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Issue 28 - Veterans & Veteran's Services: What Makes a Veteran-Friendly Campus
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are returning to college campus in large numbers. These are the largest numbers that colleges have experienced since after the Vietnam War. The articles in this edition identify the ways colleges are helping our veterans address mental health issues, personal issues, and career paths in a jobless marketplace.
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Overview of iJournal Issue 28
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are returning to college campus in large numbers. These are the largest numbers that colleges have experienced since after the Vietnam War. The articles in this edition identify the ways colleges are helping our veterans address mental health issues, personal issues, and find career paths in a jobless marketplace.
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Conference: California Community Colleges Veterans Summit: "Learning to Better Serve Those Who Have Served"
Please join us for an opportunity to better understand the needs of student veterans and how to support their successful transition to higher education and careers. California Community Colleges are the number one destination for California veterans returning to civilian life and their numbers are expected to continue growing. Hear from California Secretary of Veterans A airs Peter Gravett...
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Establishing Partnerships to Provide College Health Care Support for Returning Veterans
Michael Goltermann is an attorney and dean of student services at West Los Angeles College. In addition to supervising the veterans benefits office, Mr. Goltermann teaches an “Introduction to Law” course every spring and is the administrator in charge of Admissions and Records, Outreach & School Relations, Financial Aid and International Student Services.
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Collaborative Partnerships: A Path to a Veteran-Friendly Campus
Almost half of the military veterans who are enrolled in college have contemplated suicide at some point, and 20 percent have planned to kill themselves, according to a recent study "Student Veterans: A National Survey Exploring Psychological Symptoms and Suicide Risk." As a recipient of the American Council on Education (ACE)/Wal-Mart grant, Los Angeles City College (LACC) has developed...
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Veteran Resource Center: The One Stop Welcome for Returning Veterans
Returning veterans are a growing underserved population at college campuses around the nation. Expanded educational benefits in the new GI Bill, are increasing enrollment at campuses around the country, and this is challenging colleges to meet the educational and support needs of this traditionally at-risk group. At Cerritos College, veteran students are currently provided with a number of...
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Saddleback College Veterans Education and Transition Services
The Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) Program at Saddleback College provides a comprehensive selection of services to support veterans, active military and military families from application to graduation. Working closely with current and past student veterans, the VETS Program has created unique partnerships and has become a key piece of the success for thousands of veteran...
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Developing a Comprehensive State-wide Veterans Re-Entry Education Program
With increasing numbers of service members, veterans and their families, colleges and universities are searching for ways to better serve this population. Becoming a veterans friendly campus requires the development of direct services and the development of policies that support this service. In Minnesota, these services and this policy infrastructure have been built through statewide...
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Celebrating our Veterans
This article describes two recent events for veterans at Long Beach City College, one of which had few veterans in attendance while the other drew large numbers. The differences in these events are described and a model for veteran programs is proposed. It is argued that the celebratory model is the most effective in getting veterans to participate.
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Diablo Valley College’s Focus on Athletic Success
Increasing national and statewide focus on student athlete success, increased complexity in student athlete advising due to ever-changing NCAA rules and regulations, shrinking resources to and greater demands on student services and counseling within California community colleges (Luan, 2011), all have led Diablo Valley College to develop educational planning templates for student athletes....
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Presidents', Chief Financial Officers’ And Chief Instructional Officers’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning is more common now that it has been in the past few years. This article presents a study conducted in California Community College on the effectiveness of strategic planning. The author compares perceptions of Presidents, Chief Business Officers (CBOs) and Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) on the effectiveness of strategic planning. To continue the increase of...
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Book Review: Capacity for Meaningful Learning Assessment in Community Colleges
Capacity for Meaningful Learning Assessment in Community Colleges, is a new book by Jerry Somerville, which he has self-published under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. It is available for download at http://jasomerville.com/resources at no charge as long as the conditions of the licensing agreement are followed. The book is a result of an investigation of community colleges by a...
This issue sponsored by:
California Community Colleges Chief Student Services Administrators Association
