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Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

credit hours, including land navigation, marksmanship, physicalfitness, self-defense, and first aid. While many colleges and universities have a physical fitnesscourse requirement, the remaining courses would be elective credit in most programs.As would be expected, the amount of credit recommended by ACE increased with rank. Many ofthe JSTs for senior NCOs reflected work in multiple occupational fields during their militaryenlistment. JSTs of senior NCOs in the sample contained substantial hours of creditrecommendations: averaging over 150 semester hours. Much of this credit was recommended inmilitary specific areas such as Military Science, Marksmanship, or Military Operations, whichare of limited relevance in most academic programs.Almost all

Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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. Figure 4: Capstone Final Design and PrototypeThe final individual requirement at the end of the course was a paper answering specificquestions reflecting on the students’ design experiences. Many students commented on the teamlead’s leadership abilities and credited her efforts to the success of the project. Some of thesecomments follow. Student 1: “This large team was a hard problem to overcome since I believe others felt the same as I did but I feel the project manager helped immensely at coordinating everyone. With her help I was able to know who I needed to contact should I come across another’s project. Most of my previous classes focused on presentation skills and “team work” but I feel that working with two or

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony W Dean, Old Dominion University; Connor Schwalm, Old Dominion University; Patrick Sean Heaney, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University; Yuzhong Shen, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli P.E., Old Dominion University

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

lower rate than any other discipline1, which is reflected in anaggregate participation rate of about 17.8% in science and engineering at the associate’s andbachelor’s degree-levels for military servicemembers and veterans.2 Although a large portion ofveterans perform technical roles during their military careers, those experiences do not typicallylead to technical careers after their military service. This project, Stern2STEM, investigates thetransition of servicemembers from military service to baccalaureate STEM degree programs andimplements evidence-based interventions that increase participation in STEM fields and supporta more successful transition into technical careers. By providing student veterans, who alreadypossess technical STEM

Conference Session

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Grant Crawford, Quinnipiac University; Jason B Burke, Quinnipiac University

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education benefits in more than one state. Therefore the national totals in the Annual Benefits Report summary statistics (Appendix table) should not be used to reflect the total number of beneficiaries during the fiscal year as these counts are calculated as the sum total of the state statistics. Figure 1. Department of Veterans Affairs Education Program Beneficiaries: FY2000 to FY201510 Lastly, these GI Bill and VR&E Program benefits may be utilized by accredited entitiesthat accept the benefits for certificate granting schools all the way to doctoral degree programs.Of