{"id":75,"date":"2022-03-28T13:20:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T13:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/activity\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T20:38:53","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"CDCI Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"link-tiles-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-gray\" id=\"Resources\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        <div class=\"row align-items-center overview-row\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 details\">\n                <h2 class=\"uvm-block-header\">Current Academic Programs<\/h2>              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n        <div class=\"link-tiles-grid row\">\n          <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cess\/welcome-think-college-vermont\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Think College Vermont @ CESS<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>Students with disabilities can take 9-18 credits of courses at the University of Vermont and earn a Certificate of Professional Studies.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Think-College-Fishbowl-Maureen-Haswell-100522-copy-1-750x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"a group of college-aged students, some with visible disabilities, some without, pose for photo with the UVM mascot, a catamount in a basketball uniform\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Think-College-Fishbowl-Maureen-Haswell-100522-copy-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Think-College-Fishbowl-Maureen-Haswell-100522-copy-1-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Think-College-Fishbowl-Maureen-Haswell-100522-copy-1-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cess\/doe\/program\/disability-studies-certificate-graduate-study\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">UVM Disability Studies<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>Earn a graduate certificate (or micro-certificate) in as little as a year.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-Liliane-at-CESS-Research-Symposium-750x500.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"A pale-skinned woman in her forties, with dark hair pulled back into a low ponytail and thin-rimmed glasses, poses for a photo next to a research poster\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-Liliane-at-CESS-Research-Symposium-750x500.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2-Liliane-at-CESS-Research-Symposium-120x80.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/academics\/cape-coast-university-in-ghana\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Global Disability Studies<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>Empowering people with disabilities on a global level<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sefakor-tile.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"A Black woman in her forties with hair in loose, curled locs to her shoulders sits smiling, in a gold and cobalt short-sleeved top\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sefakor-tile.png 555w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sefakor-tile-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sefakor-tile-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sefakor-tile-400x265.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n                <article class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3 smaller hentry\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/academics\/online-learning-module\/\" target=\"\" class=\"article-link d-flex\">\n          <header>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\">Online Learning Modules<\/h3>\n\n                        <div class=\"entry-excerpt\">\n              <p>Self-paced, asynchronous online learning<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            \n            <p class=\"icon-indicator\"><i class=\"fa-arrow-right fa-regular fa-sharp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/p>\n          <\/header>\n\n          <figure>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kelly-for-web.001-750x500.png\" class=\"attachment-three-two-md size-three-two-md\" alt=\"Screenshot of a video on urine production\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kelly-for-web.001-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kelly-for-web.001-1500x1000.png 1500w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kelly-for-web.001-120x80.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>          <\/figure>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/article>\n              <\/div>\n    \n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"testimonials-block\" id=\"Testimonials\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-row\">\n    <div class=\"col-12 details\">\n            <h3>Why study disability with CDCI?<\/h3>          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <section class=\"testimonials-carousel\">\n        <div class=\"testimonial\">\n      <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n        <p class=\"p1\">What I loved most was how well it was organized, and how interesting it was\u2026 I was always looking forward to the time I\u2019d set aside for this coursework.<\/p>\n\n        \n        <cite>Liliane Savard<\/cite>      <\/blockquote>\n      <ul class=\"testimonial-nav\">\n        <li><span class=\"prev-testimonial btn btn-default btn-icon\"><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-regular fa-arrow-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Previous testimonial<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n        <li><span class=\"next-testimonial btn btn-default btn-icon\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Next testimonial<\/span><i class=\"fa-sharp fa-regular fa-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n      <\/section>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"stats-block d-flex uvm-block wp-full-width bg-green\" id=\"Stats\">\n  <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n    <div class=\"row overview-columns\">\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 media\">\n        <figure>\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-eleven-nine size-eleven-nine\" alt=\"A pair of women stand and address seated students in a lecture hall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n-120x60.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cdci.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/30712040_1856322134380848_4268966942674518016_n-400x200.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 details\">\n        <div>\n                    <h2>CDCI Academics by the Numbers<\/h2>          \n                    <ul class=\"stats row\">\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">12 months <\/span>              total time required for the Disability Studies micro-certificate            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">8 credits <\/span>              total credits for the micro-certificate            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">84% <\/span>              of Disability Studies graduates find employment in the first six months after graduation            <\/li>\n                        <li>\n              <span class=\"highlight\">93% <\/span>              of Disability Studies graduates report being Highly Satisfied with the program            <\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n          \n          \n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2561,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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