The White House is pushing for postsecondary educational opportunities and better employment opportunities for returning veterans. To that end, the Department of Education<\/a> and the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> are challenging colleges and universities to adopt pro-veteran, pro-education best practices. The \u201c8 Keys to Success\u201d proposed by the Obama Administration was unveiled during the Disabled American Veterans<\/a> National Convention earlier this year in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n The “8 Keys to Success” include specific steps for educational communities to adopt in order to support veterans. More than 250 universities and community colleges gave adopted the 8 Steps to help vets obtain their higher education degrees and then certificates, licenses and credentials to become highly skilled workforce members.<\/p>\n The Education Department brought together more than 100 specialists from nonprofits, foundations, veterans service organizations and recently returned vets to develop an approach which could be applied to both in-person and online or “distance” learning for vets.<\/p>\n