For years now institutions of higher education have benefited from increased enrollment numbers from military service members who served during Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. This study examines the educational and preferences of some current military and veteran students regarding their viewpoints of outside support toward their education, university support, classroom experiences and preferences, views of instructors and student interactions and perceptions of being a military student.
For many of these veteran students, their individual combat experiences have been linked to profound effects on these students ability on attending higher education. Due to lack of self disclosure many are coming …show more content…
Additional demographics such as experienced combat while in service, current military status, branch of service and time since discharge were also added to an added dimension to possible results. The small size of the sample identified in this research in my opinion could be seen as a way to decease the studies validity, thus increasing the possibility of unforeseen problems, therefore provided a less complete assessment.
A review of the literature was also conducted to search for existing scales related to military education but none measured the internal and external current military and veteran support. The Military Education Survey (MES) developed for this study was very inclusive in it’s examination of educational experiences and preferences for current military and veteran students using a Likert-type 5 point scale. The survey also contained more than one section including a 12-item demographic section, 2 checklists to assess all of the aspects of the …show more content…
Critique and Reflection
In my opinion, the article was conducted in traditional scientific research method and examined all of the proposed issues that are currently important to the Post 911 military veteran students attending classes at institutions across our country. It was surprising that even though many veterans have many mental and physical issues to handle from their time in the service most do not feel that these issues are directly associated to the classroom. The only issue in question would be on whether or not the findings are actually valid due to the finding being conducted through the self-reporting by the veterans themselves. Since administrators, faculty and staff have very limited knowledge of veteran issues, especially medical problems, institutions need to establish in-service training to bridge the gap in the between the cultures of academic and
For many of these veteran students, their individual combat experiences have been linked to profound effects on these students ability on attending higher education. Due to lack of self disclosure many are coming …show more content…
Additional demographics such as experienced combat while in service, current military status, branch of service and time since discharge were also added to an added dimension to possible results. The small size of the sample identified in this research in my opinion could be seen as a way to decease the studies validity, thus increasing the possibility of unforeseen problems, therefore provided a less complete assessment.
A review of the literature was also conducted to search for existing scales related to military education but none measured the internal and external current military and veteran support. The Military Education Survey (MES) developed for this study was very inclusive in it’s examination of educational experiences and preferences for current military and veteran students using a Likert-type 5 point scale. The survey also contained more than one section including a 12-item demographic section, 2 checklists to assess all of the aspects of the …show more content…
Critique and Reflection
In my opinion, the article was conducted in traditional scientific research method and examined all of the proposed issues that are currently important to the Post 911 military veteran students attending classes at institutions across our country. It was surprising that even though many veterans have many mental and physical issues to handle from their time in the service most do not feel that these issues are directly associated to the classroom. The only issue in question would be on whether or not the findings are actually valid due to the finding being conducted through the self-reporting by the veterans themselves. Since administrators, faculty and staff have very limited knowledge of veteran issues, especially medical problems, institutions need to establish in-service training to bridge the gap in the between the cultures of academic and