Learning Ally

2014
Education
Princeton, NJ, USA
Project Title: Advancing the Success of Blind and Visually Impaired Students in Higher Education Website: http://www.learningally.org

About the Grantee

Learning Ally is dedicated to helping students with print disabilities, including blindness, visual impairment, and dyslexia. Learning Ally improves the way students learn at home and in the classroom.

Purpose of the Grant

To pilot-test a national program to help 500 U.S. students who are blind or visually impaired learn and succeed in college by: (1) training students to self-advocate with fellow students, professors, and college administrators and (2) providing them web- and phone-based access to mentors in adaptive paths to college success

Amount

$303,560

Term

18 months

Grant Regions

USA Multi-State