A residential program house dedicated to student veterans will open this fall near West Campus, providing a much-needed space for Cornell’s growing veteran population to find community, resources and support.
Program aims to connect veterans with best colleges
WASHINGTON — Chelsea Russ' search for an undergraduate college during her transition from serving as an electronics technician in the Navy to the reserves in 2016 included researching university websites, making long lists of options and visiting 20 schools. She had always dreamed of going to Cornell, but thought the Ivy League school was out of reach.
Veterans in the Ivy League: Students Seek to Up Their Ranks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NOV. 1, 2016, 7:33 A.M. E.D.T.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It's not easy to find military veterans in undergraduate programs at most Ivy League schools.
Harvard has only three in its undergrad liberal arts and sciences school. Princeton, just one.
Students from the eight Ivies hope to change those kinds of numbers. They see a chance for institutions to diversify and for veterans to get an education that will help them become leaders.
Where Are Veterans at Our Elite Colleges? (NYTimes)
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The tally noted just two veterans among undergraduates at Duke, one at M.I.T., one at Pomona and zero at Carleton.
“These schools all wring their hands and say, ‘We’d love to have more, but they just don’t apply,’ ” Sloane said. “That’s what offends me. These schools have incredibly sophisticated recruitment teams. They recruit quarterbacks. They fill the physics lab. They visit high schools. How many visits did they make for veterans?”
Marine Corps Partners with Columbia University (Military.com)
Columbia University recently announced that eligible Marines planning to exit the U.S. Marine Corps will for the first time have formalized, national program to access a top-tier undergraduate education. Through theLeadership Scholar Program, a partnership developed by the U.S. Marine Corps and leading colleges and universities, qualified Marines are identified by their commanding officers and are then shepherded through the college admissions process on their respective Marine Corps bases.
The Nonprofit Helping Veterans Get Into The Country’s Top Colleges (Task & Purpose)
Lima Charlie Team Spotlight: Mike Connolly
Our VP of Communications did an interview with Lima Charlie News on his involvement there. Give it a read!
Posse Foundation Announces New Veteran Posses
We’re excited to have our THREE newest Veterans Posses at national headquarters in New York for Pre-Collegiate Training! These Scholars will attend Dartmouth, Vassar College and Wesleyan University in the fall. http://www.possefoundation.org/veterans #PosseVetsLead