The George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Higher Education Task Force convened a working group to illustrate the value of attracting, enrolling, and supporting veterans and issued recommendations for institutions of higher learning.
As colleges and universities navigate funding challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, veterans’ advocates on campus and beyond must amplify the message that supporting student veterans is both the right thing to do and in the best interest of the institution. The George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Higher Education Task Force convened a working group to illustrate the value of attracting, enrolling, and supporting veterans and issued recommendations for institutions of higher learning:
- Develop techniques to recruit and retain student veterans to complement the institutions’ equity, diversity, and equal opportunity efforts.
- Actively knock down admissions and financial aid barriers preventing student veterans and their spouses from enrolling. Doing so will generate consistent and stable funding for the institution.
- Collect and maintain comprehensive data on student veterans and their progress.
- Pursue targeted approaches to support student veterans from application to graduation.
- Create successful veteran alumni who will give back to their institutions of higher learning through programming and capital campaigns.
