Veterans on Campus: a Handbook for Programs, Services, Staffing and Assistance
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 083 984 JC 730 280 AUTHOR Betts, Lee Johni Ed. TITLE Veterans on Campus: A Handbook for Programs, Services, Staffing and Assistance. INSTITUTION Lmerican Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW) ,Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 73 NOTE 76p. AVAILABLE FROMAmerican Association of Community and Junior Colleges, One Dupont Circle, Suite 410, Washington, D. C. 20036 ($2.00) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$3.29 .DESCRIPTORS Adjustment Problems; Administrator Guides; *Adult Counseling;,*Adult Education Programs; Adult Students; Annotated Bibliographies; *Federal Aid; Minority Groups; Physically Handicapped; Special Programs; *Veterans Education ABSTRACT A handbook to provide information that will aid in establishing bondage between veterans and those professional people providing service fot returning servicemen and women is presented. Topics discussed include: Vietnam veteran; organizing to serve the veteran; a veterans Cutreach Program; veterans with special needs--minority veterans, 'academic adjustment, physical disabilities, less-than-honorable discharges, and emotional_ adjustment; vital coll-_,giate veterans organizations, and Federal programs. The foll,)wing are appended:(1) an annotated bibliography of veterans orga.izations, programs and publications;(2) USOE veterans cost-of-instruction regulations; and (3)the Servicemen's Opportunity Cola:ge Concept. (CK) .co-zr (7% rN OD C) Ui U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED T ROM THE RERUN OR ORGANIZATIONORIGIN A TTNG If POINT S OF VIEW Oft OPINIONS .TA7ED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENtoTFICiAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE CT EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY VETERANS ON CAMPUS A HANDBOOK FOR PROGRAMS, SERVICES STAFFING AND ASSISTANCE '-PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE VMS COPY. R4G41ED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GEANTEI) BY American Assn. of I CoadMiiitY-&-JYT-Can. TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNOER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN. STINT( OF EDUCATION TUPTHER REPRO. oucnoN OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM AE- mulct PERMISSION OFTHE COPYRIGHT otftrEA edited by LeeJohn Betts O copyrighted, 1973 0 American Association of Community and Junior Colleges One Dupont Circle, N.W. Suite 410 Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright 1973 lc") Price: 52.00 FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY I Preface In the very recent past it could be assumed with some student' veterans. Many other college staff will also find justification that there was a traditional or modal college some sections informative and helpful, particularly in those student', sufficiently typical of most students, about whom institutions where veterans compose a signific nt portion of homogeneous college academic programs and services could the student body. be designed. He or she was white, single, m:ddle-class, 18 to In a very real sense this handbooks a distilation of 23 y ears old, oriented toward an academic, probably liberal insights, and ideas derived from sev- al hundred of the arts curriculum, and was a full -time' resident student. country's finest college veterans pgrams. Each of the That day has atl but disappeared on many campuses. contributorshas been chosen cause of his or her There is no longer a traditional or dominant student type. significant achievements in vete s education. They repre" Amcng the various groups of "ncw" or nontraditional sent a variety of backgrounds, and perspectives. students impacting upon the college population are those Many are,or have recently been, Vietnam.era student fromracialand ethricminorities,those from lower veterans; others coordinate campus veterans programs; still socio-economic backgrounds, those whose' academic skills others serveinnational leadership capacities. To each are inad3quate, those with physical disabilities, and those contributor the editor, on behalf of the staff of the AACJC who are older than the traditional undergraduate. Repre- Veterans Education Project, expresses sincere gratittide. senting a signiticant sectot of each of these groups are the To Ms. Barbara Daniels, Ms. Frances Bell, and Ms. veterar.s of the Vietnam era. It is estimated that in the Fail Jennifer Kerns, .AACJC staff members who have spent of 1973 almost1,000,000 veteranswill be pursuing considerable time and effort in assisting with the prepara- postsecondary education in the nation's colleges. tion of this manuscript, 1 extend my particular appre- As many colleges during the sixties found it necessary to ciation. develop new programs, policies, services and staff to relate Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the