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Ensure veterans' success on campus by starting before enrollment
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
recruiting and retaining adult learners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-6458
pISSN - 2155-644X
DOI - 10.1002/nsr.30105
Subject(s) - preparedness , session (web analytics) , service member , service (business) , active duty , medical education , student affairs , duty , military service , psychology , college education , medicine , gerontology , higher education , political science , business , military personnel , advertising , marketing , law , demographic economics , economics
SAN DIEGO — Given the wide differences among student‐veterans in college preparedness, life experience and academic background, having a college campus fully equipped to service student‐veterans after active duty may mean enlisting the help of outside organizations. In a session at the recent National Association for College Admission Counseling annual conference, representatives from Yale University as well as the nonprofits Service to School and the Warrior‐Scholar Project focused on best practices for preparing and helping veterans enter higher education post‐service.