Vocational outcomes of university-educated persons: A comparison of persons with and without disabilities

Historically, persons with disabilities have suffered from employment discrimination, yielding significant differences between persons with and without disabilities in acquisition of important benefits including: full-time and/or part-time employment, equal income, health and retirement benefits, and promotion opportunities. Amelioration of these differences is of significant importance to helping professionals, particularly social workers, who are concerned with advocating for the equity and equality of opportunity for all persons suffering from the negative effects of discrimination. The Social Work profession seeks to facilitate a satisfactory person-in-environment fit for the disenfranchised, no matter the rationale for disparate treatment. Current research suggests that acquisition of education serves as a crucial factor in minimizing employment discrepancies between persons with and without disabilities. The literature documents that as individuals with disabilities acquire high school and junior college-level education, the differences between their employment circumstances and those of persons without disabilities diminishes. Studies have not examined the impact of a bachelor's or graduate education on employment outcomes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Broadbent, Emer Dean

Contributors dc:contributor

• Adamek, Margaret

• Psychology, Social
• Social Work
• Education, Vocational

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Broadbent, Emer Dean

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591197457
AAI9712204
(UMI)AAI9712204

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21860