Veteran role salience: A study of student veteran reintegration in the city university of New York
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Title
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Veteran role salience: A study of student veteran reintegration in the city university of New York
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:0f8ebdd6bffd:11933
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identifier
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12568
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Creator
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Mullins, Demond,
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Contributor
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Paul Attewell
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Military studies | Social research | Higher education | GI Bill | Reintegration | Veteran Reintegration
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Abstract
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The research question that informed this dissertation was: in what ways do military identities impede or enhance student veteran engagement in higher education institutions? This research was designed with a mixed methods approach; a 40 question survey instrument (N=300) constituted the quantitative portion of the study; 20 in-depth interviews and one semester of ethnography with several student veteran clubs constituted the qualitative portion of the study. All data collection was conducted in the City University of New York (CUNY) with student veterans attending 4-year and community colleges.;My findings confirmed a correlation between military occupational specialties and the differential quality of relationships student veterans experience with nonveteran students, faculty, administrators, and amongst themselves. This research also discovered a number of issues CUNY could address at an administrative level in order to facilitate the academic success of these particular nontraditional students. Some of these issues were: the tendency toward marginalization of female student veterans in student veteran clubs and campus spaces, the need to take affirmative measures to encourage student veteran and nonveteran student communication to the benefit of both groups, and the need to develop a standard system to assess military service for college credit.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Sociology
