The Role of Disability Services in Student Veterans’ Private School Choice

Abstract

Student veterans on college and university campuses are a unique, under-researched population. The current study (n = 119) investigated the criteria used when student veterans select a private, nonprofit college or university. A one-factor model of support for disability needs constructed from prior research was tested and found to have adequate fit. The factor support was used in structural equation modeling to test the relationship between demographic information, such as length of time in the military, and endorsement of disability services as a criterion for selecting the private, nonprofit college or university. Results indicate veterans who served more time in the military are more likely to select a school based on the presence of disability services.

Discovering Listed PTSD Support on Campus in Higher Education: A Web Survey of Traditional Academic Institutions Home Pages

“…Academic institutions with perceived available support for student veterans could possibly be more appealing to student veterans when seeking admission (Bagby et al, 2019). Moreover, this study could guide traditional academic institutions in planning to increase the number of existing support personnel on campus, plan for new facilities, or upgrade/improve existing facilities to incorporate PTSDsupport services and resources available on campus.…”

“…This study provides information for the prospective student veteran on what is posted to be available at traditional academic institutions in providing PTSD support. This study was a logical step in identifying what types of PTSD support are available at traditional academic institutions and identifying institutions that provide such support to enable veterans with PTSD to consider traditional academic institutions to meet their specific and unique needs (Bagby et al, 2019). Traditional academic institutions are not always prepared to meet this unique need (De Los Santos et al, 2019;Taylor et al, 2016).…”

“…For the purpose of this study, the term student veteran describes a student who is on active duty, has retired honorably or medically, has been discharged under conditions other than dishonorable service since the start of the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955), and is part of an academic institution's total student population (Hitt et al, 2015;US Department of Veterans Affairs, 2020a, 2020b, 2020c. Veterans are classified as nontraditional students, regardless of full-time or parttime enrollment status (Bagby et al, 2019).…”

Existing in Higher Education as a Post-9/11 United States Veteran: Challenges and Opportunities

“…The personal side of being an undergraduate student was an entirely different ballgame (Bagby et al, 2019;Bodrog et al, 2018). I remember talking to another student during one of the first weeks of class.…”

The State of Research in Veterans Studies: A Systematic Literature Review

“…By utilizing NVivo's word frequency query search, three topics emanate from the theme of student veterans as observed in JVS articles. They are student veteran transition experiences from military to civilian and becoming student veterans (Andrewartha & Harvey, 2019;Bodrog et al, 2018;Boettcher et al, 2017;Jenner, 2017;McMenamin, 2016;Mendez et al, 2018;Petri et al, 2016;Phillips, 2016;Pollak et al, 2019;Young, 2017), conditions surrounding student veteran academic success (Bagby et al, 2019;Blackwell-Starnes, 2018;Cipher et al, 2018;Flatt & Rhodes, 2019;Garrity, 2017;Hembrough, 2017;Hembrough et al, 2018;Spencer, 2016), and issues surrounding accommodations needed by student veterans (Flink, 2017;Kranke et al, 2017;Morris et al, 2019;Wild & Mahapatra, 2018).…”