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This document was created in 2022 to provide an overview of the priorities for the Think College Inclusive Higher Education Network. As outlined here, this new project will focus on developing and supporting regional alliances for inclusive higher education, a public awareness campaign to increase awareness about inclusive higher education, workgroups on employment partnerships and career and technical education, and training and technical assistance.

In this article, featured in Impact, Cate Weir provides an overview of Think College. The article includes the history of Think College, who we are today, what Think College can do for you, and where we are headed next.

Opportunities for collaboration, peer-to-peer learning, and coalition building proliferated as the number of inclusive higher education programs more than doubled in the last decade. Alliances among states and several regions of the country are providing excellent mechanisms for moving the field forward in new and unified ways, as well as supporting sustainability in the field. This article, featured in Impact, provides examples of state alliances and discusses current work related to the development of regional alliances.

Between 2010-2020, more than 4,000 students with intellectual disability have taken over 50,000 courses while enrolled in colleges and universities hosting TPSID programs (Transition and Postsecondary Education Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability). In this article, the authors discuss steps the field of inclusive postsecondary education can take to ensure equitable access to higher education for more students with intellectual disability. 

Significant advancements resulting from various legislative and grant initiatives have resulted in increases in higher education programs enrolling students with intellectual disability (ID). Information about program practices in admissions, academic access, employment, campus housing, and extracurricular activities was gathered via a national survey and offered to the public via a searchable directory.

The Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium joined Think College in efforts to designate May 1, 2023, as Inclusive Postsecondary Education Day. With this proclamation, May 1, 2023 was designated as Inclusive Postsecondary Education Day in the state of Minnesota.

In 2022, a similar proclamation was made to declare May 15, 2022 Inclusive Postsecondary Education Day in Minnesota.

Passed in 2022, this is the appropriations bill for funding Kentucky state agencies. The bill provides, under the appropriations for University of Kentucky, "$500,000 in each fiscal year for the Human Development Institute (HDI) for the Supported Higher Education Project”. This funds the Kentucky Supported Higher Education Partnership, which works to increase higher education options, access and success for Kentucky students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The goal of this brief is to educate parents and supporters of youth in transition about guardianship and alternatives to guardianship. The brief presents three main themes: the reasons people pursue guardianship, the negative effects of guardianship on the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and the strategies and recommendations about alternatives to guardianship.

This brief talks about guardianship for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). It will show you some differences between people with IDD who have guardians and people with IDD who do not have guardians. This brief also describes alternatives to guardianship, including supported decision-making. A list of related resources is included. It also offers questions that youth can ask parents and teachers to learn more about alternatives to guardianship. The brief was published by The Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice.

This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of the entire Annual Report of the Cohort 3 TPSID Model Demonstration Projects (Year 1, 2020–2021). Information is provided about the TPSID projects about program characteristics, students characteristics, academics, academic supports, employment, vocational rehabilitation, residential services, and program completion and credential attainment. 

The full report can be found here.