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Breaking Barriers to Success: Aligning Program Offerings to Better Serve Student Veterans
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Teixeira, Stephanie M. – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2021
This research analyzes the alignment of today's practices with current student needs in higher education. Veterans face unique challenges when transitioning back into civilian culture. When that transition combines with a shift to life on a college campus, these challenges are further exacerbated. Tinto's Model of Student Integration allows the…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Student Needs, Educational Practices, College Students
Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education. Second Edition
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Thelin, John R. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021
The thoroughly updated second edition of this dynamic and thoughtful collection focuses on the issues that have shaped American higher education in the past decade. "Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education," designed to be used alongside John R. Thelin's "A History of American Higher Education" or on its…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, Higher Education, Social History
Access, Equity, and Community Colleges: The Truman Commission and Federal Higher Education Policy from 1947 To 2011
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Gilbert, Claire Krendl; Heller, Donald E. – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
The 1947 President's Commission on Higher Education offers insight into higher education policy in the United States. This article reviews and assesses the adoption of its policy recommendations in two key areas: 1) improving college access and equity and 2) expanding the role of community colleges. (Contains 1 figure and 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Equal Education, Community Colleges, Educational History, Postsecondary Education