Students with Disabilities at Postsecondary Institutions

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During the 12-month 2008–09 academic year, 88 percent of 2-year and 4-year Title IV degree-granting postsecondary institutions reported enrolling students with disabilities. Students with Disabilities at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions, a First Look from the Postsecondary Education Quick Information System (PEQIS) provides national data about students with disabilities, the services and accommodations provided to these students, how institutions identify students with disabilities and track their enrollment, institutional policies regarding disabled students, and various aspects of institutional accessibility. Key findings include:

• Institutions reported enrolling approximately 707,000 students with disabilities in the 12-month 2008–09 academic year.

• Among institutions that enrolled students with disabilities during the 2008–09 academic year, 93 percent provided additional exam time as an accommodation to students with disabilities and 71 percent provided alternative exam formats.

• Large percentages of institutions also provided classroom notetakers (77 percent), faculty-provided written course notes or assignments (72 percent), help with learning strategies or study skills (72 percent), and adaptive equipment and technology (70 percent) during the 2008–09 academic year.