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 research to account for persistence and withdrawal factors among student veterans and the completion of their education. Based on published recommendations, a "report card" was created to evaluate each institution's current programming, the information gathered from institutional websites, and administrator interviews. Administrators from six New England institutions who work directly with student veterans took part in either an interview or an online survey regarding the expertise of their institution and the needs of the students. Interviews were also conducted with eight current student veterans regarding their personal experiences within higher education. The result of the study is a set of recommendations backed by student views and published data, combining the expertise of administrators whose institutions have active student veteran programs.