Attrition among Hearing-Impaired College Students in the U.S.

Autor/inn/en	Walter, Gerard G.; DeCaro, James J.
Institution	Rochester Inst. of Technology, NY. National Technical Inst. for the Deaf.; Gallaudet Univ., Washington, DC.
Titel	Attrition among Hearing-Impaired College Students in the U.S.
Quelle	(1986), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Associate Degrees; College Programs; College Students; Communication Problems; Comparative Analysis; Deafness; Degrees (Academic); Enrollment; Enrollment Trends; Etiology; Graduation; Hearing Impairments; Higher Education; Mainstreaming; Partial Hearing; Social Integration; Social Isolation; Student Attrition; Student Personnel Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Studienprogramm; Collegestudent; Kommunikationsbarriere; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Einschulung; Ätiologie; Abschluss; Graduierung; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Soziale Integration; Soziale Isolation; Schülerbeurlaubung
Abstract	The growth in enrollments of hearing-impaired students at colleges and universities indicates that the issue of accessibility is being addressed; however, it is not clear whether institutions have made adequate accommodations to meet the communicative and educational handicaps imposed by severe to profound hearing impairment. A survey was conducted of 95 programs serving hearing-impaired persons at the postsecondary level, to gather data on enrollment figures, graduation figures, and related information; and an algorithm was derived to estimate cohort survival rates. Attrition rates for deaf students were lowest for the group of postsecondary programs primarily offering diplomas and highest for those offering associate degrees. Overall, the attrition rate was estimated to be about 70 percent of an entering class of hearing-impaired students, which was an average of one-third higher than rates reported for a comparable group of hearing students. Social and educational isolation, or lack of integration into the educational community, is suggested as a cause of the high level of attrition of deaf college students. (Author/JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC