Welcome to the Highered4All blog. Higher EDucation 4 All is a project of the Institute for Disability Studies at USM to explore postsecondary education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities. The Institute for Disabilities received a minigrant award through Think College at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston with funding provided by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. To learn more about Higher EDucation 4 all, please visit http://www.usm.edu/ids/
The Higher EDucation Planning Council has identified several key areas that need to be addressed. These include:
conducting a postsecondary education survey with Mississippi persons with intellectual disabilities and their respective caregivers,
completing community forums to assess the overall interest in postsecondary education opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities,
reviewing survey and forum data and formulate a plan of action, and
exploring all available funding options to establish Mississippi's first postsecondary education program targeting students with intellectual disabilities.
At this time, Higher EDucation 4 All needs your input! Click on "links to this post" below and post your comment. Take time and tell what is important to you. What is your viewpoint of starting a postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities? Do you agree or disagree? What recommendations do you have for a program? Etc. PLEASE end your post by letting me know who you are - student, teacher, guidance counselor, parent, etc. Thanks
Dr. Jerry R. Alliston, Coordinator
