Developing and Assessing Faculty Training Programs for Student Veteran Success

• In Event: Context-Based Faculty Development

Abstract

Many student veterans experience overwhelming challenges during their transition from military to academic life. It is necessary to provide faculty with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to support the academic success of student veterans. Sponsored by a large three-year federal grant, our center for teaching and learning has created professional development programs to enable faculty to understand their role in providing an extraordinary learning experience for student veterans. In our presentation, we will describe the development of our faculty training programs, share findings of our program evaluation, discuss lessons learned, and provide future research directions. The presentation will benefit both researchers and practitioners interested in supporting student veteran success.

Authors

• Justin Smith, University of South Dakota

• Weichao Chen, University of Virginia