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Kelli Listermann; Cristobal Salinas Jr. – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2024
Administrative assistants within the higher education system are a vital part of universities, including supporting students, faculty, and administrators. Although administrative assistants are essential to a college or university, they often lack recognition and salary support for their contributions. This applied qualitative study seeks to…
Descriptors: Females, Office Occupations, Higher Education, Salaries
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Matthew T. Hora – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
Aspects of academic life and work that some may consider "normal," such as extensive meetings, brightly lit spaces, constant reading, and demands for continuous productivity, can be additionally debilitating for people with non-apparent disabilities like traumatic brain injury (TBI). These concerns affect the 28.3 percent of the academic…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Faculty, College Faculty, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Jeffrey Levi Palmer; Tia-Nikki Ivanko; Lore Kinast; Kate Lewandowski; Carrie Lou Bloom – Grantee Submission, 2024
This report examines common practices in providing support to deaf students across various postsecondary institutions in the United States, identifying both successful strategies and areas needing improvement. By evaluating the availability and effectiveness of services such as speech-to-text and interpreting, this report highlights gaps and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Barriers
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Nicola Grove; Simon Richards; Simon Rice; Claudia Magwood; Bryan Collis; Steffen Martick; Saskia Schuppener; Gertraud Kremsner; Elizabeth Tilley; Jan Walmsley – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Inclusive research has sidelined discussion of theoretical issues with researchers with intellectual/learning disabilities. This is a situation which the Big Ideas initiative sought to change. Between 2021 and 2023, the Open University, Leipzig University and the University of Koblenz organised nine workshops to explore influential…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Workshops, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities
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Phillip 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
Olivia Calvillo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This literature review discusses the importance of proper transition support for students in special education and the correlation between their postsecondary success. The transition from K-12 to postsecondary education is essential to student success after graduating from high school and completing higher education programs. Students who need a…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Student Empowerment, Academic Achievement, Higher Education
Cook-Sather, Alison – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning" invites readers to help forge a more inclusive and accessible college education by incorporating student voices via pedagogical partnerships. Alison Cook-Sather, a pioneer of this co-creative approach, draws on more than twenty years of experience developing student-teacher partnerships in…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, College Instruction, Inclusion
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Longman, Karen A.; Terrill, Kimberly; Mallet, GaBrielle; Tchindebet, Jessica; Fernando, Rukshan – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2021
The present collaborative autoethnography research project examined the concept of leader identity development (as contrasted to traditional models of leadership development) as a means of equipping a more diverse pool of future leaders for higher education. The 10-month study involved gathering data from 17 people of color in order to address the…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Professional Identity, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness
Mariah J. Carter – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As colleges and universities seek to ensure accommodating academic experiences for all students, it is becoming increasingly clear that the concepts of diversity and disability extend beyond easily identifiable conditions but must also include invisible differences. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of college students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Organizational Culture, Student Needs, Phenomenology
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Jacques, Justin G.; Abel, Nicholas R. – Journal of College Counseling, 2020
Students with learning disabilities face several challenges in postsecondary education settings. The authors explore the issue and shed light on the importance of self-advocacy for academic success. The stepped care model (SCM) is suggested as an approach to assist college students with learning disabilities in developing these skills and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Empowerment, Students with Disabilities, Self Advocacy
Hoffman, 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
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Kim, Kyeong-Hwa; Kim, Joungmin – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2020
In South Korea, higher education is widely available to all people. However, few people with disabilities have received a college education. In 1995, the Higher Education Special Admission for Students with Special Needs policy was implemented to promote opportunities for individuals with disabilities to have access to higher education. Since the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education
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Forenza, Brad; Rogers, Briana; Lardier, David T. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2017
Historically, undocumented students have been unable to attend public and private institutions of higher education in the United States. Lack of citizenship and/or financial aid precludes many from ever applying to college or other post-secondary institutions. This can create feelings of oppression, stigmatization, and/or inferiority for…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Activism, Self Advocacy, Advocacy
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Nachman, Brett Ranon – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2020
This article provides a systematic review of the literature related to college transition programs for students with autism. It addresses how individual programs themselves, as well as associated research, can be enhanced to accommodate the needs, identities, and pathways of individual students with autism more effectively. Methods entailed…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities
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Kutscher, Elisabeth L.; Tuckwiller, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2019
Students with disabilities contribute to the diversity of postsecondary campuses but face many unique challenges in completing their programs of study. The purpose of this systematic review was to develop an understanding of what is known about persistence in and graduation from higher education programs for students with disabilities, focusing…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Higher Education, College Students, Academic Persistence
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