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Transitions: Combat veterans as college students
Author(s) -
Ackerman Robert,
DiRamio David,
Mitchell Regina L. Garza
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.311
Subject(s) - student affairs , military personnel , psychology , population , medical education , higher education , gerontology , medicine , political science , environmental health , law
Twenty‐five students who served in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars were interviewed. The findings suggest that combat veterans are a student population with special needs and require support from both policymakers and program providers.