Disabilities Task Force

Welcome

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Steering Committee

Definitions of Terms

Recommendations to New York State for strategies to increase access and opportunity

1. Preparation for postsecondary education opportunities

2. Institutional commitment within postsecondary education

3. Capacity of all campus personnel and students to work with and teach students with disabilities

4. Universal design and access through assistive technology

5. Career development and full employment opportunity

6. Regional coordination and partnerships

7. Accreditation and review

8. Funding and financial mechanisms to enhance the educational opportunity for students with disabilities

9. Management structure for continued collaboration and implementation

10. Conclusion

Appendices

A. Background

B. Data and Charts

C. Task Force Memberships

D. Chairpersons

E. Expert Panel

F. President's Panel

G. Liaisons

H. Guidelines to Allow for the Transfer of Assistive Technology when a Student Moves from School Jurisdiction to Higher Education, Other Human Services Agency or Employment

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Recommendations to New York State for strategies to increase access

9. Management Structure for Continued Collaboration and Implementation

Discussion

The focused energy and creativity of cooperating university sectors coordinated within the Task Force on Postsecondary Education and Disabilities should not be lost. Given a continuing need for data collection and evaluation, the landmark cross-sector partnership represented by the Task Force should be formalized. Additionally, leaders of secondary education should be brought into this landmark effort in a formal way, and included in a standing committee representing the leadership of the educational community to serve as a focal point for continued research, outcomes monitoring and public policy action in the area of disabilities and postsecondary education. This standing committee will focus the continued attention needed to maintain the Task Force's forward momentum. The committee could naturally draw on the research capabilities of all of New York State's postsecondary education institutions.

Goal Nine

New York State, through the Board of Regents, establishes a standing Steering Committee made up of leadership of the four university sectors, the State Education Department, and leaders in secondary education to guide ongoing research, policy development and assessment.

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