Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement found student veterans say they receive little support from college campuses upon returning to school after serving in the military.
The NSSE survey, which measures the frequency of student involvement on college campuses on a national scale, identified multiple areas in which veterans differ from the average student.
Among those differences, the survey found veteran students feel there is less support on college campuses, are less likely to interact with their professors and spend a significant amount of time working and caring for dependents outside of school.
Jillian Kinzie, associate director of the Center for Postsecondary Research, said this is the first time the survey has looked at student veterans specifically.
“We were prompted to do the comparison because of the attention and interest surrounding the GI Bill,” Kinzie said.”There has been a huge influx of veterans attending college post Sept. 11 and we wanted to know if these veteran students are having different experiences than the average student.”
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