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Warrior-Scholar Project

Washington, DC, US • 50 - 99 Employees
Non-Profit

Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) empowers enlisted military veterans by providing them with a skill bridge that enables a successful transition from the battlefield to the classroom; maximizes their education opportunities by making them informed consumers of education, and increases the confidence they will need to successfully complete a rigorous four-year undergraduate program at a top-tier school.Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) is a transition program consisting of a series of highly intensive, totally immersive, one- and two-week college-preparatory academic boot camps hosted at America's top colleges and universities. These boot camps are exclusively for current and former enlisted service members who are intent upon pursuing higher education. These boot camps are offered at no cost to the student-veteran participant. During the boot camp, highly successful student-veterans, who have transitioned from the military to college and dedicated university tenured faculty, guide WSP participants. The participants are introduced to analytic reading, writing, and other academic and everyday skills crucial to success in higher education, and they also learn about the many challenges that are experienced by student-veterans during their transition from military service to college, including the complex university application and admissions processes. There are currently two models for these boot camp curricula—a one-week Liberal Arts model, and a two-week model that builds upon the Liberal Arts model by adding a weeklong STEM- focused curriculum to the Liberal Arts week.