Join us on May 1, 2024 for #IPSEDay2024!
What is #IPSEDay2024?
#IPSEDay, or Inclusive Postsecondary Education Day, is a day to raise awareness and spread the word about postsecondary education options for students with intellectual disability.
What is inclusive postsecondary education?
Inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) refers to college and university programs that enroll people with intellectual disability. It is also called inclusive higher education. Inclusive postsecondary education programs create opportunities for students with and without intellectual disability go to college together.
Students with intellectual disability who go to college, or postsecondary education,
- can continue to learn after high school, just like their peers and their siblings
- can go to college even if they have not received a high school diploma
- can go to college, regardless of test scores
- can access financial aid if they are eligible
- are more likely to have competitive jobs after college
Why should you promote IPSE?
There are about 5,300 colleges and universities in the U.S. Just over 300 have options for students with intellectual disability (that’s about 6% of all colleges and universities).
While there are more options now than ever before, we have a lot more work to do. There are still so many people—students, parents, teachers, college staff—who just don’t know that college is an option for students with intellectual disability. Let’s change that!
Why do you think IPSE is important?
#IPSEDay2024 is May 1! For IPSE Day 2024, we invite students, families, friends, educators, allies, and supporters to share why you think IPSE is important. Let’s flood the internet with quotes, short stories, videos, and lots of photos!
How to spread the word about #IPSEDay2024
On IPSE Day, plan to promote awareness about college options for students with intellectual disability. Here are some sample activities you can do:
- Alert people to the day by sharing this Save the Date graphic and a shortcut to this page: tcollege.me/IPSEDayPage.
- Snap a photo or take a video and share it on social media with #IPSEDay2024.
- Personalize and share our sample social media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or other social media platforms. We have included hashtags to add to your posts and information about tagging other organizations and people on social media.
- Use the descriptions about #IPSEDay2024 on your website.
- Or, be creative and come up with your own activity!
Share these messages on your social media accounts and with your networks!
Sample Social Media Posts
I support #IPSEDay2024 because [include your reason here]
#IPSEDay2024 is important to me because [what does it mean to you?]
Did you know that college is an option for students with #IntellectualDisability? There are over 325 IPSE programs serving more than 6,000 students with ID in the U.S. #IPSEDay2024
Students with #IntellectualDisability continue to learn after high school, just like their peers and their siblings. #IPSEDay2024
Students with #IntellectualDisability who attend #IPSE programs are more likely to have competitive jobs after college (RSA 911 data; Sannicandro et al., 2018). #IPSEDay2024
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