Leadership & Career Studies
Leadership & Career Studies
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia
, PA
19122
Note: This program is able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP).
Leadership & Career Studies (L&CS) is a four-year certificate program providing young adults with intellectual disability or intellectual disability and autism an authentic college experience while developing academic abilities, career aspirations, social networks, and self-determination at Temple University. Students in L&CS take academic courses, explore college life, and develop career experiences based on their interests and goals. Each student in L&CS is matched with a team of peer mentors, who are matriculated Temple students.
Program information submitted: Jan 27, 2026
| General |
| Public or private: | Public |
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| Type of school: | 4-year college or university |
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| Is this program a federally funded TPSID program?: | No |
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| Number of students: | 16 |
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| Requirements |
| Program serves students who have left high school?: | Yes, all of our students have left high school |
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| High school diploma required?: | Yes, a regular high school diploma or GED is required |
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| Deadline to apply to this program: | 15-Apr-26 |
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| Admission link: | Program admission |
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| Criteria for admission: | |
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| Accepts out-of-state students?: | Yes |
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| Students in this program have these disabilities: | - Intellectual disability
- Autism
- ADHD, cerebral palsy, low vision
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| Planned program length: |
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| Acceptance, Retention, and Completion Rates |
| Retention rate for first year students from the previous academic year to the current one: | 80% |
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| Cost |
| Average student in-state tuition and fees for the current school year: | $19,624.00 |
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| Out-of-state tuition and fees: | $19,624.00 |
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| Other costs: | $150.00
$150/semester for books |
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| Is this program able to provide federal financial aid as a Comprehensive Transition Program (CTP)?: | Yes |
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| Students pay for the program in the following ways: | - Private pay (student and family)
- Tuition Waivers
- Vocational Rehabilitation Funds
- Scholarships
- Adult intellectual/developmental disability state agency funds
- Federal Financial Aid
- Grant Funding
- Medicaid Waiver or Day Habilitation funds
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| Scholarships available: | DREAM Partnership |
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| Scholarship link: |
DREAM Partnership
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| Academic |
| Students enrolled in this program take the following types of inclusive courses (with students who don't have disabilities): |
- Typical college courses for credit
- Typical college courses for audit
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| Are students in this program able to access support services through your IHE disability services office?: | Yes |
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| Students take courses that are only for students in this program: | No |
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| Percentage of all courses taken by students that are inclusive: | 100% |
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| Do all students in this program enroll in at least one inclusive college/university course for credit or audit each semester?: | Yes |
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| Credential(s) students earn upon completing the program: | Certificate of Completion |
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| Is the credential approved by the college/university?: | Awarded by program, not officially recognized by the IHE |
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| Students in the program have access to the following campus-wide services: |
- Disability/accessibility services
- Academic tutoring services
- Health services
- Mental health/counseling services
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| Employment |
| Percent of students in this program have paid work while attending the program: | 25% |
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| Other career development activities are: | - Internships
- Volunteer work
- Community Service
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| Percent of students in this program that had paid work after exiting the program: | 20% |
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| Does this program have a working partnership with VR to provide funding, supports and/or services to students in the program? | Yes |
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| Housing |
| Housing is provided to students?: | No |
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