AHEAD Benchmarking Data
AHEAD conducts biennial surveys of postsecondary disability professionals. This ongoing program has gathered information on professionals and programs since 2008 providing benchmarking data and documenting trends and growth in the field.
Special Projects
AHEAD conducts selected research on topics of high need or interest to the membership. Many of these projects are done in collaboration with AHEAD members.
- CURRENTLY UNDERWAY: A year-long study of postsecondary disability professionals’ experiences and responses to the COVID Pandemic (lead researcher: Dr. Katherine Aquino, St. Johns University)
- COVID-19 Transitions: Higher Education Professionals’ Perspectives on Access Barriers, Services, and Solutions for Students with Disabilities (August, 2020) (Word Doc Download).
- Wave 2 report: An Update on Access, Barriers, and Supports Nine Months into the Pandemic (April, 2021)(download in Word or PDF)
- Wave 3 report: Scheduled for June, 2021
- 2020-2021: An Update of AHEAD’s Professional and Program Standards
- 2021: An Update to the AHEAD Code of Ethics (lead researcher: Dr. Adam Lalor, Landmark University)
- 2020: An Update to the AHEAD Professional Standards (lead researchers: Dr. Lyman Dukes, University of South Florida St. Petersburg)
- 2020: An Update to the AHEAD Program Standards and Performance Indicators (lead researcher: Dr. Sally Scott, AHEAD)
- 2020: Program Evaluation and Review Practices of Disability Resource Professionals
- 2019: ADA Coordinators: A Report on Campus Structures and Roles
- 2017: Disability Resource Professionals and their Individual Work with Students.
Sharing Evidence-Based Practices
The Information Services Portal provides professional resources for understanding, using, and applying research and data in campus-based disability resource and affiliated offices. The portal includes a growing repository of resources including models and samples of exemplary data-based practices generated by the membership.
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