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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Carol L Considine, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Petros J Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Thomas B. Stout, Tidewater Community College; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University

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) enablingof transfer credits and experiential credits; b) taking a community-based approach withcomprehensive programs and services for student veterans and their families which includehousing, health care, employment during the college; c) enabling veterans’ voice to be heardthrough roundtables, veteran associations, etc; d) have strong web presence easily accessible to theveterans; e) establish a specific point of contact; e) expand housing options; and f) implementtuition deferment plan to accommodate the GI Bill (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944)payment schedules; g) provide veteran focused orientations; h) provide faculty training related toveterans (ACE, 2008; Heineman, 2016; Olin Earl & Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1949).Veterans

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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Janet C. Ford, Western Carolina University

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university.” [19] Additionally, WCU isassembling its own Military Advisory Committee to facilitate the integration of military studentsinto institutional planning, which will no doubt include, among other things, a more consistentprocess for evaluating military training for academic credit. Until statewide and institutionalcommittees develop and state institutions implement a coordinated process, however, the JSTevaluation process will continue to be challenging.The following paragraphs illustrate how the JST evaluation process has been applied at WCU.JST ReviewsSixty JSTs, stripped of identity information, were randomly chosen from the files of the DMP todetermine patterns in the types and quantities of credit recommendations and awards. The

Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Blake Stringer, Kent State University, Kent; Maureen McFarland, Kent State University, Kent

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deadlines in a design course allows veterans to quickly develop a schedule and supporting documentation to best facilitate team efforts. 2. Lack of comfort with the open-endedness of a design project. Military leadership provides missions and objectives to subordinates. Subordinates develop their own mission plans and objectives and push to the next subordinate level. The process continues downward until it reaches the lowest level. With the exception of coordinating certain elements, the method of mission accomplishment is open-ended. This provides lower military units with the flexibility to adapt and accomplish the objectives in whatever manner they see fit. 3. Inherent reluctance of students to begin

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Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

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Paper ID #15882Using Focus Groups to Understand Military Veteran Students’ Pathways inEngineering EducationDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle Madsen Camacho is Chair and Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She formerly held two postdoctoral