Nord, Derek

This article highlights the importance of postsecondary education for young adults with disabilities. It notes the increasing demand for postsecondary qualifications in growing career fields and the earnings gap among education levels. Additionally, this article discusses the importance of not only access to postsecondary education for students with disabilities, but also persistence and program completion. 

Article includes sidebar, Postsecondary Education: A National Priority.

This special issue of Impact explores what we know, and what we still need to know, about what works to support increased participation of students with disabilities, especially those with intellectual disabilities, in postsecondary education and why that participation is important.