Military Promising Practices
Programs and services that are successfully helping
active-duty military servicemembers, veterans, reservists, spouses and
dependents attain needed training and education.
The Army Career Degree Program offers soldiers
specific options for meeting college requirements through their Army
training.
Army
Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) translates military skills
and training directly to civilian credentialing and certification.
College of the American Soldier is a new partnership
with ten participating colleges that aims to assist soldiers in
obtaining an associate or bachelor's degree.
Combat2College (C2C) is a comprehensive program at
Montgomery College to welcome home and provide academic opportunities
and appropriate support services for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom
(OIF) and/or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF).
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with
Disabilities began at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse
University and now includes three partnerships hosting programs at UCLA,
Florida State University and Texas A&M.
The First Responder Program at Benedictine
University is an unparalleled educational degree program offered by
Benedictine University which allows first responders (Illinois fire and
police professionals, as well as Iraqi and Afghan veterans of Illinois)
an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills on a personal and
professional level.
The GED Plus Enlistment Program enables applicants
who currently do not possess a high school diploma or equivalency
certificate to obtain a GED for enlistment purposes.
The GI to Jobs initiative creates a tool for
soldiers, counselors, civilian employers, and credentialing boards to
use to determine the extent to which Army training and experience meets
civilian credentialing requirements.
Hire Vets
First is a government sponsored, one-stop internet news and resource
center for servicemembers in transition from active duty.
The
Learning-on-the-Go PDA program at Duquesne University's School of
Leadership and Professional Advancement (SLPA) has enabled military
students located in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and other countries to
enroll in postsecondary education.
Military Spouse
Career Advancement Account Initiative provides education and
training to military spouses to advance them into portable careers in
high demand occupations.
Military
Veterans with Hearing Loss Project at RIT/NTID helps veterans with
hearing loss earn their bachelor or graduate-level degree with access to
audilogical services, note taking, captioning, and other classroom
technologies.
Scholarships for the Severely Injured are available
for servicemembers and their spouses at universities nationwide.
The Sierra College Boots to Books
Program awards two $250 scholarships to student veterans each
semester to spend in the on-campus bookstore.
Spouses
to Teachers (STT) is a project to assist spouses of active duty and
reserve military members to become public school teachers.
The
Telephone Call Center Management Certificate Program at Northern
Virginia Community College focuses on training that will enable wounded
and disabled veterans to return to the workforce.
The Transition
Assistance Program (TAP) has helped over one million separating and
retiring military members and their spouses transition from military
service to the civilian workplace with one year of their separation or
two years of retirement.
The
Troops to College Program operates in California colleges and
universities to help make campuses "veteran friendly" and easier to
attend for military servicemembers.
The Troops to Teachers Hire in Advance Program is a
program that helps eligible military personnel transition into careers
as teachers.
USMAP is a training system for active duty
service members to earn certification for skills gained through
documented on-the-job training and related technical instruction.
The Veterans Upward
Bound Program is a free program designed to help prospective
first-generation or low-income college students who are military
veterans to complete their postsecondary education.
We Want To Hear From You!
Email us at lifelong_learning@ace.nche.edu to suggest a promising
practice targeting military servicemembers and veterans at your
institution or organization.
Please direct questions about this page to:
lifelong_learning@ace.nche.edu
This page last updated on 04/01/2009
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