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Disabilities and Degrees: Identifying Health Impairments that Predict Lower Chances of College Enrollment and Graduation in a Nationally Representative Sample.

Janet E Rosenbaum
Published in: Community college review (2018)
Stigmatized health conditions may disproportionately reduce educational attainment by impacting students' social integration in community college. Improved awareness may reduce the impact of unconscious stigma. Until four-year colleges improve accommodations, students with activity restrictions may benefit by earning degrees at community college before transferring to four-year institutions.
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