The resources below provide students (and their parents) resources to assist in choosing a college.
College Visit Checklist: This checklist provides questions students should ask about a College’s disabilities services so that their educational or job training experience is satisfying rewarding and productive.
Questions to ask-the Office of Disability Services: This short checklist from the Great Lakes ADA Center provides slightly different questions than those found in the “College Visit Checklist”
Building Toward a Better Future: A College Planning Guide for Students and Their Families: Inside this guide, you will find useful information and tips on preparing for college and becoming a successful applicant for college admission and financial aid. Prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Office of Science
Choosing a College: Originally printed in 1999 in the Postsecondary LD Report , a newsletter for guidance counselors, students with learning disabilities, parents and teachers featuring current information for making the right postsecondary choices, this piece provides some basic information about what students, especially those with disabilities, should review and consider when deciding to attend college and when choosing a college.
Accredited Schools Online: This site allows students looking for online degree programs, to evaluate accredited online schools by major, state or degree level to narrow the field and find a higher education option that fits. (It’s essential that the schools students consider have been accredited by one of the six regional accrediting agencies and/or, if it’s an online-only school, by the Distance Education and Training Council. Accreditation means potential colleges and its target programs have been thoroughly vetted by an independent higher education agency endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education.) The resources tab contains links to resources for students with disabilities and many other resources.
Online Colleges: More schools are now catering to students who cannot or prefer not to attend classes in the traditional, on-campus setting. Students can now earn a fully online degree in nearly every field of study. In an increasingly technological world, it is important for students to learn the skills necessary for not only succeeding in school, but for thriving in the digital workforce. Information at this site includes: overviews of schools that offer online programs, state by state and numerous topical guides. The data used at this site— including graduation rate, tuition, and financial aid rate — was gathered using the most recent information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a resource maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics. The newest information available is for the 2013-2014 school year.
Affordable Colleges Online: This site is designed to assist students choose an online college appropriate to their needs and interests. Information provided includes college rankings, and whether it is an accredited institution and much more. Of interest to students with disabilities are the resource page, College Resources for Students with Disabilities and Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
College Resources for Students with Disabilities: Support, Advocacy and Assistive Technology to Facilitate the Transition to Higher Education: With the advances of adaptive technologies and trend toward progressive legislation, prospective college students with disabilities now have countless resources available to make their transition to post secondary education less stressful. This site offers specific information and resources on a variety of different disabilities, and resources to help students learn how to make the transition into the workforce easier. The site also provides information about what students legal rights on campus are.
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