Expanding Career, Education, and Leadership Opportunities for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The EXCEL Program offered by the Georgia Institute of Technology is a four-year college program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) leading to two separate Certificates.
Certificate 1: Academic Enrichment, Social Fluency, and Career Exploration
Certificate 2: Social Growth, Leadership, and Career Development
Program Overview
An overview of the EXCEL Program at Georgia Tech
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Mentorship Program
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In the News
Rachel Lowy, a Ph.D. student in the School of Interactive Computing, piloted a new human-computer interaction design course for IDD students in Georgia Tech’s EXCEL program.
EXCEL students Lexi Guerrero, Matt Strom, Zahmari Johnson, and Braden Bartels reflect on their experiences in the EXCEL program and navigating campus life at Georgia Tech.
The Coca-Cola Foundation is supporting the EXCEL program through a recent grant to Georgia Tech that includes critical needs-based scholarships for students over the next four years.