Thesis
Minority veteran educational outcomes in the all-volunteer era
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
12/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101279
Abstract
Research on veterans from WWII and the Korean eras shows a veteran advantage, over nonveterans, in educational attainment while research on Vietnam and early All-Volunteer Force (AVF) veterans finds that these veterans suffer a penalty to educational attainment. Not as much is known about how education outcomes of minority veterans vary for the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) era. This thesis will address education outcomes for minority veterans of the All-Volunteer era. This research will use the bridging hypothesis to evaluate the association between minority veteran status and their education outcomes. The bridging hypothesis posits that disadvantaged individuals who serve in the military gain skills, training and experience relevant to the civilian world that help them get better jobs, open them up to new opportunities, and help them navigate social institutions. The data used for the analyses come from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the years 1982-2014 to assess the association between military service and college graduation. Results from logistic regression are consistent with the military as a bridging environment associated with increased odds of college graduation among Hispanics but not among African Americans.
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- Title
- Minority veteran educational outcomes in the all-volunteer era
- Creators
- Heather Marie Reyes
- Contributors
- Alair MacLean (Chair)Laura Christine Horne (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Sociology, Department ofJennifer Schwartz (Committee Member) - Washington State University, Sociology, Department of
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Number of pages
- 61
- Identifiers
- 99900525387601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis