Lynn Newman

Identifying promising programs, policies, and interventions that can improve outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing students during and after high school remains a challenge for researchers and practitioners. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers would benefit from an improved understanding of the kinds of instructional programs and settings, learning supports, supplemental and related services, and accommodations that can improve the high school and post-high school outcomes of deaf a...

Students with disabilities face significant obstacles in making successful transitions to college. Not only do students with disabilities continue to face challenges to learning as they move into college, only 28 percent of postsecondary students with disabilities disclose their disabilities to their colleges, and thus may not receive the types of supports they received in the K-12 system. Previous research has demonstrated that college interventions designed to help at-risk students in the ...

Identifying promising programs, policies, and interventions that can improve outcomes for students with disabilities during and after high school remains a challenge for researchers and practitioners. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers would benefit from an improved understanding of the kinds of instructional programs and settings, learning supports, supplemental and related services, and accommodations can improve the high school and post-high school academic engagement and achiev...