Preventing Student Veteran Attrition: What More Can We Do?

Autor/inn/en	Alschuler, Mari; Yarab, Jessica
Titel	Preventing Student Veteran Attrition: What More Can We Do?
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 20 (2018) 1, S.47-66 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
DOI	10.1177/1521025116646382
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Veterans; Prevention; Student Attrition; Graduation Rate; Interviews; Academic Achievement; Phenomenology; Academic Persistence; Self Concept; Social Adjustment; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Nontraditional Students; Social Isolation; Physical Health; Mental Health; Help Seeking; Social Bias; Archives; Data Analysis; Stopouts; Student Financial Aid; Focus Groups; Coding + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kriegsteilnehmer; Veteran; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Schülerbeurlaubung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schulleistung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Selbstkonzept; Soziale Anpassung; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Soziale Isolation; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Archivwesen; Archiv; Auswertung; Ausstieg; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Codierung; Programmierung
Abstract	Student veterans face many challenges when transitioning to college. This two-phase study first examined their retention and persistence through the use of archival data at one Midwestern public university. Results indicated a 50% graduation rate, comparable to the national average and above that for nonveterans at the same university. The second, phenomenological study entailed interviewing degree-seeking student veterans about personal, administrative, or academic issues related to college success. Emerging themes included (a) transitioning to civilian life; (b) managing multiple identities; (c) attitudes about civilian peers, faculty, and staff; and (d) medical or psychiatric issues that may interfere with retention or persistence. Interviewees recommended the university might help student veterans succeed by offering a faculty and student orientation on military culture, increasing interdepartmental communication within student affairs' various offices, and expanding services provided by the campus veteran's resource center. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01