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Direct linkFleming, Allison R.; Oertle, Kathleen Marie; Plotner, Anthony J.; Hakun, Jonathan G. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
A significant body of research on student retention reflects that social and environmental factors influence continued enrollment in postsecondary education and academic success. Yet, for students with disabilities, more emphasis is placed on accommodations, access, and support services without sufficient attention to the social aspect of the…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Student Satisfaction, College Students, Disabilities
Download full textFerguson, Renée J. – College Quarterly, 2017
Ontario's colleges accept learners with many backgrounds, experiences, and academic needs. Students with disabilities are a growing and diverse population. Is the Ontario College system providing efficacious and responsive support to these learners?
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Disabilities, Access to Education
Gregg, Noel; Galyardt, April; Wolfe, Gerri; Moon, Nathan; Todd, Robert – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of virtual mentoring for enhancing the persistence of secondary and postsecondary students with disabilities engaged in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning. The student participants (N = 189) were all engaged in STEM coursework and enrolled in a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mentors, Academic Persistence, Disabilities
Hodge, Deborah D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the role of TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) programs for students who persist in college. The intent of this study was to determine whether the services provided to participants in SSS helped them achieve higher grade-point averages (GPA), retention rates, and graduation rates. Student Support Services programs are designed…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Schools, Academic Support Services, Grade Point Average
Thompson-Ebanks, Valerie – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2014
This qualitative study explored personal factors students with invisible disabilities (SWIDs) associate with their voluntary withdrawal from a mid-western state land grant university (LGU) after completing 60 or more college credits. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from the five participants, all former students with…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, College Students, Disabilities, Land Grant Universities
Fogg, Neeta P.; Harrington, Paul E. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2009
President Obama recently asked community colleges across the nation to take on a central role in his economic policy by awarding 5 million new associate degrees over the next decade. Those familiar with community college data know this is a daunting task for the nation's public two-year college system. In order to meet the challenge, the nation's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation, Associate Degrees, Self Advocacy
Sanchez, Mark Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Historically, first-generation, low-income, and students with disabilities have had very high attrition rates at California Community Colleges and institutions of higher education in general. Based on figures compiled by the National Center for Educational Statistics in 2004, 4.5 million low-income, first-generation college students comprise…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students
