Affiliations: National Center for the Study of Postsecondary
Educational Supports, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education,
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1776 University Avenue, UA4-6, Honolulu, HI
96822, USA. Tel.: +1 808 956 9199; Fax: +1 808 956 5713; E-mail:
robert.stodden@cds.hawaii.edu
Note: [] Corresponding author
Abstract: The nature and frequency of educational support provision in
postsecondary education represents an area about which a critical need for
information has emerged. In order to fulfill the need for research, the
National Center for the Study of Post Secondary Educational Supports (NCSPES)
at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center on Disability Studies (CDS)
conducted a national survey that administered two surveys to a national sample
of more than 1,500 disability support coordinators working in postsecondary
education institutions. The surveys focused on the status of educational
support provision for students with disabilities in postsecondary
education [21]. Their goal was to assess the types and frequency of
educational supports, accommodations, and services offered to students with
disabilities attending two-and four-year postsecondary education institutions.
The first survey was administered in 1999 with a follow-up survey in 2001. This
article compares the two surveys in order to assess the present status and
measure the development of the various support services. The paper presents and
compares significant changes in specific support services in postsecondary
education.
Keywords: postsecondary education, educational support services, higher education, students with disability, survey, supports, accommodations
