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Veterans in STEM: Supporting the Transition from Military Culture to the Culture of College

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Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making (AHFE 2017)

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Colleges have seen an increase in the number of military veterans returning to college or entering college for the first time. With this increase has been greater attention to ways colleges can be welcoming and supportive learning environments for veterans, who are in many cases non-traditional students. This paper presents the results of a recent think tank and follow-up study exploring the intersection of military and college cultures for veterans pursuing degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math).

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This research was supported in full by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award #0929212 and #1246221. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation.

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  1. Institute for Human Development, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Ronda Jenson, Alexis Petri & Arden Day

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Jenson, R., Petri, A., Day, A. (2018). Veterans in STEM: Supporting the Transition from Military Culture to the Culture of College. In: Hoffman, M. (eds) Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 610. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60747-4_5

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