TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Evaluation of a program of university placement for spinal cord injured rehabilitation clients in Louisiana
JO  - Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society
A1  - Stewart, Gregory W.
A1  - Lawrence, David Williams
SP  - 331
EP  - 333
VL  - 149
IS  - 9
N2  - The Louisiana State Department of Social Services, Rehabilitation Services (LRS) offers a program of financial support for spinal cord injured persons to attend college. We evaluated this program's effectiveness and attempted to identify factors that may predict student success. We examined the LRS case records of all students with documented SCI who had enrolled in the LRS college program before 1988. We compared the proportion of LRS clients who graduated with the proportion of general population students attending the same schools. We measured the association between graduation and factors that may help predict success. Of the 51 LRS clients studied, 25 (49%) graduated from baccalaureate institutions within 6 years. Of Louisiana students-at-large who attended the colleges that housed LRS students, 36% of those graduated within 6 years. The best predictor of success was the American College Test score. All students with a score of 17 or more graduated. A larger proportion of LRS-sponsored students graduated than did students from the general population.
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SN  - 0024-6921
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -