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"The Wal-Mart Foundation and the American Council on Education today identified 20 colleges as recipients of Success for Vets Grants, meant to help them develop innovative ways to help veterans make the transition from military service to college," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "Each winner can use its $100,000 award to 'accelerate the development of programs they already had in place,' said James Selbe, assistant vice president for lifelong learning at the council.
Many of the winning proposals include plans to enhance veteran-support services, train faculty members to be aware of veterans' needs, and create orientation programs about useful resources on and near the campus. Oregon's Clackamas Community College, for example, plans to 'develop standards for awarding credit for military training and experience,' an issue that has long been raised by veterans seeking college degrees. Colorado State University plans to establish a national honor society for student veterans."
Success for Veterans Grant Recipients
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona - Create interactive online veterans-specific orientation program, including faculty advising option and networking opportunities.
California State University Sacramento - Create a Veterans Education Transition Success Program, including college assimilation summer program, academic advising, and fall orientation.
Clackamas Community College - Expand outreach to veterans and develop standards for awarding credit for military training and experience.
Colorado State University - Develop faculty training program, establish a national veterans student honor society, expand outreach efforts, and develop a more comprehensive student orientation program.
Empire State College - Expand and enhance educational support services and improve training of faculty, mentors and staff to create awareness of challenges to the student veteran population.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Develop and implement an integrated veterans' services model to enhance one-stop support and expand capacity to provide psychological services.
Fresno City College - Expand partnership with PG&E to train veterans for employment, including preparation for pre-employment testing and access to counseling.
George Mason University - Enhance comprehensive, coordinated one-stop resource and support center to ensure academic support and psychological/transition support.
Hunter College School of Social Work - Expand existing Project for Return and Opportunity in Veterans Education (PROVE), which provides peer mentoring and counseling services, to two additional CUNY campuses.
Lane Community College - Expand Lane Integration of Vets in Education (LIVE) program to deliver first-year experience, including learning communities, advising, supplemental instruction and early intervention systems.
Los Angeles City College - Create formal mentoring program, publish veterans handbook, train faculty and staff to increase awareness of the challenges to the student veteran population.
Madison Area Technical College - Create Project Success and Access for Veterans Education (SAVE), which will provide streamlined veterans services, veteran student orientation, and expansion of programs and services to veteran families.
Onondaga Community College - Establish visible presence to welcome veterans; increase awareness and knowledge of unique veterans' issues by faculty and staff; expand and enhance services to current and prospective veteran students; and communicate best practices to other campuses.
Park University - Develop online transition courses for veterans, train faculty and staff on veterans issues, develop best practices for serving veterans in online learning environments.
Ramapo College Foundation, NJASCU - Create Operation College Promise to collect best practices from nine state institutions and disseminate to all 52 New Jersey institutions of higher education through seminars, web site, and advisory group.
Southwestern College - Establish a Veterans Welcome Center to provide more comprehensive counseling, support services, job placement and faculty development.
Trident Technical College - Create Project VETS (Veterans' Educational Transition Services) to provide a continuum of services from pre-college through graduation, including veterans-specific orientation program, faculty and staff development, veterans task force creation, and veterans student club.
University of California, Santa Cruz - Expand Veterans Education Teams Support (VETS) and Services for Transfer and Re-entry Students (STARS) to provide expanded peer mentorship, as well as transition services, and increased outreach to local community college.
University of Maine at Augusta - Develop deliberate approach to veterans services that will create social, classroom, and professional networks for veterans through peer mentors, student veteran organization, online social network.
University of Maryland University College - Develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate a veterans service model that integrates comprehensive services into a web-based platform.
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