Family assets, postsecondary education, and students with disabilities: Building on progress and overcoming challenges

Gregory A. Cheatham, Sean J. Smith, William Elliott and Terri Friedline

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue 7, 1078-1086

Abstract: Students with disabilities are increasingly enrolling and participating in two-year, four-year, and other institutions of higher education. Federal policies and initiatives addressing the educational needs of students and adults with disabilities provided impetus for these increases. For example, mandates within the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) have resulted in K-12 public schools increasingly preparing students for postsecondary education. Nonetheless, students with disabilities continue to face financial challenges as well as low educational expectations in their pursuit of postsecondary education. Family assets may provide a framework for addressing these challenges and provide specific implications for policy as well as educational practice.

Keywords: Child Development Accounts; Students with disabilities; Postsecondary education; Assets; College (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.019

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