[Athen] numbers of disabled students in higher ed

[Gaeir Dietrich]

The California community colleges have quite extensive statistics on their
disabled student population. See the Data Mart on the Chancellor's Office
Web site:

https://misweb.cccco.edu/mis/onlinestat/programs.cfm

Historically, the numbers have run around 5-10% of the students in the CCCs
have a disability. Here is the date for the 2007-2008 school year:

https://misweb.cccco.edu/mis/onlinestat/Programs_rpt.cfm?RequestTimeout=500

In a nutshell, for 2007-2008, there were a total of 2,791,626 students in
the CCC system, and there were 102,700 who reported some sort of disability.
That works out to about 4% of all students, which is actually a bit on the
low side for us.

Statistics that I have seen for four-year institutions put their numbers
down below 1%.

Hope this helps!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
www.htctu.net
408-996-6043
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The HTCTU provides leadership, training, and support to the California
Community Colleges in using technology to promote the success of students
with disabilities.
-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Kenneth Elkind
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 7:19 AM
To: athen at athenpro.org
Subject: Re: [Athen] numbers of disabled students in higher ed

Although not able to find Norms request for number of disabled students
in higher education statistics.  I did find some interesting data
regarding to employment for individuals with disabilities.

I thought you might be interested.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm



 Kenneth Elkind
Adaptive Technology Specialist
University of Massachusetts - Boston
IT-ED Tech Operations
Healey Library /UL/ 032
617-287-5243
Kenneth.Elkind at umb.edu



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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:23:23 -0700
From: Prof Norm Coombs <norm.coombs at gmail.com>
Subject: [Athen] Disabled student stats
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Looking for recent stats on numbers of disabled students in higher ed 
either total numbers or better total with some break-down.

I have always found Google answering almost all my questions but not
this 
time.  Actually I ought to have this info on my computer but can't find
it.

Spent 3-4 hours and now I am confessing my ignorance and asking for help

especially if you have a citation too.

Norm



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