| Description |
xi, 234 pages ; 23 cm |
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1. Disability services in Australian universities / Des Power -- 2. "A fair go" - the impact of the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) on tertiary education in Australia / Jenny Shaw -- 3. Supporting students with disabilities in Belgium / Myriam Van Acker -- 4. Policy and provision of support services in Canadian universities / Joan Wolforth -- 5. Canadian universities: the status of persons with disabilities / David A. Leitch -- 6. Students with disabilities in higher education in Finland / Liisa Laitinen -- 7. Students with disabilities in German higher education / Renate Langweg-Berhorster -- 8. Disabled university students in Greece / Despina Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou -- 9. Disabled students and higher education in Ireland / Carmel O'Sullivan -- 10. Including students with disabilities in higher education in Lithuania / Adolfus Juodraitis and Juozas Petrusevicius -- 11. Students with disabilities in the Netherlands / Willem Temmink and Piet Vriens |
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12. Supporting students with disabilities in the Slovak Republic / Elena Mendelova -- 13. Students with disabilities in higher education in Spain / Maria Pilar Sarto Martin -- 14. Students with disabilities and learning difficulties in higher education in Sweden / Majken Wahlstrom -- 15. Students with disabilities and learning difficulties in higher education in the United Kingdom / Alan Hurst -- 16. Disability awareness-raising and disability awareness-training in higher education in the United Kingdom / Alan Hurst -- 17. Higher education and disability in the United States of America: the context, a comprehensive model, and current issues / Betty Aune -- 18. Serving students with disabilities in higher education in the United States of America / Cheryl T. Saucier and Gayle V. Gagliano -- 19. Students with disabilities and international exchanges / Alan Hurst |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
College students with disabilities -- Services for -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Education, Higher -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Students with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
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People with disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Higher education and state -- Cross-cultural studies.
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People with disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Hurst, Alan, 1944-
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| LC no. |
98071960 |
| ISBN |
1859725082 |
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