Project Timeline

• September – December 2009
• Promote Bridging the Gap through the IDEA Center Web site and Universal  Design Education Online Web site
• Kick-off meeting at the 2009 NOMA Conference
• Form Project Task Force
• Develop plan of action

• Promote project among HBCU faculty and students
• Curriculum development consultations with faculty at the HBCU architecture schools
• IDeA Center staff site visits to participating HBCUs
• Encourage student submissions to NOMA design competition
• Highlight other exceptional student and faculty work on Universal Desgin
• Expanding coverage and sharing among HBCUs about UD curriculum development and service learning projects
• Determine mechanisms for perpetuation of the project after funding closes

• Follow-up meeting at the 2010 NOMA Conference that will include participating HBCU curriculum development presentations and review of work produced in the HBCU student design programs
• Student exhibition at NOMA 2010 Conference
• UD publication for distribution at the conference
• Publication of project materials, including the student design projects, on the Bridging the Gap Web site
• Project evaluation and final report

Project Strategies

1. Reviewing the accepted definition of Universal Design to ensure that it is relevant to the needs of minority and underserved communities in the United States;
2. Developing a method to regularly recognize achievements in curriculum development at HBCUs and other participating colleges and universities;
3. Developing an on-going support network for curriculum development at HBCUs and other participating colleges and universities.