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The transition course is available in braille to students in Hadley's Adult
Continuing Education/High School Program (ACE/HS) and in large print and
online for students in the Family Education (FE) and professional programs.
The course is free of charge on an ongoing basis to ACE/HS and FE
students. Thanks to a generous gift from the American Printing House for the
Blind, the course is also free of charge to professionals through the Hadley
School for Professional Studies through the end of 2015.
While Hadley expected the transition course to be popular, interest has
far exceeded expectations, demonstrating the need for UEB training. Since it
was activated in January, Hadley has had more than 1900 enrollments and
nearly 600 students have successfully completed the course. The majority of
these students are professionals and the remainder are blind braille readers.
Survey results to date have been very positive:
• 94 percent rated the course as "excellent" or "very good"
• 98 percent would recommend the course to a colleague
• 100 percent said that they achieved their goal for taking the course
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