Management factors influencing educational access for students with learning disabilities.
Students with learning disabilities have entered colleges and universities in increasing numbers. At the same time, nursing educators have worked to integrate students with learning disabilities into nursing programs by developing policies that affected legislation compliance, nursing practice, and...
| Published in: | Management Factors Influencing Educational Access for Students With Learning Disabilities pp. 208 p - 209 |
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| Format: | research Doctoral Dissertation |
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Georgia Southern University
1999
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