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Bringing you resources, insights, and interesting stories from the veteran education space.
From Classroom to Career: Guiding Veterans in the Post-Graduation Job Hunt
Supporting veterans in their post-graduation job hunt is about fulfilling an obligation and recognizing and leveraging their unique strengths and experiences. By providing tailored career counseling, facilitating networking opportunities, offering specialized training, and collaborating with veteran-friendly employers, colleges and universities can play a pivotal role in ensuring that veterans transition smoothly from the classroom to successful civilian careers.
Creating a Military-Friendly Campus: Key Practices for Student Success
In an era where diversity and inclusion are at the forefront of educational priorities, creating a military-friendly campus is not just an ethical choice but a strategic one for colleges and universities. Recognizing and addressing the unique needs of military-affiliated students can significantly contribute to their long-term success.
Transitioning Military Skills to Civilian Job Interviews: A Guide for Career Coaches
As career services coaches, your role is pivotal in guiding students through the complex transition from military life to civilian careers. One of the most critical aspects of this transition is preparing veterans for job interviews. Drawing upon their military board interview training and translating those skills into the context of civilian job interviews can significantly enhance their chances of success.
The Goal of Moving Student Veterans Through Higher Education
Student veterans transitioning from a military career to higher education campuses have unique goals beyond the classroom. Embarking on the journey of higher education after military service isn't just about earning a degree; it's a profound transition, a quest to find and fit into a new community, ignite passions, and continue serving.
How to Plan and Execute Cost-Effective On-Base Marketing Campaigns for Military-Connected Students
Some of the most important factors that military-connected students consider when choosing a college or university include affordability, flexibility, and support services. As such, marketing materials that foreground these values may be more effective than those that focus on more general benefits like prestige or location.
The Crucial Role of Shared Experiences in the Military Community for Student Veterans
Creating a shared environment for student veterans significantly correlates with their academic success. When they find themselves among peers who understand their unique experiences, they are more likely to feel supported, reducing feelings of isolation and anxiety. This shared connection can boost morale, foster collaborative learning, and enhance their educational experience.
The Importance of Building Community with Student Veterans
As a service member, Ryan Greene knew the value of having a community around him and how valuable camaraderie can be in all areas of life. Realizing his military service would soon end, Greene felt it essential to find another community to be part of.
How One University Saw a 117% ROI by Supporting and Enrolling Veterans
Remaining steadfast in its commitment to meeting the holistic needs of students, especially those with military connections, produced tangible results for this historic Bay Area institution.
5 Top Programs Winning the Student Veteran Support Game
Student veterans seek higher education programs that make accessing their MHA (Military Housing Allowance), G.I. Bill benefit, Tuition Assistance (TA), and Yellow Ribbon opportunities easy. Institutions that offer credit for military service, thriving veteran student organizations, and access to veteran counselors are also highly sought after.
Veterans services help to support students, aim them right direction, and allow them to make their academic transition smooth and successful.
5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Inquiries and Applications from Military Veterans
Check out these five ways to ensure you are making the most of your inquiries and applications from military veterans.
Insights and Best Practices for Veteran Student Onboarding
Whether seeking to improve student experience and outcomes, improve retention, or boost enrollment, look no further than veteran onboard coaching.
How Do You Identify and Reach Student Veterans?
If you're looking to increase your student veteran population, or provide more resources and information for them, you may need to start by learning more about that group of students.
Want to Know More About Student Veteran Enrollment? Start here.
Student veterans are an incredibly diverse population and decidedly different from traditional college students. Learning more about student veteran enrollment helps attract more student veterans to your institution.
Determining What Support Student Veterans Need and How to Offer It
After learning about student veterans and the enrollment challenges surrounding this student population, the next step is determining what support students need — and offering it.
Why You Should Honor Veterans and Military Families in November
It's important to look at what veterans and family members are seeking when it comes to college.
4 Ways to Support Student Veterans on Campus
There are many ways your institution can support student veterans, here are four.
5 Ways to Help Student Veterans Feel Comfortable
Awareness of the stressors and obstacles that student veterans face can help institutions and organizations make veterans feel welcome and comfortable in classes.
The Veteran Readiness and Employment Services Program
Veterans with service-connected disabilities have several options for financing their higher education, including VR&E.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill® Benefits Explained
The Post-9/11 GI Bill is one of the most generous educational benefit available to veterans, here are the details.
