Working with Veteran Populations: Research,
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Description: Working with Veteran Populations Research Results and Applications for Teaching Geoscience Kim M Frashure Assistant Professor of Energy Sustainability Bunker Hill Community College Supporting Student Success in Geoscience at Twoyear
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Working with Veteran Populations: Research, Results and Applications for Teaching Geoscience Kim M. Frashure Assistant Professor of Energy & Sustainability Bunker Hill Community College Supporting Student Success in Geoscience at Two-year Colleges College of William and Mary July 18, 2013 Ph.D. Candidate University of Massachusetts Boston Military Veteran United States Air Force Photograph source: http://www.psi-online.com/veterans.html Goals Learn more about veterans (demographics) Learn about opportunities and challenges of veterans entering higher education Share strategies that work well and examples of good practices and implications for geoscience Identify additional support needs working with veterans Leave with some specific strategies that we can use as we work with veterans in and beyond the classroom Who are Veterans? Have engaged in active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard), or are a National Guard or Reserve enlistee who was called to active duty for other than state or training purposes, or were a cadet or midshipman at one of the service academies, and Were released under a condition other than dishonorable Choose to enlist Chosen by the military based on specific criteria, both mental and physical U.S. Military Veteran Population Statistics 21.5 million total living veterans Source: 2011 American Community Survey < http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/S2101> 1.6 million Female Source: 2011 American Community Survey < http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/B21001> Expected 6.2 million Gulf War Veterans (source: U.S. Department of VA) Five states have more than 1 million veterans: California (2.1 million), Florida (1.7 million), Texas (1.7 million), New York (1 million), and Pennsylvania (1 million) Source: Table 508, Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010 Twenty percent are minority veterans: 2.3 million black veterans in 2011, 1.2 million Hispanic; 264,695 were Asian; 153,223 were American Indian or Alaska Native; 27,469 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Source: 2011 American Community Survey < http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/B21001B> 9.1 million veterans 18 to 64 in the labor force in 2011. Source: 2011 American Community Survey < http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/C21005> 555,000 veterans or their dependents in 2011 received education and training, Source: National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, Department of Veterans Affairs Education Program Beneficiaries: FY2000 to FY2010 (Department of Veterans Affairs, 2010), available at http://www.va.gov/vetdata/Utilization.asp. 92.3% percent of veterans 25 and older with a high school diploma or higher in 2011, compared with 86 percent of the population as a whole. Source: 2011 American Community Survey < http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/11_1YR/S2101> November 11th is Veteran’s Day Living Veterans by Age
