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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New Haven, Conn.—For some military veterans, the first day of school at a new college or university is as challenging as a deployment to a foreign country. Immersion in a new culture and reintroduction to a demanding academic environment can make the transition from military to higher education difficult. To ease the transition, the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) is hosting an intensive one-week academic boot camp at Yale University from Sunday, May 28 through Saturday, June 10. Members of the media are invited on June 6 and other days by scheduling in advance.
The Warrior-Scholar Project coordinates immersive academic preparation courses for enlisted military veterans of any skill level at America’s top universities. The program is designed to help military veterans develop and rediscover the skills and confidence necessary to successfully complete four-year undergraduate degrees. Because veterans are non-traditional students with unique experiences distinguishing them from their college peers, WSP also uses the boot camps to help prepare participants for the emotional and cultural adaptations required to succeed in a higher education setting.
WSP launched its first program at Yale University in 2012 with nine participants. Since then, WSP has expanded to encompass 12 top schools, including Yale University, and is on track to host more than 200 veterans at boot camps across the country in 2017. In addition to Yale University, WSP graduates have gone on to enroll at top schools including Cornell University, Harvard University, and Georgetown University.
Each WSP boot camp is run by a team of student veterans, and taught by university professors and graduate students. An intensive syllabus composed of both classic and modern scholarly works guides participants as they learn how to frame their ideas in an academic context, think critically, and formulate scholarly arguments. Participants not only learn the subject-matter material; they learn how to learn.
“As the host of the first Warrior-Scholar Project, Yale is thrilled to see how the program has flourished here and at other campuses,” said Eileen O’Connor, vice president for communications at Yale University. “It is a great help to the veterans who have served selflessly on our behalf. We are looking forward both to this year’s program and to the continued contributions of the many veterans who enroll in Yale College and Yale’s graduate and professional schools.”
WSP funders and private donors cover the entire cost of the program for participants, excluding travel. Student veterans attending Yale University boot camp will reside in campus housing and attend lectures in various classrooms.
To learn more about the program, visit www.warrior-scholar.org.
About the Warrior-Scholar Project
The Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) runs immersive academic boot camps hosted at America’s top universities for enlisted military veterans, and is funded by the Bob Woodruff Foundation, the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The majority of enlisted men and women exiting the military have not been in a classroom setting for several years, and find it hard to transition, being unprepared for the fundamentally different social and cultural environment. WSP helps veterans rediscover and develop the skills and confidence necessary to successfully complete four-year undergraduate programs in higher education. WSP unlocks their educational potential and transforms the way veterans view themselves as students. For more information, visit http://www.warrior-scholar.org
About Yale University
Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Yale’s reach is both local and international. It partners with its hometown of New Haven, Connecticut to strengthen the city’s community and economy. And it engages with people and institutions across the globe in the quest to promote cultural understanding, improve the human condition, delve more deeply into the secrets of the universe, and train the next generation of world leaders.
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