppendix Military RanksIndex. |
| Summary |
"Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically, with over a quarter million student veterans taking advantage of military-related educational benefits packages, which have become one of the few remaining federal sources of grant funds for students pursuing higher education. Yet existing literature on the topic harkens back to Vietnam era issues and practices, and current administrators and faculty members likely have little experience serving this population. Significant changes in higher education and wartime military personnel policies in the last 30 years necessitate a fresh look at how colleges and universities can best respond to the needs of student veterans. Examples of contemporary issues include current patterns of multiple deployments and returns and the accompanying stop-out and re-enrollment periods. Costs for students have risen, as have military educational benefit provisions and institutional incentives. Building upon the long history of educating veterans, this comprehensive volume offers the most up-to-date scholarship and practical program guidance to help student affairs professionals, academic administrators, and faculty understand, serve, and support student veterans. It offers recommendations for enhancing and strengthening current campus efforts in serving veterans, planning additional services or programs, and--perhaps most importantly--coordinating the efforts of potentially disparate campus-based services and programs with community-based or government-sponsored veterans' programs, services, and affiliated groups"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction note |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Source of Description |
Description based on print version record. |
| Restrictions |
Three user license access. |
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