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Study finds increase in online graduate programs due to traditional classroom ableism
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30149
Subject(s) - ableism , phoenix , stigma (botany) , online learning , medical education , psychology , mathematics education , learning disabled , graduate students , pedagogy , sociology , computer science , learning disability , medicine , multimedia , developmental psychology , metropolitan area , pathology , psychiatry , anthropology
A study conducted by two researchers, Susana Verdinelli of Walden University and Debbi Kutner of the University of Phoenix, has found that many students with disabilities or learning disorders enroll in online classes or at online institutions to avoid the stigma (real or perceived) found in traditional classrooms. The study was launched to investigate the growing increase in disabled students enrolling in online graduate programs. However, recent research has also indicated that while online enrollment is up among disabled students, completion rates are decreasing. The study sought to understand why disabled students were increasingly drawn to online programs, as well as identify some of the factors that promoted persistence in the program.