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Institutions are uniquely positioned to help student veterans identify and engage in volunteer work that complements their transition from military service. 

HBCUs should consider enhancing their online presence and student support models to meet the evolving needs of the active-duty military population. 

Instructors can engage in a variety of practices to support military-affiliated students in their online classrooms. Check out what you missed during this Careers and Coffee session!

Chris Gregory and Erin Reifsteck (UNCG) have implemented a first of its kind faculty fellow role on their campus. The two share more about their military-affiliated services, their lessons learned, and advice for other institutions.

For veterans aspiring to leadership roles in higher education, such as director or dean positions, a strategic and well-defined plan is paramount.

Student veteran women may face more challenges to receiving healthcare than their traditional college student peers. Consider these facilitators for creating more accessible women's healthcare on your campus.

Does your state offer the opportunity to become a Purple Star Institution? Learn how some states are building supports and inclusive campus cultures for military-affiliated students.

There are some barriers for ROTC Cadets, Reserve, and National Guard students on campus. Consider these 3 steps to start building connections and breaking down barriers for these students.

Balancing motherhood with a professional career often feels like walking a tightrope. If you are having difficulty achieving balance, consider these five strategies to juggle the demands of motherhood and a professional career effectively.

Learn about the importance of humor in veteran narratives and how one organization is building connection through humor within the military community.

Does your institution partner with the VA to provide the VITAL Program? If not, learn more about to get involved and expand your military-affiliated services.

Check what you missed at our last Careers and Coffee session and register to join us next time! 

How have your helped your student veterans recognize the value of honors college on your campus?

From the precise planning of military operations to orchestrating campus-wide initiatives, veterans are discovering that their military expertise isn't just relevant in higher education—it's a game-changer.

How can military veterans help alleviate leadership challenges in higher education?

Campuses that do not have structures and programming in place for their women student veterans should be advised to implement and build supports specifically for this population of students. The key takeaway is to start now.

Learn more about SVA's NATCON and some of the key takeaways from this year's conference. 

In honor of CCME 2025's theme "Acceleration Through Collaboration" we have compiled a list of articles that aim to help military-affiliated professionals break down silos and work across departments and teams to accelerate military-inclusive programming in higher education.

Has your institution implemented these strategies to support student veterans on your campus?

Institutions and job seekers should work cohesively to address the limiting factors that can prevent military-affiliated professionals from obtaining careers in higher education.

Join us in welcoming the 2025 HigherEdMilitary Fellows!

As Veterans Day approaches, take time to acknowledge the veterans working on your campus and the veteran job seekers looking for employment in higher education.

Interested in how SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society partners with your campus and military-affiliated students? Check out this feature with SALUTE's National Program Manager, Rachael Martel.

Student affairs professionals know that military-affiliated student success is dynamic and ever-changing. Check out these advice articles if you are building or restructuring your student success goals for military-affiliated students.

Learn how all-female institutions can significantly impact the military landscape by nurturing and preparing women for leadership roles.

How is your institution addressing the needs of female veterans on campus and after graduation? 

Have you checked in with the women student veterans on your campus lately and identified areas you can implement further support?

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Veterans bring a diverse set of skills to the table that make them well-suited for leadership positions in higher education.

What is MyCAA and how can it benefit military spouses pursuing education? 

Learn about the 2024 HigherEdMilitary Spotlight Award nominees.

Check out these five advice articles if you are looking to better serve your women veterans on campus.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Aren’t all college institutions friendly and in the frame of mind of fostering an inclusive environment? What are some ways that institutions can and should signal to prospective military-affiliated students that they are in fact “friendly?”

Check out why and how you can start incorporating practical storytelling opportunities into your miltiary-affiliated programming, events, and courses. 

Cultural competency within veteran services is being acknowledged more than ever as a fundamental aspect of delivering proper support and resources to minority veterans.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

As we end celebrating Women's History Month, let us take a moment to honor the invaluable contribution that women veterans provide in higher education.

Check out some suggestions for promoting college fit for military students and their families at your institution beyond campus, cost, and curriculum.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Military-affiliated students may not be aware of the protections that Title IX provides because Title IX does not operate in the military.

Check out five things to consider when teaching a student veteran.

