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Direct linkMarco Tarantino; Jared Reyes – Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2024
The most recent data on the labor force participation rate of individuals who identify as being blind or having vision loss in the United States indicate it is approximately 44%. In 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs promulgated regulations pertaining to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to address the continued…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Blindness, Visual Impairments
Stulberg, Lisa M.; Chen, Anthony S. – Sociology of Education, 2014
What explains the rise of race-conscious affirmative action policies in undergraduate admissions? The dominant theory posits that adoption of such policies was precipitated by urban and campus unrest in the North during the late 1960s. Based on primary research in a sample of 17 selective schools, we find limited support for the dominant theory.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Admission, Affirmative Action, Race
