Project Description:
Mission
Our mission is to expand college options and increase access and affordability of high quality, inclusive postsecondary education that leads to the development of skills essential in achieving the goals of competitive integrated employment and community living for ALL interested youth, young adults, and adults with an intellectual disability from all ethnic, cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Vision
Our vision is to build, enhance, and sustain initiatives that deliver inclusive higher education for students with an intellectual disability across Minnesota, including attending college classes, gaining work experience, earning meaningful credentials and becoming a genuine member of the campus community.
- The State of Minnesota has the Education Attainment Goal 2025 : "70 percent of Minnesota adults age 25 to 44 will have attained a postsecondary certificate or degree by 2025."
- Our collaborative partnership is guided by Minnesota's Olmstead Plan and its vision: "People with disabilities are living, learning, working, and enjoying life in the most integrated setting."
Purpose & Outcomes
The Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium's main purpose is to provide tools and resources, professional development, and technical assistance to collaboratively develop and enhance inclusive higher education initiatives across the state. As a result, more people with an intellectual disability will have access to high-quality, inclusive postsecondary education. Our work aims toward the individual outcomes of attending college, earning a credential, integrated, competitive employment, higher wages, and living more independently. These outcomes are consistent with the Minnesota Olmstead's Plan Employment and Lifelong Learning and Education goals:
- By June 30, 2025, the percent of students with disabilities, who have enrolled in an integrated postsecondary education setting within one year of leaving high school, will increase to 34.8% (from a baseline of 29.8%).
- By June 30, 2025, the number of students with developmental cognitive disabilities, ages 19-21 that enter into competitive integrated employment through the Employment Capacity Building Cohort (ECBC) will be 1,513.
More at https://mihec.ici.umn.edu/
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Specific Groups
