STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

Advocates for the learning disabled have made efforts to admit and develop programs for them at their colleges and universities. Good programs require the acquisition of scarce resources which are jealously guarded by the highly visible and favored departments on campus. Vying with these groups on behalf of students who have limited influence and prestige requires more than moral appeals and good program skills. It requires sophisticated political skills as well. This article provides a strategy for competing with other interests on campus and establishing a well‐supported program to serve the learning disabled.