Called to Serve
Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically. Called to Serve offers academics and administrators a handbook highlighting the most current research, program initiatives, and recommendations for creating policies and services that can help student veterans and service members succeed, including:
- Strategies for organizing and staffing services for veterans and service members
- Suggestions for creating institutional infrastructures and policies related to enrollment, transfer, and degree completion
- Frameworks for working with service members with physical, emotional, and learning disabilities
Praise for Called to Serve
"An excellent resource tool for key university leadership who desire to support the success of incoming and current student veterans."
—Renee T. Finnegan, colonel (retired), executive director, Military Initiatives and Partnerships, Office of the President, University of Louisville
"One of the more compelling issues of our time is the integration of returning veterans and service members into our society following their service to our country. This handbook will be a critical tool in guiding higher education professionals in developing strategies to ensure their success in college."
—Kevin Kruger, president, NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
"This timely book explains and presents a new meaning of 'called to service.' The issues and vignettes bring to life real situations that will be facing all campuses. I highly recommend this valuable resource to those looking forward and not back."
—Gregory Roberts, executive director, ACPA–College Student Educators International
"I have waited over forty years for such a comprehensive handbook to be written about the challenges, opportunities, and rewards that are associated with providing higher education to America's veterans—our future leaders. Well done."
—Robert E. Wallace, Vietnam veteran and executive director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Washington Office
Table of Contents:
Preface: Setting the Context xi
About the Editors xix
About the Contributors xxi
1 The Military and Higher Education in the United States 1
Dexter Alexander and John R. Thelin
2 Contemporary Political and Legislative Frameworks for Serving Veterans and Service Members 20
Sally Caspers and Robert Ackerman
Vignette 39
Joshua Lang
3 Activations, Deployments, and Returns 41
Wade G. Livingston and Mark C. Bauman
Vignette 69
Nina Duong
4 Contemporary Student Veterans and Service Members: Enrollment Patterns and Student Engagement 71
Danielle M. DeSawal
Vignette 87
Sally Caspers
5 The Complexity of Veteran Identity: Understanding the Role of Gender, Race and Sexuality 89
Susan V. Iverson and Rachel Anderson
Vignette 114
Annie Rose Badder
6 Understanding Disability in the Student Veteran Community 116
Amanda Kraus and Nicholas A. Rattray
Vignette 138
Amanda Irish
7 Enrollment, Transfers, and Degree Completion for Veterans 140
John D. Mikelson and Kevin P. Saunders
Vignette 165
Jonathan Miller
8 Offices of Veterans and Military Services 167
Stephen G. Abel, Robert J. Bright, and R. M. Cooper
Vignette 198
Kathy Meyers
9 Focused Learning Environments for Student Veterans 201
Sarah Minnis, Stephanie Bondi, and Corey B. Rumann
Vignette 219
Paul F. Tschudi
10 Student Veterans Organizations and Student Self-Advocacy 221
Brian A. Hawthorne, Mark C. Bauman, and Leah Ewing Ross
Vignette 253
Joseph R. Sorge
11 Institutional Leadership on Serving Student Veterans and Service Members 255
Tom Jackson Jr., Charles J. Fey, and Leah Ewing Ross
Vignette 276
Nicholas J. Osborne
12 Promoting Organizational Change to Create a Veteran-Friendly Campus: A Case Study 278
Jan Arminio and Tomoko Kudo Grabosky
Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward 301
Corey B. Rumann and Florence A. Hamrick
Glossary 307
Appendix: Military Ranks 312
Name Index 315
Subject Index 319
To the memory of Timmons Hicks Hamrick, Jr. (Radioman Second Class, U.S. Navy, 1943–1946).
To Anthony Vitale (Private First Class, U.S. Army, 1951–1953). To those who are called to serve. F.A.H.
To my father, Larry R. Rumann, and to the memory of Harland P. Topping and Cyril L. Rumann.
Thank you for your service to our country. C.B.R.
