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GEST
Percept
ionsofGIBi l
lreci
pient
s
Wit
hdi sabil
it
iesofScience,Technol
ogy,
Engineering,
andMat h( STEM)asavi abl
e
Careerchoice

NAMEMI
ADO,
JoshuaP. Dat
eSubmi
tt
edApr
il17,
2021

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atementsar
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I NTRODUCTI
ON SCORE

1.Giventhetopi
c,whatar
ea The r esear
ch gap i
s i nsuff
ici
ency i n 3pt
s.
i
st he“gap”orl
east studi
es i n taki
ng t
he STEM cour se
explor
ed? veter
ans student
s wi
th disabi
lit
ies than
anothercourse t
hati
s mor er eliabl
et o
them.

2.Whatisthest
udy Itst
udiesser
v i
ceski
ll
stovet
eranstudent
s 3pt
s.
i
nvesti
gati
ng(r
esear
ch withdi
sabil
it
iesint
akingaSTEM coursei
n
pr
oblem)? coll
ege.

3.List3i nf
or mat
ion(bul
let
-  Element af fect i
ng t he int erest,
style)intheint
roducti
on enroll
ment , per for mance and 9pt
s.
thaty oufindmost retentionoft akingcour seofSTEM
relevant/
important? programs i n college among wi th
disabilit
iescompar edt orecipients
outofdi sabi
li
ti
es.
 CollegesandUni versiti
esshoul dbe
under stood ofwhati sdefinitet o
this popul at
ion needs and v it
ality
are.
 College degr ees can f urnish
expect ation,
obj ecti
v e,andnov iti
ate
foramor eproduct iveandf ruitful
storyasast udentorci vi
li
an.

I
I.METHOD

4.Whataret
heimport
ant Thet
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nesur
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. 5pt
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speci
fi
csoft
hetool
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5.I
ny ourownwor ds,how  Thesur veywasconduct ed onli
ne 10pt
s.
wast hedatagathered? viaemai l
(Li
stthesummar ized  The sur vey was conduct ed by a
processinbul
let-
style) universi
ty and t he respondents
wer eveteransbyquestionnair
e.
 The sur v ey was distri
buted v i
a
emai lt o mi li
tar
y peopl e with
disabil
it
ies who had exper i
ence
takingthecour sefor5mont hs.
 Thesur veytakes10mi nutes.
 Afterthesur veyar aff
lewasgi ven
tot hosewhoanswer edt hesurvey
correctl
y

6.Howwast hedat
a Thedatawasanal yzedusingcomput at
ion 5pt
s.
anal
yzedori
nter
pret
ed? of statist
ics to sol ve f requenci
es,
per
centages,andcentr
altendenci
es.

Theanal y
sisincl
udev ar
iet
yoff i
lt
ersto
comparev ari
ousgrouptoanothergroup.
Alsocrosstabstoexaminethepatt
ernof
group.
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II
. FI
NDI
NGS(
IFQUALI
)RESULTS(
IFQUANTI
)

7.Basedont heresear
ch Thev eter
anwithdi
sabil
i
tiest
hatthei
r
problem identi
fi
ed,what healt
hconditi
onspert
aintothei
rmental 5pt
s
i
s/arethef indi
ng/s conditi
onstotakeaSTEM coursein
(r
esult/s)andimportant col
legebasedonsur v
ey 15pts
explanati
onand (f
or
corroborati
on? Expl
anation: explanat
ion)
Undert
hei rcondi
ti
onitwasnot icedthat
al
mostint hesurveyweredisabili
ti
esin 15pts.
mentalhealthori
nt hecondi
tion. (f
or
cor
roborat
ion)
Therefore,
thisisnotamazi ngont hei
r
conditi
onthisarement al
healt
h
conditi
ons,orthopedicinj
uri
es,
PTSD, andhear i
ngimpai r
ments,areall
sti
pulati
oninthev eteranpopulat
ion.

Ther esultofr
eci
pientswithdisabil
it
ies
beingattendedinhighereducationintwo-
fouryearcompar eto71per centwithout
disabil
it
iestoatt
endt wotof ouryears.

Thi
sdisabi
l
iti
eswi
thmental
condit
ions
wastaki
ngSTEM cour
secol
lege
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accordi
nginsurveyal
most41per
cent
taki
ngthiscour
se.

Thi sknowledgeleakageef f
ort
st ar
geti
ng
veteranstudentswit
hdi sabi
li
ti
esmay
wheedl emajorparti
cipati
onindisabi
li
ty
accommodat i
onservices.

Corroborati
onsincl
ude:
Civ
il
ianLife-
Coll
egedegreecanprovi
de
hope,purposeandtrai
ningwaytosuccess
i
nciv i
l
ianli
fe(Tr
auth,Joshi
andGraham
2014).

STEM maj ors-AccordingtoLee(

2011),
Studentwithdisabil
i
tiesaremoreli
kel
yto
chooseSTEM maj or
sr athert
hanwit
hout
disabi
li
ti
es.

STEM r el
at ed-Havinghighlevel
sofsel
f-
eff
icacy ,
per si
stence,ti
memanagement
andgoal setti
ngskill
sinservedSTEM
rel
atedmi l
itar
y(Vance,2015;Zoli
,Maur
y,
&Fay ,2015) .

Studentwit
hdisabil
i
ties-St
udentswit
h
disabi
li
ti
esareenrol
ledincoll
egethei
rli
fe
canbesuccess( Ki
m &Lee, 2015).

Veter
ans-Veter
answi thacquir
ed
di
sabil
iti
escanbei denti
fyasdisabl
ed
ortodiscl
osedisabil
it
y(Burnet
t&Segori
a,
2009).
I
V.CONCLUSI
ON

8.Identi
fyoneimpor t
ant Thebackgr oundofsur veyGIBill
recipients 5pt
s.
concl
usionexpr
essedin withdisabi
lit
iesandt hem j
udgmentt ocull
yourownwor ds. a STEM maj orwi l
lmai ntai
nav aluable
dimension of​r
​esearch.Therear esome
i
nv est
igati
oni srequisit
etodi agnoset he
deeperexpanset owhi chtheydisabi l
it
ies
rel
easedar esponsibi
li
tyinhow rulingar e
made.
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