The Postsecondary Education Research Center Project (PERC)

January 1, 2007

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PERC will establish model demonstration sites in Maryland and Connecticut to evaluate the efficacy and outcomes of serving students ages 18-21 with intellectual disabilities in two and four year colleges. Each PERC site will serve as a model replication hub for its state and provide the basis for intensive study of the effectiveness of serving students ages 18-21 with intellectual disabilities in postsecondary institutions. Data will be collected on major model components (college courses attendance, employment, and self-determination) to document student goal achievement and follow up data will be collected to gauge the impact on student outcomes. The PERC model sites will also provide technical assistance and training to personnel within each state on the development and improvement of services for students with intellectual disabilities in postsecondary environments.