Builds, enhances, and sustains initiatives that offer inclusive higher education for students with intellectual disability across Minnesota, including attending college classes, gaining work experience, earning meaningful credentials, and becoming a genuine member of the campus community.
The Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC) is a parent-led collaborative group of stakeholders including inclusive higher education institutions, local education agencies, key state agencies, students, advocates, families, legislators, and nonprofits who are committed to expanding postsecondary education opportunities for interested youth, young adults, and adults with intellectual disability from all ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
This webinar contains a discussion about access to college for students with disabilities. Presenters Sally Sexton of MIHEC and ICI's Rebecca Dosch Brown note how ableist views are being replaced …
In this session, presenters Mary Judge Diegert and Martha Mock provide an overview of the national accreditation standards and valuable insight into how to embed the standards into new or existing …
Magen Rooney-Kron, Christopher Worth, and Stephen Schomaker—all from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)—emphasized the importance of the dignity of risk for students with intellectual …
Jaclyn Camden, Virginia Commonwealth University, discussed the importance of paid employment while in college and offered information on a national study to assist staff in higher education to …
The Institute on Community Integration (ICI) leads a Community-Based Collaborative Transition Model project to improve the transition experiences and outcomes of Minnesota students with intellectua…
This webinar contains a presentation and discussion about student supports featuring Georgia Tech's Excel Program. Presented by student Martha Haythorn, peer mentor Hanna Shaw, parent Preston …
In this webinar, Julia Burkstaller (The Arc Minnesota) and Dupree Edwards (student advocate) share their experience advocating for inclusive higher education in Minnesota. They provide information …
In this session, presenter Beth Myers, co-editor of Creating Our Own Lives: College Students with Intellectual Disability (Minnesota, 2023), explains that students with intellectual and development…
Oklahoma has three Inclusive Post Secondary Education (IPSE) options for students with intellectual/developmental disabilities which are Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs (CTP …
In this session, presenter Edie Cusack reviews the process of creating an effective and successful post-secondary education program for students with intellectual disability from conception to …
This webinar looks at the University of Maryland's Terps-EXCEED model as an example of inclusive higher education in action. Presented by Amy Dwyre D'Agati of the University of Maryland.
This webinar contains a discussion about campus capacity building with Jessica Lamb of Augustana University and Diana Joseph from Minnesota State University, Mankato.
This webinar contains a discussion of college plans with students with disabilities and their families. Presenters include members of the Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium (MIHEC) …
Christi Kasa, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, shared two important aspects of Colorado’s inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs: The Portable Credential and …
This first Minnesota Community of Practice for inclusive higher education gathering was designed for Minnesota college and university faculty and staff who are either interested in or part of …
A conversation that shared key developments, big ideas, and important resources from the 2022 national inclusive higher education conferences. The State of the Art (SOTA) and Student Leadership …
This webinar contains a discussion on job coaching and peer/natural supports. Presented by Nicole Rabinowitz of INclusive Networking.
Published: April 2021
Topics
Employment and postsecondary education
Preparing for postsecondary education
Postsecondary education
Specific disability
Intellectual/developmental disability (IDD)
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