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Factors Influencing Student Veterans' College Choices
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Hornor, Tara – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2022
This study examined factors influencing veterans' postsecondary institutional choices. Individual interviews were conducted with 30 veterans separating from military service and twelve military education officials and counselors. Results indicated most veterans transitioning from the military who aspire to enroll in postsecondary education intend…
Descriptors: Veterans, Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Student Costs
Why Stay? Factors That Encourage Active-Duty Military and Veterans to Complete Their Online Degrees
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Lesht, Faye L.; Schejbal, David; Chakiris, Heather; Norwood, Erin – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2022
To shed light on factors that encourage retention among active-duty military and veterans as they pursue degrees, a mixed-methods exploratory study was designed. A random sample of active-duty military and veterans enrolled in online degree programs at one private institution was invited to participate. Students were interviewed in online focus…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans, Military Training, School Holding Power
How Did the Post-9/11 GI Bill Affect Veteran Students' Undergraduate College Choices? An Application of Propensity Scores in Difference-in-Differences Models
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Zhang, Liang – Harvard Educational Review, 2022
The Post-9/11 GI Bill represents significant public investment in and commitment to veterans who have served in the armed forces and those who will serve in the future. Recent studies have examined its effect on veterans' college participation. In this study, Liang Zhang uses data from four waves of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study…
Descriptors: College Choice, Federal Legislation, Veterans, Armed Forces
Veterans' College Choices: An Examination of Educational Intentions and Influential Factors
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Hornor, Tara – College Student Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine veterans' educational intentions as well as the factors influencing their college choices. Individual interviews were conducted with 30 veterans separating from military service who were eligible for military educational benefits. Results indicated 80 percent of veterans planned to utilize their military…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, College Choice, Student Educational Objectives
The Disappeared Ones: Female Student Veterans at a Four-Year College
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Heitzman, Amy Claire; Somers, Patricia – College and University, 2015
Since the end of the military draft in 1973, women have entered military service in greater numbers: Women currently account for 16 percent of active-duty service personnel; by 2035, they will account for 15 percent of the total veteran population (National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics 2011). The profile of female veterans differs…
Descriptors: Veterans, Females, Profiles, College Choice
Reverse Transfer Student Characteristics--Fall 1979. Office of Institutional Research, Research Report 80-3.
Drakulich, J. Scott; Karlen, Janice M. – 1980
In order to determine the characteristics of students who transferred to Essex County College from four-year institutions in Fall 1979, the responses of 88 reverse transfer students (RTS's) to 84 items on the entering student demographic questionnaire were compared to the responses of 2,087 new Fall 1979 students. The questionnaire solicited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges