ERIC Number: ED603559
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-
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Support Receipt: Effect on Postsecondary Success of Students with Learning Disabilities
Newman, Lynn A.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Lalor, Adam R.; Javitz, Harold S.
Grantee Submission
In contrast to the increase in college enrollment rates of youth with learning disabilities (LD), graduation rates have remained stagnant and low. Using propensity methods, this study examined the effect of disability-specific and universally-available support receipt on the college perseverance and completion of students with learning disabilities. Based on secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), findings indicate that students who received supports--those available to the full student body and/or disability-specific supports--were more likely to persist in, and successfully complete, 2-year or 4-year college. Implications include that transition staff need to ensure students not only are prepared to seek disability supports once on campus, but that equal emphasis should be placed on helping students access supports available to the full student body. [This paper was published in "Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals" v42 n1 p6-16 2019 (EJ1202783).]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A120300; R324A100025