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From Pilot to Permanent: A Case Study of the Institutionalization of a Grant-Funded Transition Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in a Public Research Institution in the Midwest of the United States

Kavulic, Michael A
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1408-2831
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1491735132473102

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2017, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
This qualitative intrinsic case study explored the institutionalization of a Transition and Postsecondary Education for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID) grant-funded program into a public four-year university in the Midwestern U.S. The study employed an ecological framework, and analyzed interview data from program stakeholders and artifacts associated with the program’s institutionalization. The findings of this study suggested that program stakeholders sparked and fueled institutionalization because of their personal connections to disability and through their passion driven efforts and powerful stories. Institutional and program context also played critical roles in program institutionalization. These contextual elements included: student and parental influence; the institution’s history, priority of diversity, and profile; and the program funding model and options. Finally, the institutionalization process appeared to construct and galvanize components of the program’s identity including its role as change agent and system disruptor.
Susan Iverson, Ed.D (Committee Co-Chair)
Stephen Thomas, Ed.D (Committee Co-Chair)
Alicia Crowe, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jason McGlothlin, Ph.D. (Other)
252 p.
Education; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration; Special Education
TPSID Grant, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disability, Institutionalization, Intrinsic Case Study

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  • Kavulic, M. A. (2017). From Pilot to Permanent: A Case Study of the Institutionalization of a Grant-Funded Transition Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in a Public Research Institution in the Midwest of the United States [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1491735132473102

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kavulic, Michael. From Pilot to Permanent: A Case Study of the Institutionalization of a Grant-Funded Transition Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in a Public Research Institution in the Midwest of the United States. 2017. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1491735132473102.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kavulic, Michael. "From Pilot to Permanent: A Case Study of the Institutionalization of a Grant-Funded Transition Program for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in a Public Research Institution in the Midwest of the United States." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1491735132473102

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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