Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Edison

Bring Enhancing Success to Your Campus

We are making our strategies, online questionnaires, web site, online graduate course on disabilities and higher education, and nationally-known team of experts available to other institutions that want to enhance student success. Please indicate the specific aspects of the Enhancing Success Project you would like to bring to your campus and research that you want to collaborate on with us. A team of experts consisting of nationally known service providers and experts in disabilities in higher education will be made available to you to meet your objectives and assist you in reaching your goals.

Susan A. Vogel, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Literacy Education Department
Graham Hall 139
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb , IL 60115
Phone/Fax: 815-753-8432
E-mail: svogel@niu.edu

Contact Information

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Title

Institutional Affiliation

Address

Phone

Fax

Please indicate the reason/s that you are seeking our help at this point in time.

Please indicate the best day and time to be contacted about your submission.

I. Self-Study/Needs Assessment
Please indicate the aspects of your campus environment that you want to assess/evaluate by checking the items below.

Institution compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

Institution compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998

Institutional policies specific to students with disabilities

Hardware, software, accessibility, and assistance available in student computer labs

The disability support services for students with disabilities

A specific program that meets the needs of students with disabilities

Classroom climate for students with disabilities

Administration and staff knowledge and practices regarding students with disabilities

Faculty knowledge and practices about students with disabilities

Students with disabilities’ assessment of the campus climate

II. Activities/Strategies
Please indicate the activities/ strategies listed below that you would like to implement on your campus to enhance students with disabilities’ academic success.

Strategies to facilitate ease of retrieval of information about disabilities, support services, special programs, legal mandates pertaining to higher education and disabilities, and institutional policies and procedures

Strategies to enhance knowledge about disabilities such as legal mandates, characteristics, accommodations, support services, and policies through an online non-credit and/or credit course about disabilities and higher education

Strategies to create a more welcoming classroom climate

Strategies to enhance compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998

A customized version of our web site that will include information about your institution, support services, and policies relevant to students with disabilities

Strategies to screen and/or evaluate students for learning disabilities

Strategies to assist faculty in providing accommodations for students with disabilities

Strategies to facilitate development and/or refinement of institutional policies and procedures relevant to students with disabilities

III. RESEARCH COMPONENT
What aspects about your campus and the initiatives you undertake do you want to research in order to determine the effectiveness of your strategies?

Campus climate

Knowledge and practices of faculty, administration, and staff

Online information retrieval and accessibility to students with disabilities

Compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998

Policies and procedures germane to disabilities

Enrollment, retention, and graduation rate of students with disabilities

Outcomes for alumni with disabilities

Other

IV. Comments/Questions/Requests

Last revised on 11/02/2004

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