NCEO The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes

2018

NCEO is working with the University of Texas, Austin, and the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk (MCPER) in a national center on postsecondary outcomes for deaf individuals. The National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. A primary goal of the Center is to increase the numbers of deaf individuals who are admitted to, without requiring remedial coursework, persist in, and complete postsecondary education or training. Other goals of the Center include improving collaborations between community organizations, institutions, and state-level agencies; increasing institutional capacity to implement evidence-based practices and strategies; increasing knowledge on how to use technology to promote access and provide accommodations; and disseminating lessons learned. The Center will provide professional development opportunities, intensive training, live chat support, dissemination of promising models, and community engagement activities. It will support the mobilization of local resources, as well as national task forces and state collaboratives. Further, it will produce national data reports and support research-to-practice activities. NCEO will serve as the Task Force lead for the Assessment Task Force and the State Education Agency Task Force during the five-year project.

Deaf, Postsecondary

Developing & Disseminating Information

Education & Early Intervention, Other - Assistive Technology

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public

Specific Groups

National

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