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Audio Podcast: Indiana Institute to Receive Almost $2.5 Million to Promote Education for Students with Disabilities


  • Select the play icon, to learn more about the Indiana Institute's five-year grant titled Postsecondary Education and Careers Project.

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Postseconday Education Grant Podcast Script: Greetings and welcome to the Indiana Institute’s in the spotlight podcast. Recently, IU’s Indiana Institute on Disability and Community has been awarded a five year grant of $2,465,600 from the U.S. Department of Education for model demonstration programs promoting the successful transition of students with intellectual disabilities into higher education.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the award of $10.9 million for 28 grants under two new federal programs that create opportunities for students with intellectual disabilities to attend, and be successful, in higher education.

Key components of the Indiana Partnership for Postsecondary Education and Careers Project will include:

  • Partnerships with Anderson University and Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), which have emerging postsecondary programs for persons with intellectual disabilities;
  • An Indiana coalition that includes advocacy and provider organizations and institutions of higher education;
  • Planning with institutions of higher education that have shown interest in this opportunity;
  • Recruitment of additional colleges and universities; and
  • Data collection and evaluation on project achievement, social inclusion, and career outcomes.

For more information on the Indiana Partnership for Postsecondary Education Project, contact David Mank at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail dmank@indiana.edu. To learn more about college options for people with intellectual disabilities, visit the Think College website at http://www.thinkcollege.net.