AccessCollege: Postsecondary Education and Students with Disabilities

In order for students with disabilities to be successful in college, they need to be adequately prepared and programs, information resources, and facilities must be accessible to them. The following websites are designed to help faculty, administrators, and staff create accessible environments, programs, and resources for students with disabilities and to help students with disabilities prepare for and succeed in college. Much of the content is duplicated in other publications, training materials, and web pages published by DO-IT.

The Faculty Room - a space for faculty and academic administrators at postsecondary institutions to learn how to create classroom environments and academic activities that maximize the learning of all students, including those with disabilities.
The Student Services Conference Room - a space for staff and administrators at postsecondary institutions to learn how to create facilities, services, and resources that are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities.
The Board Room - a space for high-level administrators at postsecondary institutions to learn how to create and facilitate the development of programs and services that are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities.
The Student Lounge - resources to help students with disabilities prepare for and succeed in college.
The Center for Universal Design in Education - a comprehensive Web site on principles, processes, guidelines, checklists, and promising practices for applying universal design to instruction, student services, information technology, and physical spaces.

These projects are collectively called AccessCollege: Systemic Change for Postsecondary Institutions and created with funds from the U.S. Department of Education as three of its "Demonstration Projects to Ensure Quality Higher Education for Students with Disabilities." For information about other projects funded under this competition, consult http://www.ed.gov/programs/disabilities/awards.html.

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