Postsecondary Education
News
6/18/2018
TIPS 4 Kids (Missouri LEND) Hosts Successful Leadership Project Poster Session
TIPS 4 Kids, Missouri's LEND, hosted a poster session of trainee's yearlong leadership projects. Approximately 100 students, faculty, community stakeholders, and practitioners attended. Rep. Sara Walsh, of the Missouri House of Representatives, was also in attendance, and we look forward to future collaboration with her and other members of the Missouri House of Representatives.
6/8/2018
SC UCEDD Hosts Screening of Dan Habib's New Film "Intelligent Lives"
The Center for Disability Resources (SC UCEDD) is pleased to share photos and info about our screening last week of Dan Habib's excellent new film "Intelligent Lives". We and our co-sponsor, the SC DD Council, had events with both public school students and the general public with the film maker Dan Habib. A screening of two of his brief transition films and a panel discussion at a local high school in the afternoon was attended by middle school and high school special education students and teachers.
5/21/2018
Dr. Carol Britton Laws (GA IHDD/UCEDD) Featured on UGA Today
Carol Britton Laws, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is the founding director of UGA's first inclusive postsecondary education program for youth with intellectual disabilities: Destination Dawgs.
5/14/2018
The Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University Announces the 2018 PATHS Graduation
The Postsecondary Access and Training in Human Services (PATHS) program at Texas A&M University is honored to announce the 2018 graduates. This year, 18 young men and women successfully graduated from the PATHS certificate program. The PATHS program is an inclusive certificate program to prepare students with and without disabilities for a career as a Direct Support Professional, who will work with the elderly or people with disabilities in the community; as a Direct Support Para-Professional who will work with school districts; or as a Child Care Professional who will work with children. Dr. Dalun Zhang, Director of the Center on Disability and Development welcomed everyone to the 2018 Graduation ceremony, while Ms. Tracy Glass, the PATHS Program Director presented the Director's Address.
4/26/2018
Civil Rights Principles for the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965
AUCD joins 50 organizations in support
For children and adults with disabilities and their families, the Higher Education Act is of critical importance. AUCD has joined nearly 50 other organizations in signing onto civil rights principles that we believe must be included in the upcoming reauthorization of that law. The Higher Education Act creates opportunities for higher education for students with intellectual disability through its creation of the Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Disabilities (TPSIDs).
Resources
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Improving Access to Higher Education Act
A bill summary and fact sheet are available for the Improving Access to Higher Education Act, which would amend the Higher Education Act (HEA) to improve college access and completion for students with disabilities.
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Total and Permanent Disability Discharge for Student Loan Borrowers
The Department of Education and the Social Security Administration (SSA) will collaborate to identify and help individuals with disabilities who meet eligibility criteria for a discharge of their student loans. Individuals who have a total and permanent disability (TPD) are eligible to have their federal loans discharged, and the Department of Education will notify them of how to complete this process.
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Tax & Health Insurance Considerations for Student Loan Discharge
Tax & Health Insurance Considerations for Student Loan Discharge.pdf
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Higher Education Affordability Act Summary
HEAA Summary Sept 9 2014.pdf
[download]
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Transition Program for Students with Intellectual Disability Appropriations Issue Brief
Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID) promote post-secondary education for students with intellectual disability. The President proposed ending funding for the program in his FY15 budget. This issue brief explains the TPSID program and why it must continue.
TPSID FY15 Brief.pdf
[download]
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U.S. Department of Education Releases Report on Young Adults with Disabilities After High School
from http://ies.ed.gov
The U.S. Department of Education has released The Post-High School Outcomes of Young Adults with Disabilities up to 6 Years After High School: Key Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2. The report gives a national picture of what happens to students with disabilities after high school. It includes data on higher education; employment; employment, education, and/or job training activities; living arrangements; parenting status; and social and community involvement.
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Higher Education Opportunity Act - Department of Education Resources
from http://www2.ed.gov
