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Madaus, Joseph W.; Gelbar, Nicholas; Dukes, Lyman L., III; Lalor, Adam R.; Lombardi, Allison; Kowitt, Jennifer; Faggella-Luby, Michael N. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
Support services for students with disabilities is now a distinct field of practice in higher education, with a significant increase in the number of students receiving services, programs to serve them, and professionals who oversee the programs. The field has professional and program standards, a code of ethics, and a disability service specific…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Postsecondary Education, Disabilities, Research Needs
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Newman, Lynn A.; Madaus, Joseph W. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
There is a dearth of information on specific accommodations used by students with disabilities at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, researchers examined a nationally representative cohort of 3,190 students with disabilities who reported that they had ever enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Related Services (Special Education)
Newman, Lynn A.; Madaus, Joseph W. – Grantee Submission, 2015
There is a dearth of information on specific accommodations used by students with disabilities at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, researchers examined a nationally-representative cohort of 3,190 students with disabilities who reported that they had ever enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Related Services (Special Education)
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Madaus, Joseph W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
In 2002, Brinckerhoff, McGuire, and Shaw observed that the field of postsecondary education and disability services had "moved through its adolescence and was embarking on adulthood" (xiii). Indeed, the field had undergone rapid expansion nationwide in the prior 30 years and grew into a full-fledged profession within higher education (Jarrow…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Support Services, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational History
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Shaw, Stan F.; Keenan, Walter R.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Banerjee, Manju – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2010
Disability documentation has been an ongoing challenge for Office for Students with Disabilities personnel. Initial lack of consistency and inadequate documentation data resulted in the promulgation of detailed documentation guidelines in the 1990s. Discontinuity between approaches to transition assessment and disability documentation in secondary…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Documentation, Accessibility (for Disabled), Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Shaw, Stan F.; Madaus, Joseph W. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has become an increasingly important mechanism in providing services to students with disabilities in public schools. Because Section 504 is a civil rights law, responsibility for its implementation involves a range of school-based professionals, including administrators, general education teachers,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Minimum Competencies, Program Implementation, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)