The growing population of women veterans in higher education calls attention to their unique needs and challenges on college and university campuses.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Time management is a valuable tool that can affect students' academic performance and their stress levels. Faculty members can teach students the importance of this skill and help them hone it.

Torrence Joseph from the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs, State Approving Agency shares his view into 2024. Joseph highlights how SAAs and institutions can work together across the country to help student veterans and their families realize their educational goals.

The HigherEdMilitary Fellowship is designed to feature and develop voices within the military-connected community in higher education.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Check out some tools that can be used to balance military commitments and academic success.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Military inclusive initiatives have continued to boom across industries over the last decade, and higher education is no exception. Launching January 2024, HigherEdMilitary will host a best practices series in advocating for continued development and investment in military inclusive higher education. 

ISSUED isn’t merely a literary journal. It is a space for both the practice of narrative medicine with veterans and the products of narrative medicine by veterans. 

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Poetry/poetic medicine course could be the missing prescription for veterans in higher education.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

How can collaboration between the military, higher ed, and industry lead to student success?

Having trouble describing your military experience and skills on a civilian resume? You are not alone. Learn what you can do to improve your civilian resume. 

Interested in learning more about Warrior Scholar Project? Hear from the CEO, a current student veteran, and a fellow about their experience with the program.

Inclusivity for veterans in higher education is not just about acknowledging their presence but actively involving them in shaping policies and practices. It's about giving them a seat at the table. 

Learn how Villanova University honors and tells the story of veteran alumni. 

In order to move from one industry to another, you likely don't need another bachelor's degree.

Some institutions have recognized the importance of recruiting from a more diverse pool of applicants and have introduced targeted recruiting programs to increase the inclusion of veteran and military-affiliated candidates, has your institution? 

Challenging higher education institutions to shift perspectives remains a critical problem, one that has broad impacts on veteran scholars and student veterans.

Many skills military service members learn, plus their experiences interacting with individuals from many cultures and backgrounds, provide an excellent foundation for a higher education career.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, let us not allow another month to pass by without careful thought and consideration about how we can provide more supportive learning environments for women student veterans. 

Is your institution ‘military-friendly’ or ‘veteran-friendly’ if you do not actively recruit, hire, and retain veterans as employees?

What is veteran studies and why is it important? See how veterans studies as an academic discipline is moving higher education and policy forward for military-affiliated communities.

Have you considered how your military experience and educational background fit into a career in higher education? Just a heads up, higher education has many more careers than just teaching.

Veterans can carry expectations from their time in the service with them wherever they go, including their classrooms. High expectations, quality of relationships between class members, and classroom bonding all play a role in creating a flourishing learning environment for veterans.

This Black History Month, go beyond the surface-level recognition of racial disparities faced by African Americans, especially in academia, and act as allies in identifying and removing barriers to equitable educational opportunities for minority veterans all year.

Can more be done to assess credit at your institution? See how one university tackles transferring professional experience and courses into university credit.

Announcing the members of the HigherEdMilitary Advisory Council.

When someone identifies with one of the 'stars,' it is an important glimpse into how you can best support that student, staff member, or faculty member. Everyone on campus should know their 'stars' and what it means when someone identifies with one of them.

While many students must balance obligations from school, work, and life, student veterans may carry additional responsibilities differing from the traditional undergraduate student.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Offering comprehensive and accessible mental health services is critical for military-affiliated students' success. 

No Student Veterans of America (SVA) chapter on your campus? SVA helps many military-affiliated individuals come together on campuses across the country. Here's what you need to know.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

To better support this population, leadership can focus on deployment policies, drill obligation policies, and education support policies.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

If instructors are aware of the settings in which deployed military members operate, they can develop novel ideas to assist their students in overcoming difficulties associated with their deployment.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military. 

While the solution to reducing academic burnout is not one-size-fits-all, these ideas can serve as a reminder for all of us in higher education as we begin another school year. How do you reduce the opportunity for burnout to take control of your studies and life?

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Check out what you missed in July's HigherEdMilitary Careers and Coffee session. We talked about dedicated orientations and which bridge programs have proven to be the most effective and helpful for student veterans.

