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Think College Insight Brief #20 offers tips for effective communication with key partners when working to establish an inclusive dual enrollment program on a college campus.

Think College Insight Brief #19 describes Winthrop University's dual enrollment program, includes how it began, critical features and benefits of the dual enrollment approach.

Think College Insight Brief #15 highlights some recent findings on the impact of postsecondary education on employment outcomes and how this impact differs by disability status, using data from the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS).

Think College Insight Brief #14 provides an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), describe how it is supported in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, and share strategies for using UDL in college programs for students with ID/DD.

Think College Insight Brief #13 focuses on the Florida College Collaborative which conducted two parallel statewide web surveys, one for professionals who support people with IDD and another for families of youth with IDD. The surveys gathered perspectives about PSE for students with IDD and information on current practices. They asked about students’ hopes and dreams and about barriers to their participation in PSE programs.

Think College first developed Standards, Quality Indicators, and Benchmarks for Inclusive Higher Education in 2011 and 2012.  The standards are currently undergoing revision. Download the most current version (January 2022), now entitled "Think College Guiding Principles and Practices".

Insight Brief #12 discusses the history of the development of postsecondary options for students with ID, as well as future implications.

Think College Insight Brief #9 describes how EXCEL was formed, how its work led to the creation of THRIVE, and how others might use a similar process for similar efforts in other areas of the country. Over a period of four years, the founders of EXCEL evolved from meeting informally over coffee to establishing an official nonprofit organization. EXCEL raised private money from generous families and foundations, then used partnerships with public agencies to promote sustainable inclusive programs in local colleges. 

Think College Insight Brief #8 focuses on healthcare transitions and provides strategies that can be used in college and afterward to help young people stay healthy and ready for the future.

This brief describes the fiscal, policy, and environmental contexts of the state of practice and research in the field of inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disability (ID) at the time it was written, in 2011. It also introduces a validated, standards-based conceptual framework that provides a foundation for future research and practice in this field.