In this chapter, we describe the current state of theory and research related to the higher
education experiences of students with disabilities. It begins with a review of the legal and …

Despite rapid growth in the numbers of students with disabilities enrolling in higher
education, there is limited research about their experiences in colleges and universities, and …

In this article, we synthesize existing theory-to-practice approaches within the student affairs
literature to arrive at a new model that incorporates formal and informal theory, institutional …

Though the number of interdisciplinary undergraduate programs has increased rapidly over
the past several decades, little empirical research has characterized such programs. In this …

STEM majors offer pathways to lucrative careers but are often inaccessible to first-
generation students. Using data from the Education Longitudinal Study, we conducted …

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways can be both
lucrative and transformative in regard to social change (eg, Christensen, Knezek, & Tyler …

Empirical studies have concluded that rural students experience lower rates of college
enrollment and degree completion compared to their nonrural peers, but this literature …

In this chapter, the authors critically review the current state of quantitative research on
college students with disabilities and examine the exclusion of this marginalized population …

This chapter, like this book, begins from the simple premise that students' choices and
behaviors in college matter to their success (Astin, 1993; Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh, & Whitt, 2005; …

In an action-based grounded theory project, the authors collected data from 31 student
affairs professionals. During seven focus groups, practitioners described feeling …