Articles
Charlie, Mike, Victor: Student Veterans' Loss of Purpose
Authors:
Michelle Lea Boettcher ,
Clemson University
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Assistant Professor, Educational and Organizational Leadership Development
Rachel Jantz,
Coordinator of Academic Advising & Faculty Liaison, North Pointe University
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Melissa Salmon,
University Exploration Staff, Ohio State University
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J Kris Taylor
Coordinator of Assessment & Analytics, Clemson University
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Abstract
As student veteran populations and visibility have increased on campus, some scholars have explored how higher education works (or fails to work) to serve those who have served their country. In military radio jargon, “Charlie Mike” means, “continue the mission.” In this study, the mission was transitioning to and persisting through college and the participants were Student-Veterans and Service-Members (SVSM) – a term coined by Arminio, Grabosky, and Lang (2015). Thus – “Charlie Mike Victor” – focuses on the continuation of the mission for several “victors” – the phonetic “v” in ”Victor” here meaning “veterans.” In this study the concept of self-authorship (Baxter Magolda, 2007; Baxter Magolda & King, 2012) was combined with Schlossberg’s (1981) transition theory to explore the experiences of SVSM in higher education. This study seeks to build on the existing scholarship and more fully explore the role of various identities in the experience of SVSM.
How to Cite:
Boettcher, M. L., Jantz, R., Salmon, M., & Taylor, J. K. (2017). Charlie, Mike, Victor: Student Veterans' Loss of Purpose. Journal of Veterans Studies, 2(1), 50–68. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v2i1.28
Published on
05 Apr 2017.
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