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Juarez, Sara Werner; Chaparro, Gabriel; Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Guarneros, Nancy – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students with learning disabilities (LD) are persistently underrepresented in higher education and demonstrate lower postsecondary outcomes than non-minority peers. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between funds of knowledge, social capital, parental expectations, and goals…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Expectation
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Stephanie Smith Lee; Denise M. Rozell; Madeleine C. Will – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2019
This report examines issues regarding needed alignment of services and collaboration among agencies and institutions of higher education (IHEs) to achieve the goal of supporting youth with intellectual disability (ID) to obtain increased academic learning, independent living, and competitive integrated employment through participation in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Postsecondary Education, Agency Cooperation
Mazzotti, Valerie L. – National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2016
The Summary of Performance (SOP) serves as the link between high school and post-school experiences by providing a document that includes evaluation records, post-school goals, and accommodations to support attainment of post-school goals for students with disabilities (Richter & Mazzotti, 2011). A well-developed SOP will provide transition…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Experience, Goal Orientation, Students with Disabilities
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McGuire, Joan M. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
The movement to extend universal design from physical to instructional environments has escalated in the past two decades. Frameworks to guide the field of postsecondary education in its efforts to intentionally build accessibility features into college teaching and course materials include Universal Design in Education, Universal Design for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Design, Educational Resources
US Department of Education, 2017
The McKinney-Vento Act was originally authorized in 1987 and originally sponsored programs to provide services to the homeless. The McKinney-Vento Act is designed to address the challenges that homeless children and youths have faced in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. Under the McKinney-Vento Act, State educational agencies (SEAs)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Snyder, Thomas D.; de Brey, Cristobal; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
The 2016 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 52nd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
Hartman, Rhona C., Ed. – Information from HEATH, 1991
This newsletter summarizes federal and state legislation concerned with the transition of youth with disabilities into further education or work. It identifies relevant provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Specific federal resources concerning employment, transportation, public…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Civil Rights Legislation, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Quadland, Corinne; Rybacki, Sharon; Kellogg, Ann, Ed.; Hall, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
Designed for parents of students, this booklet provides information and strategies for helping students with disabilities make a smooth transition to postsecondary education and training. The first part of the booklet addresses: building blocks for transition, transition services mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Development, Disabilities
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Snyder, Thomas D.; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education