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Download full textRaeke, Tina; Paiewonsky, Maria; Sajadi, Shahrzad – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2020
Since 2011, Bridgewater State University (BSU) has received funds through the Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative (MAICEI) to support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to attend college. This BSU-MAICEI partnership, named EXCEL (Extraordinary Expectations for Career, Education and Life), offers up…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Inclusion, Intellectual Disability
Rivera Lebrón, Eva L. – American Educator, 2021
Community colleges have long provided students a gateway to greater economic opportunities, primarily through two pathways: completing two years of college courses while preparing to transfer to earn a four-year degree or career training that can lead to stable, well-paying positions. Eva L. Rivera Lebrón, a professor of mathematics at…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, Two Year College Students, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Direct linkWolf, Thia; Loker, William M.; Ertle, Ellie; Justus, Zach; Kelly, April – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2016
The college years are meant to be transformative for traditional-aged students who come into university as adolescents and leave as emerging adults. Pedagogy can play an active role in moving students through this transition by providing "ritual" occasions for students to practice their emerging identities. Public Sphere Pedagogy…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation
Ford, Jeremy W.; Wenner, Julianne A.; Murphy, Victoria – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2019
This practice brief provides an overview of a project designed to support students with disabilities considering postsecondary education. Postsecondary Rewarding Education is Possible (PREP) Academy was developed by individuals from a state vocational rehabilitation agency and a public research university. PREP Academy is a campus-based, weeklong…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Self Advocacy, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes
Lipka, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
This article describes a privately operated residential program called College Living Experience, a for-profit company, caters to a growing number of students with learning disabilities, Asperger's syndrome, and various emotional or behavioral disorders. The program has a team of full-time staff members helping students with their social and…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Behavior Disorders, Asperger Syndrome, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedGrigal, Meg; Neubert, Debra A.; Moon, M. Sherril – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
This article provides an overview of programs based in post-secondary settings in Maryland that serve students ages 18-21 with significant disabilities who are still receiving public school special education services. Student and setting characteristics, staffing, funding patterns, referral and admission practices, and program components are…
Descriptors: College Environment, Financial Support, Postsecondary Education, Program Content
Douglas, Peggy; And Others – 1983
The University of Arizona's Precollege Program for academically talented secondary school students, which enrolls qualified students in selected university summer courses, is described. The majority of the students are between their junior and senior year in high school and have a grade point average of at least 3.25 on a 4.0 scale. In addition to…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academically Gifted, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
This collection of conference papers centers on eight major subjects: (1) different perspectives of change; (2) transitioning from high school to college; (3) academic issues; (4) enhancing support services; (5) student life issues; (6) nontraditional and underserved students; (7) career planning and placement strategies; and (8) staff development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Civil Rights Legislation, College Environment, College Students
