Military service members and veterans in higher education: what the new GI Bill may mean for postsecondary institutions

This report has two purposes: to summarise earlier GI Bills and compare them with the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act (referred to in this report as the new GI Bill for brevity), and to describe the recent participation and experiences in higher education of US military service members and veterans ('military undergraduates'). Drawing on numerous data sources, including the most current national data on undergraduate students, this report will help higher education administrators anticipate the enrollment choices of returning veterans and military personnel and the services neede ... Show more

Authors: Radford, Alexandria Walton

Published: Washington, District of Columbia, American Council on Education, 2009

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: viii, 29 p.

Access item: http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Military-Service-Members-and-Veterans-in-Higher-Education.pdf

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Subjects: Teaching and learningDisadvantagedHigher educationStudentsProviders of education and training

Keywords: Postsecondary educationVeteransInstitutional roleStudent interestsStudent behaviour

Geographic subjects: United StatesNorth America

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