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title: "Student Veterans’ Strengths: Exploring Student Veterans’ Perceptions of Their Strengths and how to Harness Them in Higher Education"
description: Student veterans’ perceptions of the strengths they bring to a university impacts their academic performance.
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# [Student Veterans’ Strengths: Exploring Student Veterans’ Perceptions of Their Strengths and how to Harness Them in Higher Education](https://www.cael.org/webinars/student-veterans-strengths-exploring-student-veterans-perceptions-of-their-strengths-and-how-to-harness-them-in-higher-education)

 Written by [CAEL](https://www.cael.org/webinars/author/cael) | Apr 13, 2021

Student veterans’ perceptions of the strengths they bring to a university impacts their academic performance. Student veterans perceive that they have strengths in: communication, diversity management, leadership and drive. The authors will review the results of their mixed methods study with 115 student veterans who attended a large southwestern public university. These strengths positively affect self-efficacy and motivation in their academic performances. The presenters advocate for ways higher education institution and faculty can support student veterans’ strengths.

 

### Presenters

Dr. Katie Sullivan, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

 

 

 

Dr. Kay Yoon, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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