Called to Serve

Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities,
community colleges, and vocational programs has increased
dramatically. Called to Serve offers academics and
administrators a handbook highlighting the most current research,
program initiatives, and recommendations for creating policies and
services that can help student veterans and service members
succeed, including:

* Strategies for organizing and staffing services for veterans
and service members

* Suggestions for creating institutional infrastructures and
policies related to enrollment, transfer, and degree
completion

* Frameworks for working with service members with physical,
emotional, and learning disabilities

Praise for Called to Serve

"An excellent resource tool for key university leadership who
desire to support the success of incoming and current student
veterans."

--Renee T. Finnegan, colonel (retired), executive
director, Military Initiatives and Partnerships, Office of the
President, University of Louisville

"One of the more compelling issues of our time is the
integration of returning veterans and service members into our
society following their service to our country. This handbook will
be a critical tool in guiding higher education professionals in
developing strategies to ensure their success in college."

--Kevin Kruger, president, NASPA-Student Affairs
Administrators in Higher Education

"This timely book explains and presents a new meaning of 'called
to service.' The issues and vignettes bring to life real situations
that will be facing all campuses. I highly recommend this valuable
resource to those looking forward and not back."

--Gregory Roberts, executive director,
ACPA-College Student Educators International

"I have waited over forty years for such a comprehensive
handbook to be written about the challenges, opportunities, and
rewards that are associated with providing higher education to
America's veterans--our future leaders. Well done."

--Robert E. Wallace, Vietnam veteran and executive
director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Washington
Office

Florence A. Hamrick is a professor of educational
psychology at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey. She is coauthor with John Schuh and
Nancy Evans of Foundations of Student Affairs Practice from
Jossey-Bass.

Corey B. Rumann is an assistant professor of practice in
the Department of Educational Administration at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.

Called to Serve

Over the past several years, veteran enrollment in universities, community colleges, and vocational programs has increased dramatically. Called to Serve offers academics and administrators a handbook highlighting the most current research, program initiatives, and recommendations for creating policies and services that can help student veterans and service members succeed, including:

• Strategies for organizing and staffing services for veterans and service members
• Suggestions for creating institutional infrastructures and policies related to enrollment, transfer, and degree completion
• Frameworks for working with service members with physical, emotional, and learning disabilities

Praise for Called to Serve

"An excellent resource tool for key university leadership who desire to support the success of incoming and current student veterans."
Renee T. Finnegan, colonel (retired), executive director, Military Initiatives and Partnerships, Office of the President, University of Louisville

"One of the more compelling issues of our time is the integration of returning veterans and service members into our society following their service to our country. This handbook will be a critical tool in guiding higher education professionals in developing strategies to ensure their success in college."
Kevin Kruger, president, NASPAStudent Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

"This timely book explains and presents a new meaning of 'called to service.' The issues and vignettes bring to life real situations that will be facing all campuses. I highly recommend this valuable resource to those looking forward and not back."
Gregory Roberts, executive director, ACPACollege Student Educators International

"I have waited over forty years for such a comprehensive handbook to be written about the challenges, opportunities, and rewards that are associated with providing higher education to America's veteransour future leaders. Well done."
Robert E. Wallace, Vietnam veteran and executive director, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S., Washington Office

Preface: Setting the Context xi

About the Editors xix

About the Contributors xxi

1 The Military and Higher Education in the United States 1

Dexter Alexander and John R. Thelin

2 Contemporary Political and Legislative Frameworks for Serving
Veterans and Service Members 20

Sally Caspers and Robert Ackerman

Vignette 39

Joshua Lang

3 Activations, Deployments, and Returns 41

Wade G. Livingston and Mark C. Bauman

Vignette 69

Nina Duong

4 Contemporary Student Veterans and Service Members: Enrollment
Patterns and Student Engagement 71

Danielle M. DeSawal

Vignette 87

Sally Caspers

5 The Complexity of Veteran Identity: Understanding the Role of
Gender, Race and Sexuality 89

Susan V. Iverson and Rachel Anderson

Vignette 114

Annie Rose Badder

6 Understanding Disability in the Student Veteran Community
116

Amanda Kraus and Nicholas A. Rattray

Vignette 138

Amanda Irish

7 Enrollment, Transfers, and Degree Completion for Veterans
140

John D. Mikelson and Kevin P. Saunders

Vignette 165

Jonathan Miller

8 Offices of Veterans and Military Services 167

Stephen G. Abel, Robert J. Bright, and R. M. Cooper

Vignette 198

Kathy Meyers

9 Focused Learning Environments for Student Veterans 201

Sarah Minnis, Stephanie Bondi, and Corey B. Rumann

Vignette 219

Paul F. Tschudi

10 Student Veterans Organizations and Student Self-Advocacy
221

Brian A. Hawthorne, Mark C. Bauman, and Leah Ewing Ross

Vignette 253

Joseph R. Sorge

11 Institutional Leadership on Serving Student Veterans and
Service Members 255

Tom Jackson Jr., Charles J. Fey, and Leah Ewing Ross

Vignette 276

Nicholas J. Osborne

12 Promoting Organizational Change to Create a Veteran-Friendly
Campus: A Case Study 278

Jan Arminio and Tomoko Kudo Grabosky

Conclusion: Looking Back, Moving Forward 301

Corey B. Rumann and Florence A. Hamrick

Glossary 307

Appendix: Military Ranks 312

Name Index 315

Subject Index 319

To the memory of Timmons Hicks Hamrick, Jr. (Radioman Second
Class, U.S. Navy, 1943-1946).

To Anthony Vitale (Private First Class, U.S. Army,
1951-1953). To those who are called to serve. F.A.H.

To my father, Larry R. Rumann, and to the memory of Harland P.
Topping and Cyril L. Rumann.

Thank you for your service to our country. C.B.R.