Marginalization of Published Scholarship on Students With Disabilities in Higher Education Journals
@article{Pea2014MarginalizationOP, title={Marginalization of Published Scholarship on Students With Disabilities in Higher Education Journals}, author={Edlyn Vallejo Pe{\~n}a}, journal={Journal of College Student Development}, year={2014}, volume={55}, pages={30 - 40} }
While numbers of students with disabilities continue to rise in postsecondary education, little is known about the extent to which the scholarship on this student population has kept pace. A critical content analysis was conducted to review articles on students with disabilities published in top-tier journals of higher education between 1990 and 2010. Topical and methodological trends and limitations were examined, revealing that the depth and breadth of research on students with disabilities…
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