PPD: Factors Contributing to Success in Recruitment, Retention, & Employment of Eng., Sci., & Computer Sci., Undergraduates & Grad. with Dis. at the Inst. of

9353085 Seymour这项研究旨在确定和检查个人和环境因素，这些因素支持或阻碍了残疾学生进入科学、数学、工程和计算机科学的学术课程和职业。调查旨在确定为什么明尼苏达大学技术学院在这些学科和职业的残疾学生的招聘、保留和安置方面特别成功。将努力区分来自社区内部的因素和来自研究所或大学的结构和文化的因素。调查方法基于民族志技术。这项研究将借鉴在该研究所注册的残疾学生和以前的残疾学生的累积经验、反思和建议。50名全日制科学、数学、工程或计算机科学专业的大三和大四学生将被邀请参加焦点小组讨论。此外，还将对该研究所20名已成功就业的残疾毕业生进行面试。逐字抄本将输入计算机程序，以协助确定反复出现的主题，这些主题随后将用于建立一个领域和假设系统。然后，研究人员将制定一套关于四年制机构、大学预科教育系统、雇主和其他社区实体可以采取的行动的优先建议，以鼓励残疾人进入这些学科和职业。＊＊＊

9353085 Seymour The study is designed to identify and examine personal and environmental factors that have supported or discouraged students with Disabilities in entering academic programs and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and computer science. The investigation seeks to determine why the University of Minnesota's Institute os Technology has been particularly successful in the recruitment, retention, and placement of its students with disabilities in these disciplines and careers. Efforts will be made to distinguish between the factors that originate within the community and those that derive from the structure and culture of the Institute or University. The method of inquiry is based on ethnographic techniques. The study will draw on the cumulative experience, reflections, and recommendations of students and former students with disabilities who have enrolled in the Institute. Fifty juniors and seniors enrolled as full-time students in science, mathematics, engineering, or computer science will be invited to participate in focus group discussions. An additional 20 recent graduates of the institute who have disabilities now successfully employed in their careers, will be interviewed. Verbatim transcripts will be entered into a computer program designed to assist in identifying recurrent themes which subsequently will be used in building a system of domains and hypotheses. The researcher will then develop a set of prioritized recommendations concerning actions that can be taken by 4-year institutions, pre-college educational systems, employers, and other community-based entities to encourage people with disabilities to enter these disciplines and careers. ***