A Literature Review of Inhibitors and Enablers for Veterans to Complete a Higher Education

With almost two million veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, many of them may be coming to American colleges and universities as a result of the Post-9/11 GI Bill. These veterans have lucrative education benefits available to them, such as the Montgomery GI Bill, Post-9/11 GI Bill and, if they joined from Texas, the Hazlewood Exemption. This literature review provides a short history of veterans ’ education benefits and reviews the inhibitors and enablers for veterans to complete college. This literature review informs the discussion of policy on campuses as well as decisions that are made at the national level to serve our nation’s veterans