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The OSAA program at Wright State includes a wide range of tailored activities, academic supports and enrichment opportunities for STEM students with disabilities during the last two years of high school and while enrolled in STEM studies at the university at the undergraduate and graduate levels. OSAA is supported by its secondary school partners through recruiting assistance and by its STEM government and industry partners through student placements in research experiences and internships.
The primary focus of OSAA interventions and research is on university students with disabilities who are pursuing degrees under STEM majors. New freshmen, transfer students and existing upperclassmen are recruited through advertising and referrals to become OSAA Scholars. Those who elect to join this group are given access to a variety of services, supports, incentives and academic opportunities aimed at assuring their retention in college and progression in the STEM major of their choice, optimizing the quality of the degrees that they earn, and maximizing their qualifications for entry to the STEM workforce or graduate school programs. Among the benefits available to OSAA Scholars at Wright State are access to tutoring in prerequisite and STEM courses, a first-year experience learning community, near-peer and professional mentoring, regular Scholars seminar meetings focused on career success following graduation, STEM participation incentives for travel, software and tools (Scholars’ Dollars), scholarships, internships, and a unique individualized advising resource known as the Ability Advisor.