Predicting and Optimizing Retention and Graduation of Students with Disabilities

What factors promote the retention and graduation of students with disabilities? Ten years of data from an urban comprehensive four-year university were analyzed using quantitative statistical tests and informed by the relevant research literature to answer the research question and develop a possible model for prediction and intervention. Find out how you can analyze your own site's data and improve academic success for these students.

Outcomes: Understand challenges that students with disabilities have to face in higher ed * Identify positive and at-risk factors that impact the academic success of students with disabilities * Set up and analyze data about students with disabilities to optimize their academic success