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Randi Petrauskas Harris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Roughly 80% of community college students indicate that they intend to transfer to a four-year institution, 30% of those students eventually transfer, and 13% of those students persist to graduate with a baccalaureate degree. There has been previous research on transfer students and on first generation students, but the intersection of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Transfer Students, Program Design, College Environment
Kenesta T. Mack – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Each year, millions of students with disabilities receive special education services. The development of an individual education program (IEP) is an important function in determining what services are provided. The IEP is the product of a collaborative effort between stakeholders, including the student (Barnard-Brak & Lechtenberger, 2010).…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Individualized Education Programs, Student Participation
Ashley Currin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Throughout special education history, students with disabilities have been denied appropriate services and excluded from their general education peers. While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that all students with disabilities ages 3-21 have access to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Equal Education, Student Participation
McKittrick, Lanya Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Although active parent involvement is mandated as part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), parents continue to report dissatisfaction with IEP meetings. Despite increases in parent participation policy since the adoption of IDEA, the parent-professional partnership originally envisioned by lawmakers is arguably not…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Students with Disabilities
Spencer, Tracy Lynne Wright Lyons – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Federally mandated transition planning has done little to improve the postsecondary outcomes of people with Asperger's syndrome. Current high school transition planning for students with Asperger's attempts to address some of these areas through family involvement, community inclusion, and the active participation of the student in…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Transitional Programs, Qualitative Research
Sanders, Margaret Ann Roden – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The objective of this study was to investigate the attendance patterns of parents and students at IEP/transition meetings where transition plans for students with disabilities are developed. Transition plans were developed to determine the level of assistance the student with disabilities required as he/she graduates or ages out of public school.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Socioeconomic Status, Eligibility, Mental Retardation