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Research and Policy Briefs about Disability and Higher Education


Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD) reports:
  • "Supporting Accommodation Requests: Guidance on Documentation Practices" (2012)
  • "Code of Ethics," "Professional Standards," and 'Program Standards" for disability services offices
  • "AHEAD White Paper on Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Campus Disability Services" (2011)

​"Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities: A Primer for Policymakers" (by Wolanin and Steele, 2004)

Briefing paper on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act by the National Council on Disability (2015)
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A report on policies that could improve college and career preparation for college students with disabilities, by the American Institutes of Research (AIR)
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National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 reports on students in special education and their transition out of high school, including reports on students attending higher education

U.S. Government Accountability Office Reports:
  • "Improved Federal Enforcement Needed to Better Protect Students' Rights to Testing Accommodations" (2014)
  • "Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students" (2009)

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The National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD) is funded through a four-year grant from the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education (P116D150005), and administered through the Office for Postsecondary Education (originally funded via the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education).

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