services of Mr. more effectively to minority students, during recent years William Harper, AACJC vice president for communications, hundreds of colleges, have organized new programs and for his careful review of the manuscript and excellent services and employed new staff to respond more effec- suggestions. tively to the unique needs of students who are veterans of the military services. This handbook has been prepared primarily to assist Lee J. Betts those staff whose main professional responsibilities relate to Editor 1 4.. Introduction t In' January, 1973, the 'American Association of Com- professional experience or orientation to their new respon- munity and Junior Colleges received a grant from the sibilities. United States Office of Education (USOE), to assistall The main objective for this handbook is to provide post:secondary institutions to develop viable veterans pro- information that will aid in establishing bondage between grams and services. The staff of the Veterans Education veterans and those professional people providing services Project, in conjunction with other veteran-related programs for returning servicemen and women. at AACJC, have channeled their interests and experiences The Veterans Education Project would like to accord- toward developingthiscomprehensive handbook. The particular recognition to the following staff members of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges United States Office of Education, Veterans Program Unit: Veterans Education Project presents this handbook with Donald A. DePpe, director; Walter J. Gale, program officer; the hopethatitwillprovide valuable assistance and Neil McArthur, program officer. They provide valuable inspiration to new and experienced college staff whose expertise and assistance in the area of veterans education, professional responsibilities relate primarily to veterans. and established -themachinery of management of the Nearly1,000,000 veterans are now enrolled inthe Veterans Cost-of-Instruction Program. nation's colleges and other post-secondary institutions. It Appreciation is also expressed to Lee J. Betts, assistant has been only recently that colleges have appointed staff directorof the Program for Servicemen and Veterans, members who would relate to the desires, needs and American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, p-Oblems of veterans as their primary professional respon- for his resourcefulness in editing this handbook. The staff sibility. Not since the end of World War IIhave any of the Veterans Education Project extend their sincerest innovative efforts been made to dial with the complexity appreciation to those individuals who played a supportive of problems faced by the veterans of this country. role in the accumulation and organization 3f the materials. With over 1,000 institutions qualifying 'for -the federal Vet, rans Coit-of-Instruction Program, hundreds of colleges William E. Lawson will be employing new staff to develop veterans affairs Program Associate programs. Many of these persons will have had little, if any, Veterans Education Project ... iii Table of Contents Page Preface ii Introduction iii William E. Lawson I. The Vietnam Veteran t. 1 Patrick M. McLaughlin II. Organizing to Serve the Veteran 5 Lee J. Betts, R. Lyn Huntley, Charles Adimaro III. Organizing a Veterans Outreach Program 13 Andrea J. Love IV. Veterans with Special Needs: Minority Veterans 21 Andrea J. Love, Benito Botello, Joe Packnett V. Veterans with Special Needs: Academic Adjustment Problems 25 Alan Gross, Lee J. Betts ..--- . VI. Veterans with Special Needs: Physical Disabilities 33 James M. Mayer VII. Veterans with Special Needs: Less-than.Honorable'Discharges 35 June Willenz ----. VIII. Veterans with Special Needs: Emotional Adjustment Problems 37 Patrick M. McLaughlin IX. Vital Collegiate Veterans 0;ganizations: Campus, State, National 39 Jack Frost, Lee J. Betts X. Federal Programs and Legislation 47 John P. Malian Xl. CooperationThe ley to Success 53 Carl H. Doerr, Jr. Appendices A. AnnotatedBibliographyofVeteran,Organizations, Programs and Publications .. B. USOE Veterans Cost-ofInstruction Regulations C. The Servicemen's Opportunity C011ege Concept .. iv '4 ContribuLing_Authors Charles Adimaro, Veterans Counselor; Monroe Community AndreaJ.Love, formerly. Staff Associate of AACJC College; Rochester,. New York Outreach Project Benito Botello, Veterans Counselor, El Paso ComMunity Patrick McLaughlin, Program Associate, AACJC Veterans College, El Paso, Texas - PrOject; formerly Executive Secretary. National Associa- tion of Concerned Veterans Carl H. Doerr, Jr., Director, AACJC Program for Veterans and ServiOemen; Formerly. Specialist in Accreditation, JohnP.Malian,Directorof GovernmentalRelations, Maryland State Department of Education AASCU, Formerly Director. AACJC Program for Vet- erans and Sevvicemen Jack Frost. Executiite Secretary, National Association of Concerned