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An Exploration Of A First Year Experience Course To Meet The Needs Of Veteran And Other Non-Traditional College Students, Amy C. Wise

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)

Over the last several years, the number of veterans returning to college campuses has steadily increased. Many veterans are taking advantage of education benefits offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and have been out of school for a number of years. A number of veterans are considered nontraditional students, and the responsibilities of being a parent, an employee, a husband or wife, and college student can be overwhelming. In recent years, the economic recession has also added financial hardships to the already full agenda of many of these students. Throughout the nation, colleges have created programs that will assist …

Evidence-Based Strategies For Working With Veterans, Bethany Fopma

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

According to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 3.3 million veterans (41%) live in rural areas. Due to geographical barriers, these veterans often lack access to needed services and providers. This research project analyzed studies that utilized telehealth in delivering services to veterans with PTSD. While more research in this area needs to be conducted, telehealth technology shows promising results for improving veterans’ symptoms and providing veterans with satisfactory services. Research Question: Is telehealth medicine an effective intervention in treating veterans with PTSD?

Does The Gi Bill Support Educational Attainment For Veterans With Disabilities? Implications For Current Veterans In Resuming Civilian Life, Alexa Smith-Osborne

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A secondary data analysis of the 2001 National Survey of Veterans (NSV) for 2075 Gulf War-era veterans was conducted to investigate whether the GI Bill (the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, most recent provisions of which have been entitled the Montgomery GI Bill and the Post 9/11 GI Bill), considered as a social welfare policy, demonstrated protective effects for veterans with disabilities in terms of successful re-entry and sustained enrollment in higher education. Regression analyses to test the mediation effects of use of the GI Bill, use of non-Veterans' Administration (VA)financial aid, and use of VA health services suggested mediation …

Bad Apples Or Bad Policies?, Daniel J. Whelan

Human Rights & Human Welfare

In a scene from the Woody Allen film Hannah and Her Sisters, the haughty and cantankerous character Frederick (Max von Sydow) is telling his girlfriend (Barbara Hershey) how he spent the evening flipping through channels on television. Ever the arrogant social critic, Frederick remarks,

You missed a very dull TV show on Auschwitz. More gruesome film clips. And more puzzled intellectuals declaring their mystification over the systematic murder of millions. The reason they can never answer the question: “How could it possibly happen?” is that it’s the wrong question. Given what people are, the question is: “Why doesn't it happen …

September Roundtable: Introduction

Human Rights & Human Welfare

An annotation of:

“The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness” by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian. The Nation, July 30, 2007.

Ua35/8 The Topper, Wku Veterans Upward Bound

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter published by WKU Veterans Upward Bound includes articles and calendar of events.

Ua3/9/5 Veterans Day Rotc Ceremony, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Speech delivered by WKU president Gary Ransdell at the 2003 WKU Veterans Day ROTC ceremony.

They Did Not Teach: Veterans' Experiences In A Mid-Career Transition Program At An Urban University, Joseph Franklyn Shipes

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This descriptive phenomenology examines the lived experiences of veterans who attempted a mid-career transition into teaching. The study identifies and describes experiences that led to the outcome decisions of 22 men who enrolled in a Military Career Transition Program (MCTP), completed a Master's Degree in Education, but did not become public school teachers. Self-descriptions of their experience were collected in multiple, open-ended interviews and analyzed using Moustakas's (1994) protocols.

Participants described a transition in four stages (a) preliminary conditions for change, (b) socialization and adjustment, (c) refocusing career goals, and (d) reflective assessment. Planning for career change began with ideal …

The New England Shelter For Homeless Veterans: A Unique Approach, Ken Smith, James M. Yates

New England Journal of Public Policy

It has been estimated that veterans comprise one third of the homeless population. To combat this national disgrace, many small veterans' groups have been formed nationwide to serve their homeless "brothers" in such settings as shelters, group homes, and outreach centers.

A Boston group, the Vietnam Veterans Workshop, based its New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans on the simple but powerful concept of veteran helping veteran. The shelter created a program to accomplish three important functions: providing the basic necessities of a bed, a meal, clothing, and a hot shower; rehabilitating the veterans by offering various activities to comfort and …

Veterans In Maine - A Report, Maine Department Of Manpower Affairs - Manpower Research Division

Maine Collection

Veterans in Maine : A Report.

"Labor Market Information Publication" Maine Department of Manpower Affairs, Employment Security, Manpower Research Division, 20 Union Street, Augusta, Maine 04330.

December 1978

0203: Soldiers' Relief Record, 1888-1894, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The record book is a printed form book entitled, “Barrett’s Form of Soldiers’ Relief Record, Being a Record of Resident Indigent Union Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, and Wives, Widows and Minor Children of Same, Entitled to Relief under an Act passed March 16th, 1887.” Twelve pages record payments to `resident indigent Union soldiers, sailors and marines, and wives, widows and minor children of same. . .' The pages of the last half of the book have been torn out. Beyond the book’s original life as a record of payments, two further additions were made by unknown individuals. One addition is …

Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 4 – The Sociology Of Early Adulthood, Wku Sociology

WKU Administration Documents

Table of Contents:

• Balswick, Jack O. & Charles W. Peek. The Inexpressive Male & Family Relationships During Early Adulthood
• Birkelbach, Ronald D. & Louis A. Zurcher, Jr. Some Socio-Political Characteristics of Anti-Pornography Campaigners
• Doby, John T. Social Change, Conflict & Planning: A Theoretical Interpretation
• Elder, Glen H. Jr. Marriage Mobility, Adult Roles & Personality
• Fendrich, James M. & Michael A. Pearson. Alienation & Its Correlates Among Black Veterans
• Jackson, Audrey R. The Changing Parent: An Evaluation of Miller & Swanson’s Socialization Thesis

Discurso: Pronunciado, En Nombre Del Congreso, Al Sancionarse La Ley De Pago Total De Atrasos A Los Veteranos De La Independencia, El 30 De Noviembre De 1951., Pedro Martínez Fraga

Mario Diaz Cruz Pamphlets

No abstract provided.

Ua30/1/1 Veterans Village, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

WKU Administration Documents

Western Kentucky Teachers College Veterans Housing Project (Vet Village), National Housing Agency and Federal Public Housing Authority, project # KY-V-15158, 12 sheets, paper (fragile and fairly damaged). Includes two site plans, utility plan, site improvement details, building type list, typical floor plans, elevations, miscellaneous details, disassembly and erection details and plumbing and lighting schematics.

Ua94/6/4 Wku Veterans - I-J Surnames, Elizabeth Coombs

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Information cards, clippings of service reports, marriages, births and some photographs for WKU veterans.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 4, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on agriculture and home economics.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 3, No. 2, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog published bi-monthly. This issue focuses on the Summer School and veterans of World War I.

Ua12/2/1 Normal Heights, Vol. 2, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter and course catalog promoting Western Kentucky University. This issue focuses on the Students' Army Training Corps and students who served in World War I. There is also a biographical sketch of Henry Cherry.