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The Case for Veteran- Friendly Higher Education in Canada and the United Kingdom

Authors: Graham Cable, D. G. Cathcart, Michael K. Almond
This paper presents the case for greater effort to encourage former armed forces members, otherwise known as veterans, to access and thrive in higher education institutions in Canada and the United Kingdom (UK). By looking at existing research, almost exclusively…
Date of Publication: March 2021
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: Australia
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“I Just Don’t Like to Have My Car Marked”: Nuancing Identity Attachments and Belonging in Student Veterans

Authors: Corrine E. Hinton
Feelings of belonging factor importantly in college student retention and degree completion; for student veterans, these feelings are strongly associated with college adjustment. The experiences of student veterans in higher education continues to be an area of inquiry, as favorable…
Date of Publication: December 2020
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Beyond being the best: educating for narrative repair in transition from British Army to ‘Civvy Street’

Authors: Graham Cable
This thesis presents a military to civilian transition (MCT) autoethnography to highlight the unique nature of military life and work, and how this can complexify a move back to ‘Civvy Street’. It reinforces prevailing research indicating that the total career…
Date of Publication: October 2020
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: UK
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Social Integration of Student Veterans: The Influence of Interactions with Faculty on Peer-Group Interactions

Authors: Terezia Dean, Carl H. Sorgen, Cordelia D. Zinskie
Student veterans are distinct nontraditional students, inasmuch as their transition to campus is twofold. They are not only taking on the role of a student, but also their new lives as civilians. Their relationships with peers can then be strained,…
Date of Publication: September 2020
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Veterans in Classrooms: Post Traumatic Stress, Seating Preferences, and Achievement

Authors: Daniel Allen Clark, Kenneth Walker
Anecdotal knowledge and qualitative research has suggested that previously deployed combat veterans prefer particular seating locations. Students at a university near a large army base chose preferred seats and answered survey items regarding trauma symptoms and academic achievement. There was…
Date of Publication: August 2020
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Supporting younger military veterans to succeed in Australian higher education

Authors: L. Andrewartha, A. Harvey, Matthew Sharp, Matthew Wyatt-Smith
Military veterans are largely invisible within Australian higher education. There remains little national evidence to confirm how many veterans are accessing and succeeding in higher education, who they are, and what universities could do to improve their access, success, and…
Date of Publication: June 2020
Country of Publication: Australia
Countries of Subject Matter: Australia
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The reproduction of the gender regime: the military and education as state apparatuses constraining the military wife student

Authors: Mel Macer, Charlotte Chadderton
Contributing to both Marxist and feminist theory, we argue that the combined practices of the state apparatuses, the military and education system, constrain these women's access to, and progress in, HE, and that the patriarchal gender regime is reproduced through…
Date of Publication: May 2020
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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Experiences and Challenges of Students with a Military Background at an Academic Medical Center

Authors: Vanessa Dudley-Miller, Jeff Radel
Limited information exists regarding Students with Military Backgrounds (SMB) enrolled in academic medical settings, although there is extensive research focused on SMB attending community colleges and undergraduate universities. This study documents SMB experiences at an academic medical center related to…
Date of Publication: March 2020
Country of Publication: United States
Countries of Subject Matter: United States
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Department of Education UK Common Transfer File

Authors: Department for Education
A CTF is used to transfer information when a pupil transfers from one school to another and systems should be developed to generate and export CTFs. This could be at the end of an academic year or phase of education…
Date of Publication: February 2020
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Countries of Subject Matter: United Kingdom
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