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Military Research and Reports

Articles, reports, and research projects relevant to servicemembers and their families.

Research and Reports

Serving Those Who Serve: Higher Education and America's Veterans (PDF) (American Council on Education, 2008). Provides an overview on today's veterans, identifies postsecondary obstacles, and highlights good practice.

Combat2College: Facilitating College Success for Combat Veterans (PDF) (Joseph Bleiberg, PhD et al, 2008). A report on the Combat to College program at Montgomery College to support veteran students in transitioning from active duty to campus life.

Education & the Military Spouse: The Long Road to Success (PDF) (The National Military Family Association, 2007). Identifies challenges facing military spouses in attaining educational goals and provides recommendations to better education opportunities for military spouses.

The GI Bill: The Law That Changed America (Milton Greenberg, 1997). Book describes the history of the legislation (officially entitled The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944) and discusses the importance, success, and lasting legacy of the bill.

Reviews research and literature on e-learning tools and constructivism (PDF) (U.S. Army Research Institute, 2000). Literature review on e-learning tools and collaborative learning.

Soldiers to Citizens: The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation (Suzanne Mettler, 2007). Mettler's book draws on extensive interviews and surveys with hundreds of members of the "greatest generation" who benefited from the Bill to offer critical lessons about how public programs can make a difference.

Workingwomen Speak Out II: Women Veterans in Transition (Business & Professional Women USA, 2007). Report on women veterans transitioning to civilian life and the workplace.

Articles

N.J. easing veterans' transition from war to college (The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 2009)

Combat to College (New York Times, October 30, 2008)

ASU, others expect student influx from new GI Bill (azcentral.com, September 8, 2008)

Universities boost programs for returning vets (San Jose Mercury News, July 13, 2008)

California colleges eager to help veterans under new GI Bill (San Jose Mercury News, July 13, 2008)

The Surprising History of Military College Benefits (U.S. News & World Report, June 17, 2008)

Special: Student Veterans Come Marching Home (Science Journal, June 6, 2008)

Taken For Granted: Over Here (Science Journal, June 6, 2008)

Benedictine to begin offering veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan free education (Benedictine News Release, May 19, 2008)

Pace University Offers Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans 50 Percent Tuition Scholarship (Pace News Release, May 12, 2008)

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This page last updated on 04/01/2009