Book description
As the United States? wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, increasing
numbers of students who experienced combat will enroll in colleges and
universities. There is mounting evidence that these veterans will
require support unique to their needs beyond the processing of financial
aid paperwork from the Veterans Administration. Obviously, combat
frequently inflicts injuries, both physical and mental, that will
require attention, but veterans are a unique population in other ways as
well. Soldiers experience extraordinary bonding in wartime, and colleges
can provide opportunities for that fellowship to be a source of support
and connection. Female veterans will bring a new, nontraditional
perspective to campus, and student service organizations should pay
careful attention. There is also a significant group of students who
leave for service and return?under the best of circumstances, they need
accommodation to succeed.
Institutions of higher education traditionally have responded to the
needs of special student populations by developing programs and
offering services. This volume contains information about programmatic
initiatives that can help create a welcoming environment for veterans,
one that encourages serious, creative involvement. The authors bring
broad experience and deliberate consideration to bear on questions
that are only becoming more important to the entire spectrum of
American colleges and universities.
This is the 126th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education
quarterly report series
New Directions for Student Services
, an indispensable resource for vice presidents of student
affairs, deans of students, student counselors, and other student
services professionals.
Each issue of
New Directions for Student Services offers guidelines and
programs for aiding students in their total development: emotional,
social, physical, and intellectual.
