[Project: National Coordinating Center] The annual TPSID Project Director meeting was held in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18 and 19 where the 2020-2025 cohort was finally able to gather in person. It was a productive and enjoyable meeting for all!
Belkis joined the research and evaluation team at Think College a few short months ago and is already leaving her mark. Find out what drew Belkis to our team!
The US Department of Education awarded 22 new Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability (TPSID) in October 2020. Six of those grants went to universities that would use the funds to establish new programs.
At the National Coordinating Center, we collect lots of data from TPSID projects. In this blog post, Clare Papay, Evaluation Coordinator for the National Coordinating Center, shares and reflects on ways that data collectors can communicate data-related findings back to those who report the data.
Every year since 2011, the National Coordinating Center has held a meeting for project directors and staff of the TPSID. While this year was virtual, it was still packed with fun and learning.
The National Coordinating Center’s Evaluation Team is thrilled to share the Annual Report of the Cohort 2 TPSID Model Demonstration Projects (year 5, 2019-2020). This report summarizes data from the final year of the Cohort 2 model demonstration projects, including data on both programs and students.
Data allow us to see where we have been, an important role for these facts and figures. But perhaps more critically, data should help us to know where we are going. Cate Weir reflects on the first year with a new cohort of TPSIDs.
The Think College National Coordinating Center has a lot of big plans for 2021! In an effort to speed along the last 10 days of 2020, we did a countdown on social media of some of the things we are most looking forward to in 2021. In case you took a tech break or enjoyed some well-deserved time off, or just missed it altogether, we are doing a recap here...
Every year the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) invites the project directors and key staff from TPSID model demonstration sites to network and share ideas, present on key features of postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual disability, and to gain new insights from their data. This year was no different, except it was. We held the entire meeting virtually - and due to that new structure, we have recordings of all the Project Director meeting sessions presented by TPSID and Coordinating Center staff, and we want to share them with others who may benefit.
Teams of students and staff from Highline College, Ohio State, University of Delaware, University of Nevada Las Vegas, and University of Wisconsin/Edgewood College joined over 1000 attendees at the
