INTEGRATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS INTO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: A STUDENT SERVICES PERSPECTIVE
The integration of disabled students in to college and university environments at levels of access and service comparable to those available to non disabled students requires staff training, facilities improvements, and curricula reform, all of which are both costly and controversial (McGuinness, 1993, p. 23). Student affairs departments and student services sections within those departments will bear responsibility for a substantial part of this effort. The first step that must be taken by student affairs sections in this context is to become cognizant of and familiar with the issues involved.
Three research questions are investigated. These research questions are as follows:
1. What does the ADA require of colleges and universities with respect to disabled students?
2. What actions must student services sections take to satisfy the ADA requirements?
3. What are colleges and universities doing in the contemporary period to serve disabled students?
McGuinness, K. (1993, Fall). Redesigning your campus for disabled students. Planning For Higher Education, 22(1), 23-27.
INTEGRATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS INTO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: A STUDENT SERVICES PERSPECTIVE
This research examines the issues associated with the integration of disabled students into colleges and universities. This examination is performed from the perspective of university student services, a function of a student affairs program at a college or university.
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 became effective on 26 January 1992 (Kerr, 1993, p. 20). Title II of the ADA prohibits the refusal of service by any public entity on the grounds that a person seeking such services is disabled. Colleges and universities are classified by the ADA as public entities; therefore, these institutions are subject to the provisions of the Act...