As Larry mentioned, attitude surveys usually have some serious
methodological issues attached to them. However, the U.S. Journal of
Postsecondary Education and Disability (JPED) has published a few articles
about faculty knowledge or faculty attitudes. It might be a good place to
start, and I think most education indexes could give you access. Otherwise,
you can contact the Association on Higher Education and Disability
(www.ahead.org) for info.
Another possible orientation for investigating this type of question is to
survey faculty *and* other groups (e.g., students with disabilities) about
their attitudes or opinions regarding a certain topic, comparing how the
groups respond. Different priorities, particularly strong positive/negative
responses, etc. can all indicate larger issues at work or areas for further
research. I remember one particularly old study back in the 90's (sorry I
don't have the citation) where faculty, deaf students, and interpreter
trainers rated the importance of various characteristics in "quality"
educational interpreters - priorities for faculty and trainers were closely
aligned, but students' priorities were entirely different. Created a great
deal of discussion at the university where I was working. I can look up the
cite if you need it - just have to dig around a bit...
Wendy Harbour
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