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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
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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
Achola, Edwin Obilo – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the antecedent conditions that contribute to post-secondary education (PSE) completion for students with disabilities, taking into account institutional experiences associated with social integration. A prospective longitudinal design was used to analyze data from the National Longitudinal Transition…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Disabilities, Social Integration, Longitudinal Studies
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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
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Milsom, Amy; Dietz, Lauren – Professional School Counseling, 2009
A Delphi study was used to examine the construct of college readiness for students with learning disabilities. An expert panel of 29 individuals with backgrounds in special education, postsecondary transitions, higher education, and/or counseling identified and rated the importance of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and other factors they believe to…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Learning Disabilities, School Counselors, Readiness
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Harrison, Allyson G.; Larochette, Anne-Claire; Nichols, Eva – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2007
In 1997, the government of Ontario announced the establishment of the Learning Opportunities Task Force (LOTF) to develop and administer a series of pilot projects to enhance the transition of students with specific learning disabilities into postsecondary education, and to identify what supports, services and accommodations would assist these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Pilot Projects, Learning Disabilities