{"id":147,"date":"2016-06-06T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=147"},"modified":"2016-11-05T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T15:53:02","slug":"report-guided-pathways-beneficial-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/06\/06\/report-guided-pathways-beneficial-for-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Guided Pathways Beneficial for Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Community colleges that offer guided pathways may be better prepared to serve military veterans, according to a new report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The approach<\/a> maps out the sequence of courses students must take to complete a degree, and provides academic counseling and support services to help them stay on track. It also represents a departure from the \u201ccafeteria-style\u201d method of course selection, which allows students to choose from an abundance of often unrelated courses.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe guided pathways approach may be particularly useful for veterans because it emphasizes advising and assistance so that students understand the implications of their academic choices from the start, for both their education and employment goals,\u201d according to a report released last month by the Community College Research Center.<\/p>\n

The study \u2014 which drew on data and observations from five community colleges \u2014 notes that degree-seeking veterans often face a \u201cvariety of challenges on the way to completion.\u201d Like many older students, veterans are more likely to attend school part-time, have a family to support, and may arrange their classes around a full-time work schedule. Transitioning from military to civilian life can also pose its own set of challenges, including physical and mental health issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, veteran students are asked to select a program for GI Bill benefits, but they are not provided with much guidance,\u201d the report notes. \u201cBy design, the guided pathways approach provides students with information about program and career choices early on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colleges wishing to adopt a guided pathways model should work with Veterans Affairs to ensure their program will meet GI Bill requirements, the authors note.<\/p>\n

Read the full report <\/a>and visit NACAC\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community colleges that offer guided pathways may be better prepared to serve military veterans, according to a new report. The approach maps out the sequence of courses students must take to complete a degree, and provides academic counseling and support services to help them stay on track. It also represents a departure from the \u201ccafeteria-style\u201d … Continue reading Report: Guided Pathways Beneficial for Veterans<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[105,108,106,107],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transfer","tag-community-college","tag-community-college-research-center","tag-guided-pathways","tag-veterans"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-2n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}