Why don't more veterans look for careers in higher education? Is this a recruitment problem or a job seeker problem? There may be a gap on both ends of the equation.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Currently, there is a significantly low number of higher education institutions registered as participating partners for the DoD SkillBridge Program. Higher education institutions can provide significant opportunities for transitioning veterans through this program. Is your institution utilizing this program?

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Are you transitioning into higher education from the military or helping someone do so? Check out six helpful transition tips for student veterans and college staff.

How many times have you heard academic institutions use the phrase ‘military friendly’ school? The term has become so commonplace that it has become somewhat cliché.

Are you a veteran in an academic job search that needs to prepare and submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV)? If you aren't familiar with what a CV is, check out this overview and advice on creating one.

Last year President Biden signed the PAWS Act, which requires the VA to conduct a five-year pilot program to provide canine training to eligible veterans diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. So, if you do not already see service dogs on campus, we'll likely see more accompanying our student veterans soon. Here's what to know.

When most members of society visualize a military service member, they envision a tall, muscular Caucasian male with a crew cut in a highly pressed uniform wearing highly shined dress shoes. While it is true that most of the armed forces are composed of this demographic, the number of racial minorities and females serving has been consistently rising. Now is the time for institutions to include ideas for recruiting the following veteran cohorts: females, racial minorities, and previous enlisted members. Here are three reasons why.

There are various military positions that align with academic teaching. Have you contemplated becoming a faculty member in higher education? Here's what you need to know.

As we celebrate Women's History Month, we decided to take a moment to advocate for why higher education should hire more women veterans. Jill Hinton Wolfe, a veteran working in higher education herself, highlights several reasons universities should hire more female veterans.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Having a university champion at the highest levels of your institution is essential for military-connected students, faculty, and staff on campus. Jill Hinton Wolfe shares an email template for reaching out to leaders at your institution.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Improving VA work-study provides the opportunity to support student veterans "to, through, and beyond" their time in higher education. In achieving that goal, our institutions and our nation, as a whole. will reap the benefits as well.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Coaching is a skill set that takes a lifetime to develop, but with some basic techniques, you can help move many student veterans to the next level of success.

When student veterans utilizing the GI Bill® have access to federally funded work-study positions, the easy solution is to simply allow the student veteran occupying a work-study position to support the work of the campus student veteran center. This often translates to paperwork filing, phone answering, and a minimum wage paycheck at the end of the day. These positions lack the responsibility and engagement required for true career readiness.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

In honor of Military Family Appreciation Month, Andrew Hibel talks with Marie Burnside of Grand Valley State University about her role as a military spouse and how it influences her work in higher education. Burnside also shares insight on how colleges and universities can better serve military families.

Ever wonder why salary ranges are often excluded from job postings? Or why you have to re-enter information in ATS systems? How about all the additional materials required for applications? Debbie Hatke, Director of Talent Acquisition at the University of Cincinnati, sheds some light on these common job seeker questions.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

This Veterans Day, let's give veterans a mission of leadership. Having a mission is what most veterans do best, so let's give them what they want and provide them with the leadership skills and the mentorship they need to thrive in civilian management and then ask them to step up.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Jill Hinton Wolfe, military and veterans resource manager at Grand Valley State University, shares her perspective on what it means to be a blind person working in higher education. She also provides five tips for talking to disabled students or colleagues.

Joshua R. Johnson, Veterans Outreach Coordinator at Colorado State University, shares how the University of Colorado Denver and Colorado State University are joining forces to create unique opportunities for student veterans to interact directly with veteran-specific recruiters and business professionals.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

If an institution is genuinely looking to be more veteran inclusive, ensuring that their degree and training programs can be covered by the GI Bill® is a necessary step. If you personally aim to be more veteran inclusive in your work on campus, learning about the GI Bill® can be your first move.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Few civilians have even the faintest clue what military jobs such as these are: unit supply specialist, visual information equipment operator-maintainer, Seabee, or a command and control battle management operator. It is in the best interest of every servicemember who transitions out of active service to take responsibility for their own success by being their own foreign language interpreter.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

In dedicated efforts to increase veteran enrollment in, and graduation from, the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program at The College of St. Scholastica (CSS) the veteran cohort model has been the most significant in promoting student success. The BSN program now has a 96 percent graduation rate. Pearson and White advocate that the same cohort model could be implemented in other degree programs.

