UC Berkeley class prepares disabled students for competitive job marketUC Berkeley is home to hundreds of disabled students who have the grades and smarts to thrive on campus, but show a lack of confidence that often comes from feeling unprepared to compete in a risk-averse job market that associates disability with inconvenience and litigation, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the campus’s Disabled Students Program.
UC Berkeley is home to hundreds of disabled students who have the grades and smarts to thrive on campus, but show a lack of confidence that often comes from feeling unprepared to compete in a risk-averse job market that associates disability with inconvenience and litigation, said Paul Hippolitus, director of the campus’s Disabled Students Program.
Nearing the end of its first year, Hippolitus’s two-credit Professional Development and Disability course – taught under the sponsorship of English professor Susan Schweik and the Office of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies– is open to all students and has attracted those with a wide range of visible and invisible disabilities.
|
|
