New Jersey's Troops to College Program

Brookdale Community College

Services Available:

• Faculty and staff trained in understanding/recognizing the specific needs/concerns of past & current military personnel
  
• Analysis of college credits earned at another institution
  
• Orientation program
  
• Adaptive learning techniques (special needs)
  
• Admissions and/or financial aid staff aware of the passage of the new Post 911 GI Bill
  
• Veterans' education benefit counseling
  
• Financial aid/tuition assistance
  
• Academic advising
  
• Tutoring services
  
• Career planning/career services
  
• A licensed counselor or psychologist trained specifically to address the needs of veterans with disabilities
  
• Counselor Specialist qualified to support/assist students with brain injuries
  
• A policy regarding tuition refunds for military activations and deployments
  
• Course withdrawals as a result of military activations and deployments
  

College credits may be awarded for:

• College course work at another institution
  
• Evaluated credit awards for military training
  
• Evaluated credit award for military occupational training
  
• National testing program
  
• Evaluated credit for corporate testing programs, as recommended by the ACE guide to the Evaluation of Corporate Training
  
• Challenge examinations or test-out procedures