Mike Brown M.S., from Villanova University and former student veteran, shares how we can create a sense of belonging, or community, on campus where veterans not only show up but want to be there.

Very few employers, higher education included, have set up the systems, processes, and mindsets to effectively hire veterans into the right positions. In honor of National Hire A Veteran Day (July 25), here are six ways employers make the hiring process harder on both themselves and veterans than it needs to be, and how institutions can be more veteran and military inclusive.

College faculty will have instances in which they realize there are military veterans in their class. This article will highlight certain ideas that faculty need to be aware of in order to foster a supportive classroom environment for veterans. As with all of our articles, this is not an exhaustive list but does provide a firm foundation for faculty that are working with veterans in the classroom. 

For many student veterans, the perception is that a business degree, particularly a master’s in business administration (MBA), is the quickest way to achieve their goals. But is it?

In a Higher Ed Careers interview from HigherEdJobs, Andrew Hibel spoke with Dr. Abby Kinch, the vice president of programs and services at Student Veterans of America. She shares her expertise on serving student veterans, honoring Military Appreciation Month on campus, and how larger diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives ultimately benefit student veterans.

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Jill Hinton Wolfe walks through how student veterans are not their trauma. This article provides tips for accommodating student veterans who suffer from trauma and answers 'What are the potential classroom triggers for student veterans?'

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Women are joining the military in larger and larger numbers. So, when these women show up on our college campuses, we have to find ways to better serve their unique needs.

The skills that you’ve honed in the military leave you well-prepared for the civilian workforce. Creating a resume that highlights those skills positions you for success.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Deciding which professional role to pursue after military service can be daunting. If you are considering a role in higher education, be sure to reflect on the military role you are leaving. 

Faculty members have the unique opportunity to provide support for military-connected students. Let's talk about best practices for bolstering the educational needs of this population.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

Many higher education institutions want to be veteran friendly, but debates circulate on what being veteran friendly entails. David Vacchi encourages campuses to revisit veteran friendliness goals and criteria.

Recent news and updates pertaining to higher education and the military.

It is important for faculty and staff in higher education to recognize that generalizing a veteran based on stereotypes can be misleading and can easily lead to alienating.

As more women veterans and service members enroll in higher education, it is imperative that campuses provide essential support, recognition, and necessary services.

To connect and serve the military-connected faculty, staff, and student communities on campus this panel, from the 2021 NASPA Virtual Symposium on Military-Connected Students, brought together three higher education professionals currently serving military-connected individuals on campus.

The question has been posed: is the mental health of student veterans a higher concern now because of the effects of COVID-19, and if so, what can we do?

When you hear that somebody is a veteran, what comes to mind? What does the term "veteran" really mean? What does this status entail? Within the classification of "veteran," there are many layers that make this a unique group with varying backgrounds and experiences.

When pursuing a dual career in higher education and the military, use introspection and forward thinking to help determine what your goals and priorities are for these two careers.

Recent news pertaining to military and higher education.

The new scholarship supports undergraduate and graduate studies. Current UW veteran students are using scholarships to make a real difference for the veteran community.

The military and veteran affinity group at Penn State aims to enhance the professional and personal advancement of those with direct and indirect military affiliations.

A military veteran, with nearly 10 years of soldiering behind her, is using her own transition to student life after military service to create a new campus group.

This study highlights how the complexity of identity can complicate our understanding and support of female student veterans on campus.

"Thank you for showing up each day - in the classroom and on the ground - giving us all the opportunity to learn by your example and your experience."

From military to medicine, at WSU's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, 10 percent of the current first-year medical students were service members. 

Women veterans leverage their leadership skills, authentic selves, and enhance their personal and professional networks in this one-of-a-kind leadership program. 

What Arizona State University is doing to help veterans and elite athletes adjust to civilian life. 

Six Triple Eight, the only all-Black Women's Army Corps unit to serve in Europe during World War II.

The Air Force’s first female African American fighter pilot is now making her mark on future officers at the Air Force Academy. 

Understanding the realities of female veterans, both in and out of the military, can help us better serve female veteran students.