Truly Inclusive Admission: Recruiting Students with Disabilities

Truly Inclusive Admission: Recruiting Students with Disabilities

Proactively recruiting disabled students makes good business sense in higher education. While changing demographics are reducing the overall number of high school students applying to college, disabled students may represent a key untapped market. The National Center...
Counseling Students with Learning Differences

Counseling Students with Learning Differences

Shepherding students through the college application process in a post-pandemic world is hard work—and when students have learning differences, the job can be even more daunting. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, these students are three...
Confident and Empowered: Supporting College-Bound Autistic Students

Confident and Empowered: Supporting College-Bound Autistic Students

The rate of autism diagnoses in the United States has grown considerably in recent decades. Here’s what counselors and colleges need to know as they work with this population of students. Around the country, more autistic students are starting neurodiversity clubs,...
Bridging the Executive Function Gap: Helping Neurodivergent Students Thrive in College

Bridging the Executive Function Gap: Helping Neurodivergent Students Thrive in College

Thanks to TCC team member Jennifer Quinn for this thoughtful post! Imagine this: You’re a high school senior with ADHD. Teachers remind you of upcoming deadlines. Your parents help manage your calendar. Now fast forward: you’re on a college campus, and no one’s...