Social Justice of University Faculty: A Predictor of Attitude toward Students with Disabilities and Willingness to Accommodate

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Main Author:	Busch, Carey L.
Language:	English
Published:	Ohio University / OhioLINK 2015
Subjects:	Counseling Education Higher Education social justice disability postsecondary education faculty attitude toward disability accommodations counselor education faculty willingness to accommodate
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1448880330

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou14488803302021-08-03T06:34:09Z Social Justice of University Faculty: A Predictor of Attitude toward Students with Disabilities and Willingness to Accommodate Busch, Carey L. Counseling Education Higher Education social justice disability postsecondary education faculty attitude toward disability accommodations counselor education faculty willingness to accommodate Increasing numbers of students with disabilities enrolling in postsecondary education combined with the mandate for institutions of higher education to successfully retain and graduate students necessitate an enhanced understanding of factors that may help or hinder the success of students with disabilities. Students with disabilities have reported negative impacts from subtle negative faculty attitudes and inconsistency in the implementation of reasonable accommodations. Thus it is important to understand factors that impact faculty attitude towards students with disabilities and their willingness to implement accommodations. Over the past decade there has also been increasing recognition that social justice advocacy is an essential component to the profession of counseling as well as increasing acknowledgement of the role of social justice in promoting full inclusion of people from traditionally underrepresented groups, including persons with disabilities. The purpose of the current study with 178 participants was to investigate faculty attitudes related to disability in postsecondary education. The study specifically sought to understand to what extent social justice attitudes contribute to understanding faculty willingness to provide accommodations and attitude toward students with disabilities after controlling for several covariates. Additionally, the study evaluated the extent to which social justice attitudes were correlated with faculty knowledge of disability law. Participants were faculty at a large public university in the mid-west. Through regression analysis, it was determined that social justice attitude accounted for 10.6% of unique variance (p < .001) in faculty willingness to accommodate after controlling for covariates. Results showed that social justice attitude does not significantly account for variations in faculty attitude toward students with disabilities and that social justice attitude is not related to knowledge of disability law. A discussion of these results and their implication for practice and future research in higher education, counseling, and counselor education are presented. 2015 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1448880330 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1448880330 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Social Justice of University Faculty: A Predictor of Attitude toward Students with Disabilities and Willingness to Accommodate

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