What’s Next for Student Veterans?

“The authors are also an assemblage of recognizable names in this area of scholarship, many of whom are veterans themselves or have other military connections. This identity of authors and contributors is critically important, as veterans are widely known to place trust especially (if not exclusively) in fellow veterans and service members. The authenticity of voices found here is therefore quite valuable.

In the preface, DiRamio, himself a U.S. Navy Veteran, introduces this book as a resource intended ‘for the whole of the higher education community’, but especially for those tasked with serving military-affiliated members of any campus community. And indeed, while the broader community of postsecondary researchers and practitioners may find this volume compelling, it is an almost essential resource for anyone tasked with helping this target population.”

- Teachers College Record

“For me, this is one of the more comprehensive works on military-connected students—a very topical and important cohort in higher education today. What’s Next for Student Veterans? should be mandatory reading for those of us who work with this unique set of adult learners and for those who wish to contribute to research in the academy.”

Paul H. Viau, Jr., Associate University Registrar and Director, Veterans Academic Resource Center, University of Central Florida

Foreword, David Blair
Editor’s Preface

Section I: Student Veterans in the 21st Century: Experiences and Perspectives
Chapter 1) Data-Driven Inquiry, Servicemembers’ Perspectives, and Redefining Success, Corri Zoli, Rosalinda Maury, and Daniel L. Fay
Chapter 2) Opportunity, Inequity, and America’s Story: Intersections With Military-Connected Individuals in Higher Education, Andrew Q. Morse and Dani Molina
Chapter 3) The Journey or the Destination: Exploring Engagement Patterns of Disabled Student Veterans, Amanda Kraus, R. Cody Nicholls, and James S. Cole
Chapter 4) Mental Health and Academic Functioning of Student Servicemembers and Veterans in Higher Education: The Importance of Social Support, Adam E. Barry, Shawn D. Whiteman, and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth

Section II: Student Veterans in the 21st Century: Programs and Academic Outcomes
Chapter 5) Serving Those Who Served: Promising Institutional Practices and America’s Military Veterans, Dani Molina and Tanya Ang
Chapter 6) Navigating Toward Academic Success: Peer Support for Student Veterans, Michelle Kees, Brittany Risk, Chrysta Meadowbrooke, Jane L. Spinner, and Marcia Valenstein
Chapter 7) Completing the Mission II: A Study of Veteran Students’ Progress Toward Degree Attainment in the Post-9/11 Era, Wendy A. Lang and Tom O’Donnell
Chapter 8) Academic Outcomes and the Million Records Project, Chris Andrew Cate
Chapter 9) Where Do They Fit? Applying the Conceptual Model of Nontraditional Undergraduate Student Attrition to Student Veterans, Ryan L. Van Dusen
Chapter 10) Essential Practices for Student Veterans in the California Community College System, Wayne K. Miller II

Section III: Summary, Implications, and Recommendations
Chapter 11) What Next? Charting the Course Before Moving Off the Radar, David DiRamio

David DiRamio

David DiRamio