Obstacles to Degree Progress During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This 14-page research brief from the National Center for College Students with Disabilities highlights the obstacles to degree progress experienced by graduate and professional students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document describes how graduate and professional students with disabilities were more likely than their peers without disabilities to experience obstacles to their degree progress, including lack of access to appropriate study spaces, caregiving responsibilities, and the inability to conduct research. The research methodology, instruments, measures, sample, data analysis, results, analysis of the results, and recommendations are explored.