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Insight No. 12, 2012

Insight No. 13, 2012 Brief Findings of a Statewide Survey of Families and Professional

Insight No. 11, 2012

Insight No. 6, January 2011

Insight No. 9, 2011 Excel Developing a Nonprofit Organization to Support the Creation of a Postsecondary Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Insight 10 Insight No. 10b, 2012 Standards Insert Think College at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston has developed Standards, Quality Indicators, and Benchmarks for Inclusive Higher Education. Institutes of higher education can use these standards to create, expand, or enhance high quality, inclusive postsecondary education to suppor t positive outcomes for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). Additionally, these standards can be used to as a framework to conduct and expand research on issues related to supporting students with ID in higher education. They are aligned with the definition of a comprehensive postsecondary and transition program for students with intellectual disabilities and reflect institutional and instructional practices that support a Universal Design for Learning framework as outlined in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.

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Insight No. 8, 2011

Insight No. 7, 2011

Insight No. 4 This brief provides an overview of the supported education model and some of the challenges associated with using educational coaches in college.

Insight No. 5 Nine Massachusetts college students who have an intellectual disability (ID) conducted research on their experiences in college as part of the nationalThink College initiative.The purpose of Think College is to assist people with ID in going to college. Participatory action research (PAR) is a series of steps the students used to document their college experience. For their research, they used digital and video cameras to collect information.To share their experiences with each other, they also usedVoiceThread,a digital storytelling website.This issue of Insight describes how students are using PAR and digital storytelling onVoiceThread to discuss their college experience.

Insight No. 3

Insight No. 2 Given the opportunity, access, and support—students with intellectual disabilities who receive transition services in college settings can have great outcomes.

Insight No. 1 The Higher Education Opportunity Act (P.L. 110-315) (HEOA) was enacted on August 14, 2008 and it reauthorized the Higher Education Act of 1965.This law contains a number of important new provisions that will improve access to postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities. Of particular note are several provisions that address financial aid and that create a new model demonstration program and coordinating center for students with intellectual disabilities.