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Serving Students with Disabilities: New Directions for Student Services, Number 91 (J-B SS Single Issue Student Services) - Softcover

 
9780787954444: Serving Students with Disabilities: New Directions for Student Services, Number 91 (J-B SS Single Issue Student Services)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0787954446 ISBN 13: 9780787954444
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

This issue examines what student services professionals can do to ensure the success of the growing population of students with disabilities. The contributors explore the critical role that community and dignity play in creating a meaningful educational experience for students with disabilities and show how to help these students gain meaningful access and full participation in campus activities. In addition to such common concerns as fulfilling legal requirements and overcoming architectural barriers, the contributors also address a full range of important issues such as effective approaches to recruitment and retention, strategies for career and academic advising, and the impact of financial resources on funding programs and services. This is the 91st issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Student Services.

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About the Author

HOLLEY A. BELCH is assistant professor, student affairs in higher education, at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania. She has served as a student affairs professional at Arizona State University, Babson College (Massachusetts), and Siena College (New York) and on the facultyat Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

From the Back Cover

This issue of New Directions for Student Services examines what student services professionals can do to ensure the success of the growing population of students with disabilities. The contributors explore the critical role that community and dignity play in creating a meaningful educational experience for students with disabilities and show how to help these students gain meaningful access and full participation in campus activities. In addition to such common concerns as fulfilling legal requirements and overcoming architectural barriers, the authors also address a full range of important issues such as effective approaches to recruitment and retention, strategies for career and academic advising, and the impact of financial resources on funding programs and services.

From the Inside Flap

This issue of New Directions for Student Services examines what student services professionals can do to ensure the success of the growing population of students with disabilities. The contributors explore the critical role that community and dignity play in creating a meaningful educational experience for students with disabilities and show how to help these students gain meaningful access and full participation in campus activities. In addition to such common concerns as fulfilling legal requirements and overcoming architectural barriers, the authors also address a full range of important issues such as effective approaches to recruitment and retention, strategies for career and academic advising, and the impact of financial resources on funding programs and services.

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0787954446
ISBN 13 
9780787954444
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
110
Editor
Belch Holley A.