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WEBINAR: Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools: Next Steps for Inclusive Campuses
March 5, 2025. 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Think College offers this webinar with guest leaders from Special Olympics. Learn about how Unified Champion Schools (UCS) promotes inclusion through Unified Sports, leadership opportunities, and campus-wide engagement. UCS is widely expanding into colleges and universities. In this webinar, participants can learn more about hosting a UCS…
College and Career Services application open for 2025-26 school year.
The college and Career Services application is open for the 2025-26 school year. Final touches are being put on the University of Kentucky college and career studies application. Check back soon for updates.
Community Spotlight Podcast – Episode 15: UK Athletics
Community Spotlight Podcast – Episode 15: UK Athletics Jacob interviews Chris Shoals, Associate Director of Athletic Communications and Public Relations at UK. Jacob and Chris talk about UK Athletics, sports media, and the importance of sports to the college experience and in society at large.
Ann’s Music Spotlight featuring Nick Teale
Ann’s Music Spotlight featuring Nick Teale Ann’s Music Spotlight is a media series showcasing local and regional Kentucky musicians. It is hosted by Ann Switzer, an alum of the College and Career Studies at UK, who now works as a mentor and media specialist at HDI. In this episode, Ann interviews Louisville singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist…
About KSHEP
The Kentucky Supported Higher Education Partnership (KSHEP) is a network of Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) across the state offering inclusive higher education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) programs.
CTPs support students with intellectual disabilities (ID) who want to continue academic or career and technical instruction at an IHE in order to better prepare for competitive integrated employment and independent living.
About the KSHEP-TAC
KSHEP-TAC refers to the statewide technical assistance center for supported higher education in Kentucky. KSHEP-TAC is a project of the Human Development Institute (HDI) at the University of Kentucky (UK). In that role, HDI provides technical assistance and support to colleges and universities that have established, or may be interested in establishing inclusive higher education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary (CTP) programs.
Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) are significantly underrepresented in higher education.
In Kentucky, only 18% of students with disabilities (across disability categories) were enrolled at a college or university in the year following their exit from high school.
Only 6% of students with ID were enrolled at a college or university in the year following their exit from high school.
Kentucky Post-School Outcomes Center (KYPSO), Youth-One-Year-Out (YOYO), 2022