Veteran Educational Choice: Institutions, Majors, and Career Aspirations

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Abstract

This study investigates student veteran educational decision-making; specifically it examines institution choice, major choice, and career aspiration among these students. With regard to educational decision-making, there are some reasons to expect veterans to fit smoothly into the nontraditional college student mold and other reasons to expect veterans to depart from it. This study finds that, with regard to institutional choice, veterans appear similar to other nontraditional students; in terms of choice of program of study, however, veterans appear more similar to traditional students; finally, with regard to career aspiration, veteran educational decisions are unique.

Author

• Brandy M. Jenner, US Army War College