ICCTE ConferenceResponding to God’s Call to Serve:

Achieving the Educational Challenges of this Decade

May 23-26, 2012

Greg RichardsonAzusa Pacific University

• Statement of the Problem• The Purpose• Review of the Literature• Conclusion• Recommendation

Low attainment of postsecondary degreesInadequate supports for special needs students

The research purpose is to explore the differences in postsecondary academic outcomes

of students with special needs

who receive appropriate supports and

those who do not.

• Educational Attainment• Historical Inequities in Higher Education• Higher Education in the 21st Century• Social Justice• Societal and Cultural Insensitivities

• Advantages of Higher Learning• Intellectual property• Acquisition of wealth

• Federal Legislation• IDEA and NCLB• IEPs

• Increases in High School Completion Rates• Students with disabilities

• Awareness of Higher Learning• Opportunity• Equitable systems

Rights of Passage

• The European University System• The Trivium• The Quadrivium

• Medieval scholars• Clergymen and thinkers• Aristotle’s philosophies

Colonial Colleges

• Equity in Higher Education • College establishments• Individualized development

• John Hancock• Unalienable rights• Rights of passage

• Collegiate Education• Community Value• Clergyman or Commerce

Clientele• Upper social strata• Women and other minorities• Students with disabilities

Demand and Supply

The Value of Equity in Societal Concerns

• Students with Special Needs Acquiring Degrees• Opportunity• Accessibility

• Moving Beyond Opportunity to Equity• Defining Equity• Equitable Systems in HE

• Landmark Legal Cases• Unequal Outcomes• Accommodations

The Value of Equity in Societal Concerns

• When Justice Exists in the Academy• Fairness and Justice• The First Virtue

• The Law• Equity

• Social Scales in the Academy• Higher Learning Acquisition• Proficiency Demonstration

• Two Dimensions of Equity• Fairness• Inclusion

The Philosophical Roots of Equity

• Locke and Rousseau• Kant

• Transitioning from Secondary to Postsecondary• Justice and Equality• Cardinal Virtues• The Disposition of Virtue• Justice in the Scriptures• Three Kinds of Justice• Transitioning from…

Internal Justice to Social Justice

• The Values of Social Justice• Teleological Causation• Moving from Moral Rightness to Social

Rightness• The HE Classroom

• Issues That Arise for Special Needs Students• Cultural Deficits• Fairness

• The ‘60s Civil Rights Movement• Equity from a HE Platform• Self-identification in HE

• HE Support Services• HE Academic Delivery Systems

The future for students with special needs in the academy is bright. However, it is

important to implement diverse services for special needs students to increase their

postsecondary academic successes

Map the future by providing:•S = Self-efficacy development initiatives•U = Underrepresented change agents•P = Professors and Para-educator advocates•P = Peer collaborations•O = Organizational involvements•R = Resiliency agents during turbulent times•T = Tenacity coaching

(Copy write 2012, Gregory Richardson)

When the appropriate support is provided for students who have special needs we will see more academic degrees attained, and more innovative societal contributions made like those provided by:

Dr. Temple Grandin

&

Dr. Steven Hawking

Contact the presenter for the list of references

Gregory Richardson

Azusa Pacific University, HDRC

15283 Pahute Avenue

Victorville, CA 92395

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