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Pearl Darsell McKnight – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to describe the faculty's knowledge, beliefs, and willingness to provide ADA accommodations to students with disabilities at a Southern HBCU. The sample used in this study was 70 full-time and part-time instructors who taught during the Spring of 2023 at a Southern HBCU. The study utilized a…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Faculty, Black Colleges, African American Teachers
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Guilbaud, Thelma C.; Martin, Florence; Newton, Xiaoxia – Online Learning, 2021
This study examined the level of readiness of faculty in designing and delivering accessible online courses to meet the needs of all learners, including students with disabilities. A total of 182 tenured/non-tenured full time, part-time, adjunct and clinical faculty from three public universities of different sizes were surveyed to gauge their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Instructional Design, Access to Education
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Christa S. Bialka; Nicole Hansen; Irene P. Kan; Danielle Mackintosh; Rebecca Jacobson – AERA Open, 2024
One major responsibility of K-12 teachers in United States public schools is to meet the needs of disabled students. While many preservice and in-service teacher training programs present educators with information related to service delivery as outlined in a student's Individualized Education Program or 504 plan, they rarely address how to talk…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Cho, Jeasik; Crawford, Scott; Yocom, Dorothy Jean; Hunt, Tiffany; Scull, Reed – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2021
Research highlights the importance of faculty awareness regarding the varying needs of students with disabilities and the ways in which these students may better be supported within the postsecondary educational setting. However, there is a dearth of research regarding how instructional and assessment accommodations are offered in a rural…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities
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Rachel McDonald – William & Mary Educational Review, 2015
An increasing number of students with disabilities have enrolled in colleges and universities across the United States since 1973, largely due to the opportunities provided by the passage of disability laws that mandate accommodations be provided to students with documented disabilities (Rao, 2004, p. 19). However many faculty members, although…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Faculty, Knowledge Level
Ihori, Derek K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Understanding the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of postsecondary faculty regarding students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the laws that protect such students is critical for both student success and compliance with federal laws. The purpose of the present quantitative study was to identify differences between…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Vogel, Susan A.; Holt, Janet K.; Sligar, Steven; Leake, Elizabeth – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
This article describes the development, content, and use of four questionnaires that comprise the Assessment of Campus Climate to Enhance Student Success with the focus on the Faculty Questionnaire. Faculty development activities are described as an example of how the questionnaires can be used to enhance knowledge and change attitudes and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
MacGugan, Kirk – 1978
The impact of Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, prohibiting educational discrimination against the handicapped by institutions receiving Health, Education, and Welfare funds, was investigated specifically as it related to Leeward Community College (Hawaii). Information compiled by the Self-Evaluation 504 Task Force at the college,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Equal Education, Federal Legislation