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Direct linkMadaus, Joseph W.; Gelbar, Nicholas; Dukes, Lyman L., III.; Taconet, Ashley; Faggella-Luby, Michael – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2021
Students with disabilities are entering college in increasing numbers. Despite the increase, college persistence and completion remains a troublesome hurdle. Evidence-based practices and predictors have been identified for secondary-level students with disabilities; however, a parallel classification does not exist for postsecondary education. The…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Students with Disabilities, College Bound Students, Academic Persistence
Download full textNewman, Lynn A.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Lalor, Adam R.; Javitz, Harold S. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
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 LD. Based on…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Disabilities, Academic Persistence, Graduation Rate
Keenan, Walter R.; Madaus, Joseph W.; Lombardi, Allison R.; Dukes, Lyman L. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
The Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 expanded the legal definition of disability to establish broader coverage for individuals with disabilities, including college students, than the definition in the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. The new interpretation of the definition of disability shifted the main purpose of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Documentation, Transitional Programs, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Newman, Lynn A.; Madaus, Joseph W. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
There is a dearth of information on specific accommodations used by students with disabilities at the secondary and postsecondary levels. Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, researchers examined a nationally representative cohort of 3,190 students with disabilities who reported that they had ever enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, College Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Related Services (Special Education)
Madaus, Joseph W.; Grigal, Meg; Hughes, Carolyn – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
Few students with disabilities from high-poverty backgrounds attend college. We discuss the effects of disability and growing up in poverty on expectations for postsecondary education attendance. We describe the limiting effects of attending high-poverty high schools on student achievement followed by challenges faced by low-income students with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Disabilities, Low Income Groups
Madaus, Joseph W.; Gelbar, Nicholas W.; Dukes, Lyman L., III; Faggella-Luby, Michael; Lalor, Adam R.; Kowitt, Jennifer S. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2013
A systematic review was conducted of 581 articles published in 76 issues of "Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals" from the journal's initial issue in 1978 to the final issue of its 35th year in 2012. Articles were coded based on inclusion of original or secondary data and if not, what type of information…
Descriptors: Career Development, Literature Reviews, Journal Articles, Periodicals
