More students with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) are attending post-secondary education than ever before. As more students with IDD enter college, inclusive post-secondary...Read more
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What does it mean to be independent? Just ask Colby! This video is about a college student named Colby. Colby, his mother, and others involved in his life talk about the importance of self-...Read more
Passed and signed into law, May 2021. The legislation establishes that any student in an approved comprehensive transition program (CTP) whose parent is a veteran with a disability (or deceased) will receive equal educational benefits to students with similar parentage who are enrolled in traditional 4-year college and university degree programs....Read more
This Think College Transition Student Profile features Patrick, a student at Bridgewater State University, who has been interested in a career as a DJ since his junior year in high school. Patrick...Read more
Similar to their typical peers, students with intellectual disability enrolled in postsecondary education programs endure levels of stress that result in the application of coping strategies...Read more
This bill died in Senate Committee at adjournment in October, 2021. The Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship is the state’s flagship public scholarship program, and the bill would make CTP students eligible to receive a funding award....Read more
This legislation, passed in March 2022, provides $2,000,000 for the Governor’s Higher Education Transition Scholarship Program, to assist students accepted into transitional programs for students...Read more
The Think College team presented a poster at the AUCD Annual Conference from November 13-16, 2022 in Washington D.C. This resource listing includes a variety of resources that accompanied the...Read more
This bill, introduced in 2016, would have established a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop recommendations for access and affordability. The commission was designed to have nine members appointed...Read more
Reintroduced in 2023, this bill would expand the existing inclusive college programs in California by requiring the California State University, and requesting the University of California, to...Read more