Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Exploring the Lived Experiences of College Students Who Do Not Request Accommodations

<p>For this phenomenological study, thirteen participants from two private universities, located in the western region of the United States shared their lived experiences of being a college student who does not request accommodations. The author used recursive analysis to analyze qualitative data from semistructured interviews. Initial codes were combined to create interconnected families of codes. A second level of analysis resulted in seven spaces in which participants described their lived experiences. Findings suggest participants experience various tensions, ranging from incompatible options to competing perspectives, as they negotiate their identify and environment. including the principle of opportunity cost. Recommendations for college administrators and faculty, including Universal Design in higher education are included.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Reid, Denise P.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dianne Ferguson
• Dawn Hunter
• Michael Madrid
• Jason McAlexander

• College Students with Disabilities
• Accommodations
• Disclosure
• Disability Passing
• Opportunity Cost
• Accessibility
• Disability and Equity in Education
• Higher Education
• Higher Education Administration
• Other Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/ces_dissertations/1

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.chapman.edu:ces_dissertations-1000