[rehab] Research and Academic Professionals Meeting in Orlando

[Dick Davis]

Hi,

I wonder if it would be useful to do a study of blind college students to
see if they are disproportionately steered into liberal arts programs by
college admissions offices because of their blindness.  And
disproportionately steered away from more hands-on career programs or
programs in which liability could be considered an issue.

Also the proportion of blind baccalaureate and master's degree program
graduates with no prior work experience, and the kind of jobs they got
after graduation.

And if there is any correlation between degree of remaining vision or lack
thereof and college or career choices by blind students.

Dick Davis, Chair
NFB employment Committee

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Research and Academic Professionals Meeting



The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute's Research
Advisory Council invites interested individuals to discuss topics for
research, publication in the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research
(JBIR), and to share ideas for increasing the research and academic
presence of the NFB.
Learn about the efforts of the Jernigan Institute to help guide and shape
research that impacts blind persons, and find ways you can participate.
Edward Bell, Arielle Silverman, and Lou Ann Blake, coordinators.





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