Deaf students in postsecondary education
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Deaf students in postsecondary education
Routledge, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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With an ever-increasing number of deaf students entering higher education throughout the world, major strides need to be made in provision and support for them. Written by a team of professionals from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, which serves the needs of 1100 deaf students on the campus of the Rochester Instititute of Technology, the book recognises that the integration of deaf students into the mainstream system raises complex and challenging problems. An interpreter may provide students access to formal lectures, but this is less useful in rapid classroom discussion, or in out-of-class projects. It has proved extremely difficult for deaf students to enter fully into the social and extra-curricular fabric of campus life, and this is an essential factor in ensuring student success. The authors provide an assessment of state-of-the-art practice in post-secondary settings and suggest theoretical and practical approaches to support. There is discussion of the attainments of deaf graduates with commentaries by the students themselves on their experiences and statistics to support their contentions and which show the benefits of post-secondary education to them.
This book should be of interest to postgraduates and academics in special needs education.
Table of Contents
Foreword William E. Castle Preface Contributors Table of Contents Introduction S. Richard Silverman Part I: Demographics of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Students Chapter 1. The Changing Population: A Challenge for Postsecondary Education Kenneth R. Nash Chapter 2. Characteristics of Programs Serving Deaf Persons Gerard G. Walter Chapter 3. Persistence in College Michael S. Stinson and Gerard G. Walter Part II: The Environemnt of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Students Chapter 4. The Deaf Learner Harry G. Lang and Bonnie Meath-Lang Chapter 5. Resources for Deaf Students in the Mainstreamed Classroom Rosemary E. Saur Chapter 6. Interaction Between Deaf and Hearing Students Patricia M. De Caro and Susan B. Foster Chapter 7. Student Development Thomas Holcomb and Judith Coryell Chapter 8. Postsecondary Education and Political Activism T. Alan Hurwitz Part III: Outcomes of Postsecondary Educational Programs for Deaf Persons Chapter 9. Effect of College on Employment and Earnings William A. Welsh and Janet MacLeod- Gallinger Chapter 10. Accommodation of Deaf College Graduates in the Work Place Susan B. Foster Conclusions Robert Panara.
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