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Guildroy, Jack – College Board Review, 1981
The problems and special opportunities that face the college candidate with learning disabilities are discussed. It is suggested that Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act has not succeeded in forcing the vast majority of colleges and universities to establish special programs for students with learning disabilities. (MLW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, College Applicants, Counseling, Disability Discrimination
Download full textAmlung, Susan, Ed. – 1981
This report examines the Federal and State financing of New York City's special education programs in the public schools and documents the inadequacies of current funding. The report seeks to determine the extent of the Federal government's involvement in financing special education. In addition, New York State's allocation of funds for special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedStrichart, Stephen S.; Mangrum, Charles T., II – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1987
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is examined as the impetus for many special admission policies used to admit learning-disabled students into U.S. colleges. Program services provided to these students include diagnostic testing and prescriptive planning, program advisement, instructional assistance, and counseling. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Programs
Osfield, Kenneth – 1991
This resource guide on services available for students with disabilities at Florida's public universities begins with a summary of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a list of recognized disability categories, regulations concerning the provision of auxiliary learning aids, and Florida statutes concerning postsecondary education of…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Programs, College Students, Disabilities
Citron, Christiane Hyde – 1983
Various state and federal laws related to education of the handicapped are outlined to aid state educators in identifying needs and formulating public school policy. Constitutional and statutory law concerning the educational rights of the handicapped are listed, including the Constitution, state constitutions, Public Law 94-142, and Section 504…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Freeman, Sharon – 1987
A study examined alternative instructional materials and strategies for learning disabled college students and strategies for locating and mainstreaming these students. Site visits were made to programs for learning-disabled college students in the Houston, Texas, area to determine their scope and the strategies that they used. Additional…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling Techniques, Educational Legislation, High School Students
