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Predicting Problems on Campus: An Analysis of College Student Veterans

Predicting Problems on Campus: An Analysis of College Student Veterans In 2009, the post‐9/11 GI bill went into effect, broadly expanding higher education benefits to military service members and veterans in proportion to their time served since September 10, 2001. Since then, hundreds of thousands of troops have returned to the United States from the wars in the Middle East and have chosen to use their earned benefits to attend college. As of 2012 at least one‐half million veterans have used their post‐9/11 GI bill benefits (Sander, ) and these numbers are expected to increase as the United States continues to draw down its forces in Afghanistan. However, a fair number of students who matriculate into higher education postmilitary service are suffering from unhealed wounds of war, both physical and mental (Church, ). In addition, 30–40% of student veterans do not complete their postsecondary programs (Cate, ), and they tend to have lower grade point averages (GPAs) than their nonveteran student counterparts (Durdella & Kim, ). A growing number of articles (e.g., Ackerman, DiRamio, & Mitchell, ) and reports (e.g., American Council on Education, ; DiRamio & Jarvis, ; Steele, Salcedo, & Coley, ) in the academic literature examine the transition from military service to school. Nonetheless, more http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy Wiley

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© 2015 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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1529-7489
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1530-2415
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In 2009, the post‐9/11 GI bill went into effect, broadly expanding higher education benefits to military service members and veterans in proportion to their time served since September 10, 2001. Since then, hundreds of thousands of troops have returned to the United States from the wars in the Middle East and have chosen to use their earned benefits to attend college. As of 2012 at least one‐half million veterans have used their post‐9/11 GI bill benefits (Sander, ) and these numbers are expected to increase as the United States continues to draw down its forces in Afghanistan. However, a fair number of students who matriculate into higher education postmilitary service are suffering from unhealed wounds of war, both physical and mental (Church, ). In addition, 30–40% of student veterans do not complete their postsecondary programs (Cate, ), and they tend to have lower grade point averages (GPAs) than their nonveteran student counterparts (Durdella & Kim, ). A growing number of articles (e.g., Ackerman, DiRamio, & Mitchell, ) and reports (e.g., American Council on Education, ; DiRamio & Jarvis, ; Steele, Salcedo, & Coley, ) in the academic literature examine the transition from military service to school. Nonetheless, more

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Published: Dec 1, 2015

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