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Equity and Excellence in Higher Education

 


Equity and Excellence in Higher Education:
A Universal Design for Learning Collaboration

~A Completed Project~

Excellence and Equity in Higher Education: a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) project is sponsored by the University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (UCED) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, in collaboration with the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), and the UCEDs at Rhode Island College, the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Vermont. This project is intended to advance universal access to higher education through the development of concepts and techniques of universal design and access, and educating faculty in these concepts and techniques. Over five semesters, a leadership team will work with faculty in a model universally accessible learning environment to promote universally accessible teaching and learning in higher education.

Funding Source:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education

Contact Persons:

Lu Zeph, Director
207/581-1207 (V)
207/581-1084 (V/TTY)

Funding Period:

October 1, 2005-September 30, 2008

Resources:

  • "A Universal Vision" presents the foundations for a model syllabus for the Equity and Excellence project.

Links:

 

Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 114
The University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
Phone: 207/581-1084

The University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
207/581-1110
A Member of the University of Maine System