Partnering for a Seamless Transition to Higher Education

Abstract

After the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Benefits were established in 2009, many organizations and higher education institutions asked how such investments could be used most effectively. Such questions were inspired by recognition of the transformational effects of the post-World War II GI Bill benefits that not only supported attendance at colleges and universities, but also refocused attention on access to and the benefits of higher education in America. Recent efforts to improve educational transition include the participants in the NSF project on veteran transition into the engineering and science fields that is the subject of this journal issue.2 Moreover, as increasing numbers of service members (SM) transitioned out of the military, multi-agency attention focused on how to make this process smoother for the SM and their families.

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