Forty Percent of 2 Million: Preparing to Serve Our Veterans with Disabilities

Authors

Bruce C. Kelley, University of South Dakota
Emetta L. Fox, University of South Dakota
Justin M. Smith, University of South Dakota
Lisa A. Wittenhagen, University of South Dakota

Date of this Version

2011

Document Type

Article

Citation

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2011) 30

doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0030.016

Comments

License: CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

On August 1, 2009, the Post-9111 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 was passed, and as a result, almost 2 million veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan will soon enroll in postsecondary education. Up to 40 percent of these veterans are estimated to have disabilities. This chapter examines some of the characteristics of this group, the challenges that veterans face as they transition into life as college students, and how faculty developers can help faculty better serve these incoming veterans.