Attitudes as a predictor of college students requesting accommodations

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Barnard Brak, Lucy ^a   Davis, Tonya ^a   Tate, Allison ^a   Sulak, Tracey ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations in higher education; College students with disabilities; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 77649324730     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JVR-2009-0488     Document Type: Article

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