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Download full textHewlett, Katherine – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2012
This project built upon the AchieveAbility initiative, which develops materials and training for teaching specific learning difference learners in schools and colleges. AchieveAbility devised the concept for the "InCurriculum" Project and brought together a consortium of United Kingdom higher education institutions to deliver the…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedOstertag, Bruce A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
In a survey of the 106 California Community Colleges, it was found that over 75 percent operated formal programs for the learning-disabled (LD), while an additional 12 percent provided informal services for their LD student population. Though diversity existed among the college LD programs surveyed, a consistency of process and practice was…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWoods, Paula A.; And Others – NASPA Journal, 1990
Conducted survey of state universities (N=13) offering comprehensive services for learning-disabled college students to determine learning disability program characteristics. Found most institutions offered basic support services but of varying quality. Found respondent inconsistencies in identification, assessment, and diagnosis of learning…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Definitions, Educational Diagnosis
Peer reviewedSatcher, Jamie; Dooley-Dickey, Katherine – College Student Affairs Journal, 1990
Surveyed 88 state-sponsored community colleges in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida to determine services and accommodations provided by these colleges for students with learning disabilities. Found that community colleges provided wide range of services and accommodations for these students. However, there was little…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Programs, Community Colleges, Learning Disabilities
Edwards, Len; Smith, J. R. – 1992
An evaluation was conducted of the Chance Program at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa. The Chance Program is a postsecondary intervention program that addresses pronunciation, spelling, and reading comprehension deficits among learning-disabled students. In a quasi-experiment, test scores of college students (N=93) who participated in the Chance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedFaigel, Harris C – Academic Medicine, 1998
A survey of 96 United States and 9 Canadian medical schools found that the large majority accepted students with learning disabilities and claimed to make some academic accommodations. Most would administer nonstandard (i.e., nontimed) licensing examinations, and many reported that their affiliated postgraduate medical-training programs would also…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria
