Deaf Students in Postsecondary Education

List of contents

List of Tables; List of Figures; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part One: Demographics of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Students in the United States; 1. The Changing Population: A Challenge for Postsecondary Education Kenneth R. Nash and Miguel Sanchez 2. Characteristics of Programs Serving Deaf Persons Gerard G. Walter and Paul Taylor 3. Persistence in College Michael S. Stinson, Gerard G. Walter and Dianne Brooks; Part Two: The Environment of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Students; 4. The Deaf Learner Harry G. Lang, Bonnie Meath-Lang and Jane Mullins 5. Resources for Deaf Students in the Mainstreamed Classroom Rosemary E. Saur and Thomas L. Callaghan 6. Interaction Between Deaf and Hearing Students in the Postsecondary Educational Settings Patricia Mudgett DeCaro, Susan B. Foster and Solange C. Sevigny-Skyer 7. Student Development Thomas Holcomb, Judith Coryell and Willy Conley 8. Postsecondary Education and Political Activism T. Alan Hurwitz and Gerald Nelson; Part Three: Outcomes of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Students; 9. Effect of College on Employment and Earnings William A. Welsh, Janet MacLeod-Gallinger and Robert Menchel 10. Accommodation of Deaf College Graduates in the Work Place Susan B. Foster and Jean Cordano; Concluding Remarks Robert Panara; Index

About the author

Foster, Susan B. ; Walter, Gerard G.

Summary

First published in 1992. This book recognises that the integration of deaf students into mainstream higher education raises complex and challenging problems. The authors provide an assessment of state-of-the-art practice in postsecondary settings and suggest theoretical and practical approaches to providing support.

Product details

• Authors: Susan B. Walter Foster
• Assisted by: Susan B Foster (Editor), Susan B. Foster (Editor), Gerard G Walter (Editor), Gerard G. Walter (Editor), Walter Gerard G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138595460
• ISBN: 978-1-138-59546-0
• No. of pages: 274
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Special Educational Needs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of hearing-impaired students, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education