The paper describes a program developed at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in which hearing impaired students in the academic mainstream receive tutoring/notetaking support services. A notetaking system is employed in which the notetaker writes from four to six readable copies of notes at one time. The notetaker, a trained normally…

More students with vision and hearing impairments and with hidden handicaps such as learning and emotional disabilities are seeking college degrees, and colleges are responding with technology and other support services to promote these students' independence and success. (MSE)

This report presents an overview of the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Operational Program Reviews (OPRS) conducted at 18 California Community Colleges in the academic year 2001-2002. It sets findings about programs' strengths and weaknesses in the context of the eight EOPS program components: management and coordination,…

Babson College (Massachusetts) responded to expanded campus computer use and resulting demand for support services by developing service delivery tailored to user groups' needs. Resources devoted to this effort have grown dramatically, and include help desk and dispatch support, program of technology specialists, evening support to residence…

Findings and recommendations are presented in this report of a research project conducted by Dawson College to assess the educational needs of the sensorially handicapped at the college level, especially as they relate to Quebec's Colleges of General and Professional Education (CEGEP). Chapter I presents the objectives of the study, places the…

Techniques designed to improve basic competencies of minority students attending selected, historically black colleges are reviewed. The efforts to improve instruction in targeted subject areas have been implemented with the assistance of the Southern Regional Education Board. Attention is directed to: modification of curricula and instructional…