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Samantha Rohrbaugh
Sarah Weitzel
10/14/15
1. Full citation Peña, E. V. (2014). Marginalization of published scholarship on students
with disabilities in higher education journals. Journal of College Student Development
55(1), 30-40. Doi: 10.1353/csd.2014.0006
2. Abstract While numbers of students with disabilities continue to rise in postsecondary
education, little is known about the extent to which the scholarship on this student
population has kept pace. A critical content analysis was conducted to review articles on
students with disabilities published in top-tier journals of higher education between 1990
and 2010. Topical and methodological trends and limitations were examined, revealing
that the depth and breadth of research on students with disabilities is vastly limited in
mainstream journals of higher education. Recommendations are made for future research
to fill gaps in methodology and topic areas.
3. Summary
a. Purpose of study to explain the discourse of context and practices in literature
about higher education researchers and practitioners since passing the Americans
With Disabilities Act in 1990.
i. Research questions
1. In what ways is research about students with disabilities
represented in the four top-tier, peer-reviewed research journals of
higher education, published from 1990 to 2010?
2. How has this representation changed from 1990 to 2010?
3. What is missing from the discourse on students with disabilities in
these journals?
b. Framework