This Think College Snapshot captures data from January 2019 on specific markers of higher education programs for students with intellectual disabilities, including which are designated as...Read more
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This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the mission and goals of Think College projects at the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston....Read more
Example of a form that a college would ask a student to sign in order to release educational records to their parents....Read more
Example of a form that a parent can sign to documnt that they claim their son/daughter as a dependent on their federal tax return, thereby providing them with view elements of their child's...Read more
The purpose of this article is to propose an expanded conceptual model, Transition to Community College (TtCC). Based on a review of the literature, the proposed model extends the work of Garrison...Read more
Many colleges across the country are now broadening their mission to promote educational opportunities to an increasingly diverse population that includes individuals with intellectual and...Read more
This chapter in Think College! Postsecondary Education Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities provides the reader with a description of the most relevant current federal legislation...Read more
Providing opportunities for individuals with mental retardation and other significant disabilities to participate in educational, vocational, and recreational activities on college...Read more
Forces including legislation, policy, standards-based educational reforms, and changing economic and social conditions have dramatically altered the conversation and practices around postsecondary...Read more
Few students with disabilities from high-poverty backgrounds attend college. We discuss the effects of disability and growing up in poverty on expectations for postsecondary education...Read more