Open AccessDiscovering factors influencing study success of students with disabilities and learning difficulties in an interview study
Author(s) -
Anett Hrabéczy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta medicinae et sociologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2559-866X
pISSN - 2062-0284
DOI - 10.19055/ams.2019.10/28/3
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , higher education , context (archaeology) , psychology , success factors , pedagogy , medical education , political science , public relations , business , medicine , geography , engineering , archaeology , law , mechanical engineering , business administration
The focus of our research is on students with disabilities defined by the current National Higher Education Act in Hungary. The actuality of the topic is that after the millennium, due to the expansion of higher education, the above-mentioned students appeared at universities, but regulations dealing with their presence in Hungary were laid down as late as 2007. Earlier researches have studied the accessibility and inclusive practices of the institutions internationally and in Hungary, but only little attention has been paid to these students’ chances of acquisition and retention to higher education. Equal opportunities in higher education appear to be an important supporting factor in our research however, the overall social context of the individual has a great influence on successful entry and graduation. A further research opportunity, a deeper, more extensive quantitative study of the institutional presence of students with disabilities and the factors contributing to their learning success is emerging.