Employment Status of 53 Handicapped College Graduates

Abstract

Of 57 students who graduated between November, 1961, and June, 1965, and who were also served by the University's Disabled Student's Office, 53 or 93% responded in a follow-up. Of the 53, 52 or 98% were engaged in various occupations. The 19 handicapped graduates of the 1964–65 class moved directly into employment with no time lapse, but the 33 earlier graduates (one was still unemployed) required a mean of 2.5 mo. to find jobs. Two principal reasons probably accounted for this difference. First, the 1964–65 class graduated at a time when the national and state economies were booming. And second, the 1964–65 graduates had had the full benefit of the university's vocational planning and personal counseling.