The citizenry of America supports our veterans. On return from the service, many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are attending college. Some of these veterans encounter difficulties that interfere with their efforts to obtain a degree. Recent examination of this situation indicates that higher education is largely unaware of these problems. This book reviews knowledge that can help college administrators and professors to update practices at their school to properly serve the needs of veterans concerning: financial aid, transfer credits, educational programs, classroom climate, and the health...

This book reviews information about the challenges that veterans face when they are in college. Some of this information is little known. As all of the information is reviewed, many ways are discussed about how higher education has helped veterans with these challenges. While acknowledging the progress in veterans education over the past three years, the book also calls attention to some difficulties of veterans in college that some professors and college administrators might not know about but can help eliminate. After reviewing these challenges in detail, solutions to these challenges are...

Many veterans are returning to, or beginning, college in the United States. In general, colleges and universities openly welcome our returning veterans to campus. Like all students, veterans want to get off to a good start and make smooth adjustments to college. However, some faculty members, college administrators and staff are sometimes unprepared to properly advise and assist veterans, especially when these professors or administrators have not served in the military. This handbook has been written to provide veterans with the answers to many of the questions that they might have in...