Apply These 7 Secret Techniques to Improve Veterans Education

 

Education should be accessible, affordable and burden-free for all citizens in the United States as well as every corner of the world. Veterans are not an exception to the provision of quality learning, and focus should be applied to enhance their education. Several techniques can be utilized to improve the education of war veterans by both the authorities and the students.

 

1. Motivation for the Future

Formal education has the ultimate goal of setting up a career path that satisfies financial and personal objectives. Veterans need to know that their education will bear the expected fruit of being hired or building a business. It is important that they seek out institutions that offer continuity into employment.

Higher education institutions should arrange with various companies to absorb veteran graduates into probation employment upon completion of their studies. A veteran would feel encouraged to complete a particular course knowing that some form of a suitable job awaits him or her after graduating. Hiring veterans offers them the opportunity for a stable financial life.

 

2. Essential Policy Formulation

One of the fundamental steps in the veteran education policy formulation is weighing the options one has through the evaluation of strategic alternatives for the system. The assessment of alternatives allows the analysis of decision-making in a way that enhances accountability of decision makers and policy implementers. It also allows for projections of possible future scenarios of expected outcomes. Veterans should ensure that they gain the opportunity to participate in policy formulation through the formation of groups and societies.

 

Setting relevant and specific criteria is vital in the evaluation of the alternatives as the standard defines the goals and objectives that are needed to be achieved. When setting the relevant standards, one should focus on the said goals and objectives. A criterion measures the viability of an alternative and the probability of that alternative achieving the desired goals. Such measures/criteria would include a measure of effectiveness, a measure of equity, measure of costs, a measure of political feasibility and measure of implementation viability of the available alternatives.

 

3. Provision of Online Learning

The Internet has increasingly become a tool for learning as opposed to communication alone. Learning tools such as Blackboard have been developed to offer education via the internet without the need of direct student-instructor interaction. Students interviewed in various studies stated that the internet-based learning was more accessible, affordable, and easier than traditional classroom learning. However, their primary concern was the absence of instructor –student and student-student interactions.

 

Both students and instructors agreed that direct interactions of traditional classroom education were vital for learning and teaching. However, the advantages of internet-aided learning are quite significant in that a working veteran student was able to double up work and education. Instructors were grateful for such tools as Blackboard since they were able to address different groups of veterans simultaneously.

 

Undoubtedly, technology allowed education to have more flexibility, accessibility, independence and availability. It has been noted that different classes elicited different perceptions and attitudes from students and instructors. Some courses require more student-instructor interaction than others do due to content and understanding needs of students.

 

4. Focus on Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is an essential factor in education for both students and instructors to enhance learning patterns and strategies. Modern institutions have since learned to value interdependence between and within the learning community. Students who are good at listening to others opinions before executing any academic procedures can control emotions, foster winning relationships and ultimately understand the content of the learning programs.

 

An accurate understanding of one's weaknesses and strengths constitutes self-awareness and a conducive inner environment for enhancing intellectual intelligence. It evidently shows the ability to tolerate stress and control emotions. The research on the role of emotions and their impact on academic skills and traits is, however, yet to be exhaustive. The worth of emotional intelligence is yet to be quantified, but its existence is undeniable.

 

5. Enhancement of Information Technology Knowledge

Information technology is an undeniable factor in current education dissemination at all levels of formal or informal learning. Knowledge of IT packages and general use of a personal computer is fundamental to getting versed with modern education provision. Veterans should learn information technology as much as possible since it is the epitome of the modern workplace.

 

All forms of employment opportunities demand the knowledge of specialized office technology. Veteran hiring is not an exception to the requirement of IT skills. Therefore, a veteran student should focus on gaining skills in IT essentials to augment learning and working. Authorities should ensure that all veterans are provided with opportunities to learn necessary technology.

 

6. Adaptation and Enhancement of the Truman Report

The Truman report had proposed the commissioning of a distributed network of community colleges that would enroll student veterans at minimal charges. According to the report, community colleges are deemed fit for military veterans because of their ability to respond to constituent needs.

 

The report concludes by making recommendations to community college administrators on how to better their services for veterans at their institutions. The adaptation and enhancement of such a report not only enhances enrolment of veterans, but also augments veteran hiring in various companies.

 

7. Educational and Career Advice

Veterans need guidance when making choices on the career path to undertake from the inception of their learning. It enables them to follow educational paths that are fitting to their personal goals, talents and vision for the future. A veteran can shed off the woes of war and assimilate completely into the civilian world of learning and career.