Higher Education and Disabilities
International Approaches
Published on 7. September 1998
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-1-85972-508-5 (ISBN)
Description
The subject of disabled students in universities has been overlooked in educational research. Building on the content of his first book "steps towards graduation" Alan Hurst has worked with colleagues from overseas to compile a collection of papers which explore aspects of policy and provision for this important student minority. The book contains accounts from Australia and North America as well as countries at different stages of policy development in Europe. The book should be of interest to staff working with students with disabilities in post-compulsory education since it describes strategies for developing policy, which could be transferable to other contexts. The book will be especially useful for those involved in promoting opportunities for study abroad. It will also be relevant to those engaged in researches in special education, comparative education and educational policy as well as in the growing area of disability studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 222 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85972-508-5 (9781859725085)
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Content
Disability services in Australian universities, Des Power; "A fair go" - the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) on tertiary education in Australia, Jenny Shaw; supporting students with disabilities in Belgium, Myriam Van Acker; policy and provision of support services in Canadian universities, Joan Wolforth; Canadian universities - the status of persons with disabilities, David A Leitch; students with disabilities in higher education in Finland, Liisa Laitinen; students with disabilities in German higher education, Renate langweg-Behorster; disabled university students in Greece, Despina Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou; disabled students and higher education in Ireland, Carmel O'Sullivan; including students with disabilities in higher education in Lithuania, A Juodraitis and J Petrusevicius; students with disabilities in the Netherlands, Willem Temmink and Piet Vriens; supporting students with disabilities in the Slovak Republic, Elena Mendelova; students with disabilities in higher education in Spain, Maria Pilar Sarto Martin; students with disabilities and learning difficulties in higher education in Sweden, Maijken Wahlstrom; students with disabilities and learning difficulties in higher education in the United Kingdom, Alan Hurst; disability awareness-raising and disability awareness-training in higher education in the United Kingdom, Alan Hurst; Higher education and disability in the United States of America - the context, a comprehensive modeland current issues, Betty Aune; serving students with disabilities in higher education in the United States of America, Cheryl T Saucier and Gayle V Gagliano; students with disabilities and international exchanges, Alan Hurst.