Postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities is almost unheard of in the Nordic countries, but several colleges in America, Australia and Europe offer such programmes. These...Read more
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Think College Insight Brief #19 describes Winthrop University's dual enrollment program, includes how it began, critical features and benefits of the dual enrollment approach....Read more
Students with intellectual disability (ID) now have opportunities to attend college. In 2014, students with ID accessed college through 221 Postsecondary education (PSE) programs in the United...Read more
In this Insight Brief, the authors present a five component model of student-directed learning for use by college programs to teach and track student specific college and career academic, social,...Read more
Inclusive Postsecondary Education curriculums are university designed and aimed at giving access to a liberal arts education for students with intellectual disability. This bound article is...Read more
Observations, individual interviews, focus groups, and document reviews were used to address the following: (a) What criteria (i.e., rationale for development, allocation of resources, staffing...Read more
The authors present findings from a 2009 survey of postsecondary education (PSE) programs for students with an intellectual disability (ID) conducted in the United States. The survey was designed...Read more
The passage of the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008 extended the expectation of previous legislation (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and Individuals With Disabilities...Read more
This presentation was given at the 2016 TPSID Project Director Meeting by Dr. Kelly Kelley. It provides a helpful introduction to the steps to follow to assure that students with intellectual...Read more
This resource from the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training shares a helpful list of effective accommodations (or what they call reasonable adjustments) for college...Read more