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Supporting Student Veterans

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Supporting Student Veterans

  • ACE Veterans Programs promote access to and success in higher education for the more than 2 million service members and their families who are eligible for benefits under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. The initiative is comprised of grant-funded programs seeking to find, develop and disseminate promising practices in serving student veterans in higher education and promote awareness of this population’s needs. These projects continue an ACE tradition of helping to ensure service member and veteran success in higher education. 

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  • Toolkit for Veteran Friendly Institutions

    Toolkit for Veteran Friendly Institutions

    A collaborative online resource, the toolkit is designed to help institutions of higher education build effective programs for veteran students and share information. It highlights a variety of best practices including veteran-specific orientation, on-campus veteran service centers, prospective student outreach efforts, faculty training, and counseling and psychological services for veteran students.

    • Ensuring Success for Returning Veterans

      Veterans Success Jam

      The 2010 Veteran Success Jam was a three-day online virtual collaboration that brought together thousands of veterans and their families, service members, campus leaders, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies from around the country.

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      From Soldier to Student II

      The report updates a 2009 study which provided the first national snapshot of the programs and services that colleges and universities had in place to serve veterans and military personnel following passage of the 2008 Post-9/11 GI Bill.

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      Veteran-Friendly Institution Counseling Center Program

      This program provides free training to college and university mental health counseling centers throughout the country on how to better address issues such as post-traumatic stress and suicide prevention in their work treating students.

    • Severely Injured Military Veterans

      The Severely Injured Military Veterans: Fulfilling Their Dreams program provides direct support to wounded veterans and their families by providing academic advisors to help them explore career and educational options.

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      ACE/Walmart Success for Veterans Grants

      ACE and the Walmart Foundation awarded 20 $100,000 grants to colleges and universities operating model programs that advance the veteran community’s access to and success in higher education. The 20 participating campuses used their grants to expand their veteran programs and services and share their promising practices and successes with other institutions.

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