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Direct linkAmber Y. Wilson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with disabilities attend college at higher rates than they have in previous years; however, students with disabilities do not graduate from college at the same rate as students without disabilities. This mixed method study, guided by the Social Change Model of Leadership theoretical framework, examined the transition of six students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, College Attendance, Special Education, High School Students
Peer reviewedPhillip L. Waalkes; Jaimie Stickl Haugen; Yuima Mizutani; Jiaying J. Meyer; Dave Salvatierra; Carrie Odle; Tiffany Somerville – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2023
Trusting and supportive relationships with school counsellors can help first-generation college students access college despite barriers. In this narrative inquiry, 11 first-generation college students in the United States shared stories of their positive relationships with their former high school counsellors. After an iterative and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, School Counselors, High Schools, Self Esteem
Download full textHoffman, Nancy; Mawhinney, Joanna; O'Connor, Anna; Seaton, Gregory – Jobs for the Future, 2021
Early college high schools are powerful instruments for success for young men of color, and school leaders must take an intentional approach to remove systemic barriers to their engagement. This report outlines strategies to better recruit and retain young men of color in early college programs and provides examples of successful and emerging…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment
Organization for Autism Research, 2018
This guide prominently engages the voices of people on the autism spectrum as well as highly qualified professionals to provide information and tips vital to promoting success in higher education for people on the autism spectrum in three major areas: transition to higher education, attending college, and, finally, transitioning out of college…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, College Students, College Readiness
Next Steps: Life after Special Education. Diplomas Count, 2015. Education Week. Volume 34, Number 33
Edwards, Virginia B., Ed. – Education Week, 2015
After spending years in a special education system that carefully spells out their rights and the services they should receive, students with disabilities often find it daunting to contemplate their next steps after high school. Should they apply to college, look for a job, or stay in the special education system until they "age out" at…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Graduation Rate
Kotewa, Brenda K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Students with physical disabilities attend college at significantly lower rates, and have a lower college graduation rates, than students without disabilities. Research addressing graduation rates of students with physical disabilities indicates that wheelchair basketball athletes graduate at significantly higher rates than students with physical…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Team Sports, Assistive Technology, Physical Disabilities
Bettinger, Eric; Baker, Rachel – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
College completion and college success often lag behind college attendance. One theory as to why students do not succeed in college is that they lack key information about how to be successful or fail to act on the information that they have. We present evidence from a randomized experiment which tests the effectiveness of individualized student…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Time Management, College Attendance, Self Advocacy
Roberts, Eric Landon – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Texas Statewide Youth Leadership Forum (TXYLF) provides self-advocacy training to high school youths with disabilities. TXYLF is an enhanced version of the Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) that is comprised of an initial five day training, a nine month support phase, regional YLFs, and the opportunity for participants to return to the five day…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Training, Youth Programs, Disabilities
Hadley, Wanda M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
High school students with disabilities are attending colleges and universities in growing numbers, with their rate of college participation doubling in the past twenty years. Students with disabilities in the secondary educational system are protected by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004, which requires…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement
