In 1992, the Texas Commission for the Blind formed a student leadership committee, Leaders in Transitioning with Excellence, to facilitate the development of leadership skills and involvement in communities by students with visual impairments, aged 15 to 20. This article describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the committee and…

This article describes a collaborative process that parents, teachers, consumers, and advocacy groups in North Carolina used to successfully establish a permanently funded university training program specializing in visual impairments, the Visual Impairment Training Program. Within this process several factors were identified that contributed to…

This article discusses the design, development, and implementation of a distance-delivered master's degree program leading to licensure as a teacher of students with visual impairments. The evolution of the program, based on improvements in technology, growth in faculty expertise, and students' enhanced performance, is described. (Contains five…

The development and teaching of Web-based courses places new demands on university faculty and students. Development structures, online pedagogical practices, and issues of evaluation are presented by two faculty with online experience in the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)