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Abstract

Old Friends and New Faces

Home Alone? Applying Theories of Transition to Support Student Veterans' Success

A Model for Supporting Student Veterans' Transition

Conclusion

Commentary from Nancy K. Schlossberg

What Matters to Veterans? Peer Influences and the Campus Environment

The Military Bond

Inputs, Environment, and Outcomes

Inputs, Environment, and Outcomes for Veterans

Peer Group Supports and Influences

Summary and Recommendations

Commentary from Alexander W. Astin

Transition 2.0: Using Tinto's Model to Understand Student Veterans' Persistence

Transition and Preentry Attributes

Goals and Commitments

Initial Institutional Experiences

Transition 2.0: Academic and Social Integration

Transition 2.0: Academic and Social Integration with the Campus Community

Career Services and the Student Veteran

New Goals and Intent to Persist

Critics of Academic and Social Integration

Conclusion

Commentary from John M. Braxton

Crisis of Identity? Veteran, Civilian, Student

Identity Development and Knowledge of Self

Self and Others

Multiple Roles and Intersecting Identities

Crisis, Exploration, and Commitment

Multiple Dimensions of Identity

Typologies

Conclusion

Commentary from Linda Reisser

Women Warriors: Supporting Female Student Veterans

Enduring Effects of Male Turf: Gender and Assumptions

Mothers and Warriors: Care and Justice

Into a College Environment: Developing a Voice

Help Seeking: Learning to Cope

Marching Together: Summary

Commentary from Margaret Baechtold

Ideas for a Self-Authorship Curriculum for Students with Military Experience

Classes for Veterans

Meaning Making and Self-Authorship

Concept Mapping for Curriculum Planning

Conclusion

Commentary from Marcia B. Baxter Magolda

Institutional Response to an Emerging Population of Veterans

EFA Factor One—Financial Matters

EFA Factor Two—Administrative and Strategic Planning

EFA Factor Three—Advising and Career Services

EFA Factor Four—Psychological Counseling Services

EFA Factor Five—Veterans Office on Campus

Conclusion

Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A: A Veteran's Essay

Appendix B: Example Syllabus

References

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Authors