Faculty Resource Council on
Disability Model

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The Implementation

One of the primary initiatives of Project PACE has been the establishment of two Faculty Resource Councils on Disability (FRC)—one at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and one at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The FRCs are made up of faculty representatives from each academic department and additional staff from other key departments.

A 16-hour training curriculum was developed and offered at UALR and UAPB. Topics included: disability awareness, disability law, Web accessibility, and universal instructional design, as well as disability-specific information. On the two campuses, a total of 90 faculty and administrators received a combined total of 1278 hours of training. In addition, Project PACE has offered on-going continuing education opportunities for these faculty members. FRC members have received the resource materials developed by Project PACE and will continue to receive other resources as they become available. They are asked to make these resources available and to act as a mentor to faculty in their departments.