Factors Influencing the College Decision-Making Process for Students with Disabilities
The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of the college decision-making process for students with disabilities by listening to their perceptions of factors that influenced their decisions related to attending postsecondary education. A semi-structured interview was used to provide desc...
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| author | Stefania D. Petcu Kathleen J. Marshall Dalun Zhang Adam R. Lalor Yasir Hussain |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of the college decision-making process for students with disabilities by listening to their perceptions of factors that influenced their decisions related to attending postsecondary education. A semi-structured interview was used to provide descriptive evidence from 20 college-going high school students with disabilities. Content analysis was utilized to evaluate the data collected. The results suggest that the factors influencing the college decision-making process of students without disabilities also influence the decision-making process of students with disabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-55db13153d734cebb701e23b5ccddbaa2025-08-20T03:24:36ZengMDPI AGDisabilities2673-72722025-04-01523610.3390/disabilities5020036Factors Influencing the College Decision-Making Process for Students with DisabilitiesStefania D. Petcu0Kathleen J. Marshall1Dalun Zhang2Adam R. Lalor3Yasir Hussain4Kansas University Center on Disabilities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USADepartment of Educational and Developmental Science, College of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USADepartment of Educational Psychology, School of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USACenter for Neurodiversity, Landmark College, Putney, VT 05346, USADepartment of English, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 15320, PakistanThe purpose of this study is to increase understanding of the college decision-making process for students with disabilities by listening to their perceptions of factors that influenced their decisions related to attending postsecondary education. A semi-structured interview was used to provide descriptive evidence from 20 college-going high school students with disabilities. Content analysis was utilized to evaluate the data collected. The results suggest that the factors influencing the college decision-making process of students without disabilities also influence the decision-making process of students with disabilities.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7272/5/2/36decision-making processstudents with disabilitiestransitionpostsecondary education |
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| title | Factors Influencing the College Decision-Making Process for Students with Disabilities |
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| title_short | Factors Influencing the College Decision-Making Process for Students with Disabilities |
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| topic | decision-making process students with disabilities transition postsecondary education |
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