Funding Sources for Visually Impaired Students in Higher Education

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 472-476
Author(s):  
M. Traber

Update of a summary of financial aid programs available from national blindness agencies, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. Application procedures and contact addresses are listed.

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
Robin L. Tannenbaum

Summarizes financial aid programs available from national blindness agencies, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. Application procedures and contact addresses are listed.


Author(s):  
Deondra Rose

Chapter 6 examines the effectiveness of federal financial aid policies in expanding women’s access to higher education and the social and economic building blocks of full citizenship. While the GI Bill significantly expanded men’s access to college, it offered very little support for women interested in pursuing college degrees. Subsequently enacted financial aid programs promoted greater gender equality in socioeconomic status by increasing the probability that women would attain advanced levels of education. By making college more affordable, increasing the amount of time that students can devote to academic work, and promoting undergraduate degree completion, student financial aid programs constitute central mechanisms by which US lawmakers have supported equal social citizenship for women and men. By significantly increasing women’s access to college degrees and the social and economic benefits that are associated with higher education, landmark higher education policies have supported women’s full incorporation into American society.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Anjum Khan ◽  
Raichel M Sylus

The present paper identifies ‘poor English skills’ among visually impaired students as one of the most drastic challenges at the higher education level. It attempts to cogitate on the factors which pave the way for this stark condition. To analyze the causes for this stipulation, two relevant case studies are furnished. An appraisal of these cases facilitates in understanding the downside of the existing systems in schools. The magnitude of the problem advocates intervention at the basic and early levels.


Author(s):  
Tiago Pereira ◽  
Fábio Alexandre Borges

ResumoNeste trabalho discutimos alguns aspectos apresentados por estudantes com deficiência visual quanto às suas respectivas escolarizações inclusivas enfocando a disciplina de matemática. Foram entrevistados quatro sujeitos, atuais acadêmicos no ensino superior, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, que foram norteadas por um roteiro de perguntas construído com subsídios de uma revisão bibliográfica anterior. Na análise, empregamos os pressupostos da análise de conteúdo, e para expormos nossos resultados, utilizamos categorias elencadas por meio das convergências existentes nas falas dos entrevistados. As categorias identificadas foram: a diferenciação docente de conteúdos e atividades escolares entre estudantes com deficiência visual e videntes; o desconhecimento docente das necessidades educativas do aluno com deficiência visual; negligências/omissões docentes no ensino de estudantes com deficiência visual, incluso quanto aos seus aprendizados; tentativas isoladas de apoio docente como reflexo da falta de um trabalho coletivo escolar mais amplo.Palavras-chave: Deficiência visual, Ensino de matemática inclusivo, Narrativas de estudantes.AbstractIn this paper, we discuss some aspects presented by visually impaired students about their inclusive schooling focusing on mathematics. Four subjects, current higher education students, answered semi-structured interviews we prepared guided by a script of questions constructed with subsidies from a previous bibliographic review. In the analysis, we used the assumptions of content analysis, and to expose our results, we used categories listed through the convergences existing in the statements of the respondents. The categories identified were: the teaching differentiation of school content and activities between visually impaired and sighted students; the teachers' lack of knowledge of the educational needs of the visually impaired student; negligence/omissions in teaching visually impaired students, including their learning; isolated attempts at teaching support as a reflection of the lack of broader collective school work.Keywords: Visual impairment, Teaching of inclusive mathematics, Narratives of students.ResumenEn este artículo se discuten algunos aspectos presentados por estudiantes con discapacidad visual sobre su escolarización inclusiva con enfoque en matemáticas. Cuatro sujetos, estudiantes actuales de educación superior, respondieron entrevistas semiestructuradas que preparamos basados en un guión de preguntas construido con subsidios de una revisión bibliográfica previa. En el análisis, usamos los supuestos del análisis de contenido, y para exponer nuestros resultados, usamos categorías listadas a través de las convergencias existentes en las declaraciones de los encuestados. Las categorías identificadas fueron: la diferenciación docente del contenido y las actividades escolares entre estudiantes con discapacidad visual y con videntes; el desconocimiento de los profesores sobre las necesidades educativas del alumno con discapacidad visual; negligencia / omisiones en la enseñanza de estudiantes con discapacidad visual, incluido su aprendizaje; intentos aislados de apoyo a la enseñanza como reflejo de la falta de un trabajo escolar colectivo más amplio.Palabras clave: Discapacidad visual, Enseñanza inclusiva de las matemáticas, narrativas de estudiantes.


1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 482-484
Author(s):  
E.M. Haugann

A sample of 40 visually impaired college students and older people were surveyed to determine areas for improvement in the educational system for visually impaired people in Norway. The survey found a strong need for career counseling services offering a wider range of occupations. Many of the respondents saw the need for a more diversified curriculum, ensuring a smoother transition from high school to college.


Author(s):  
Michael K. McLendon ◽  
David A. Tandberg ◽  
Nicholas W. Hillman

Some states invest relatively heavily in financial aid programs that benefit lower-income citizens, while other states concentrate their investment in programs that benefit students from higher-income backgrounds. States also vary in their levels of direct appropriations to campuses, a form of public subsidy that has long been viewed as benefitting middle-income citizens. What factors influence states to allocate higher education subsidies in a more or a less redistributive manner? This article reports on a study that examined sources of variation in state spending on need-based aid, merit-based aid, and appropriations over the period 1990–2010. Findings document relationships among spending patterns and structural and political conditions of states, indicating a “trade-off” between spending on merit- and need-based aid; as states invest more in the former, they reduce spending on the latter. We also show that the presence of a Republican governor and the strength of Republican representation in statehouses each is associated with increased state spending on need-based financial aid. Our results further show that increased wealth is positively associated with state spending on merit-based financial aid programs and state appropriations for higher education, but not need-based financial aid. We also find distinctive patterns of state support for higher education depending on the degree of centralization of a state’s governance arrangement for higher education; namely, the presence of a highly centralized structure is associated with decreased spending on merit-based aid programs and increased state appropriations to colleges and universities.


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