Welcome to Project ShIFT!

This is the public area of the Project ShIFT Participant Workspace.  Currently, most of the content is unavailable to public view.  As the project progresses, more resources will be made available.  

About Project ShIFT

Project ShIFT (SHaping Inclusion through Foundational Transformation) is a 3-year, grant-funded, demonstration research initiative that is associated with the Disability Resources Department of Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.  The focus of the project is to prepare and support postsecondary disability service providers from across the country to examine and change disability policies and practices on their campuses.

The first year of the project focuses on campus disability resource programs and staff. Participants will explore progressive views of disability, universal design concepts, and conduct a careful examination of the subtle messages about disability that we encounter on a daily basis. Through a comprehensive curriculum, disability service professionals will examine the policies and practices of their offices and make plans for introducing changes in their policies, practices, and campus interactions.

During the second year of the project, a faculty member from each participant institution will be invited to participate in the project.  The disability service providers  will serve as leaders for faculty in the redesign of curriculum, the use of UD instructional strategies, and the infusion of disability into course content.   Faculty participants will examine their own teaching strategies, consider how course design impacts student inclusion, and develop a plan for integrating new design ideas into their courses.

During the final year of the project, DS providers will move to an advanced level of intensive analysis of their "shifts." The group will explore ways to continue examining professional best practices on their campuses through the frames of disability culture and inclusive design.

The project will create and disseminate a website with guidance for DS staff to analyze and enhance their own policies and practices and to partner with faculty in the development of more inclusive courses. Campus-wide dissemination will be conducted through trained DS staff and faculty with the goal of increasing institutional capacity; national dissemination will be through publication, presentation, and the project web site.

Project Abstract

Grant Overview and Narrative (PDF)

Project ShIFT is funded by the Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education under the Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education.  (PR Award #: P333A080082-09)