Increasing Access to and Success in Postsecondary Education focuses primarily on building partnerships to remove systemic barriers that exist in current systems to improve access for individuals with disabilities. It also focuses on increasing the skill level of individuals aspiring to attend postsecondary education so that they are better prepared to enter and succeed in such programs.

Our research and work in Systems Change through Partnerships focuses on the following objectives:

• Improving capacity of existing programs so individuals with disabilities can be successful
• Building partnerships between programs, agencies, and high schools
• Establishing ongoing communication and problem solving across partners

Our research and work in Skill Development focuses on the following objectives:

• Providing for alternate demonstration of knowledge
• Improving job related skills through utilization of site-based training
• Providing opportunities for teachers, college staff, families and students to increase knowledge about postsecondary education and to problem solve together

Examples of our work in this area include:

• Earning for a Lifetime Project
• Earning for a Lifetime Self Assessment and Action Planning Process
• Career Workforce Skills Training
• Workgroups
• Transition Academies