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Rural High School Transition Programs That Support Students with Disabilities in Enrolling and Persisting in College
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Melissa Ford – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite legal protections within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and school requirements in place to provide educational access to students with disabilities, once they graduate from high school these students enroll and persist in college at lower rates compared to peers without disabilities. In addition, graduates of rural…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Rural Schools, Postsecondary Education, Educational Legislation
Students with Intellectual Disability in Higher Education: Adult Service Provider Perspectives
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Sheppard-Jones, Kathleen; Kleinert, Harold Lawrence; Druckemiller, Wendy; Ray, Megan Kovacevich – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Postsecondary education (PSE) is increasingly becoming an option for students with intellectual disability (ID; Grigal & Hart, 2012). Postsecondary education offers the promise of pursuing a valued social role (that of college student), enhanced social networks, and, most significantly, increased employment options. To date, research and…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Social Development
Students' Experiences with Supports Offered in Educational Opportunity Programs That Lead to Their Persistence in Postsecondary Education
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Beauchemin, Amy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this single case study was to gain a deeper understanding of the supports provided by postsecondary education institutions to students in Educational Opportunity Programs (EOPs). EOPs provide typically low-income, first generation, academically underprepared, and underserved students, who are often overlooked but show potential,…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Educational Opportunities, Academic Persistence, Postsecondary Education
Ten Questions to Ask: When Exploring Post Secondary Educational Options for Students on the Autism Spectrum
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VanBergeijk, Ernst – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Deciding what to do after high school is a daunting task for any young person, but for students on the autism spectrum, the thought can be paralyzing. Additional questions need to be asked and answered to insure a goodness of fit between the student's strengths, goals, and weaknesses and a post secondary educational program's strengths, goals, and…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Vocational Education, Autism, Daily Living Skills
An Exploratory Study of Secondary Educator Knowledge of Disability Legislation and Its Relationship to Planning for the Transition from Secondary to Postsecondary Education Settings
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Salter, Sharon Finkle – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Due to the changes in disability legislation that protect persons with disabilities from discrimination, and allow for free, appropriate public education along with equal access to education, more and more students with disabilities are choosing to attend postsecondary educational settings. The transition planning process as outlined in the…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Students with Learning Disabilities in College: The Need for a Programmatic Approach to Critical Transitions.
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Siperstein, Gary N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The paper describes the Three Stage Transition Model of service delivery for postsecondary learning disabled students. Identified are activities colleges can implement to help a student (1) entering college, (2) managing the academic and social changes during college, and (3) exiting college to enter employment. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Admission, College Programs, College Students