Tennessee § 49-7-1307 - Qualification criteria for VETS campuses.

§ 49-7-1307. Qualification criteria for VETS campuses.

To become and continue to be a VETS campus, a campus of a public or private nonprofit institution of higher education shall: Conduct an annual campus survey of students who are veterans to identify the views, needs, issues and suggestions of veterans; Provide information to faculty and staff about military and veterans' culture, including combat-related mental or physical disabilities or other challenges; Administer orientation programs for students who are veterans; Facilitate mentoring and support programs for students who are veterans; Develop outreach and communication strategies for military bases located near the campus, for the purpose of assessing veterans' educational goals and meeting their identified needs; Create and maintain a process for the assessment of prior learning that grants academic credit to veterans for transferable training and experience attained through service in the armed forces of the United States; and Provide, on the campus website, information on the availability of prior learning assessments and potential program credit for skills, training or education obtained during military service. Acts 2014, ch. 612, § 8; 2016, ch. 657, § 5.