TOPS Program Celebrates 10 Years
of Promoting Inclusion at Ohio State!

 

 

Become a TOPS Champion! Make a Donation to Support Our Students and Staff

 

Student Success Stories

Read some stories about our students, who have achieved success through the TOPS Program: 

 

Then and Now – The Evolution of TOPS

TOPS started as a Project Search program and has grown into one of Ohio’s Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary programs for students with disabilities affiliated with Think College:

THEN (2010-11)

NOW (2019-20)

8 internship opportunities 

 

 

53 unpaid internship opportunities

21 paid student employment and internship positions

 

 

Average pay: $8.43/hour

 

 

Average pay: $12.43/hour

 

 

Average work hours: 20/week 

 

 

Average work hours: 25.8/week

 

 

58% graduates
competitively employed

 

 

79% graduates
competitively employed

 

 

7 courses in 5 deparments

 

 

Over 150 courses in over 40 departments

 

 

13 peer mentors

 

 

56 peer mentors

 

 

No on-campus living options

 

 

On-campus living options include
University Village and Residence Halls

 

 

 

TOPS students have taken over 150 unique courses at OSU (Excel file)

 

TOPS students have gained work experience at 70 unique worksites (Word file)  

 

TOPS students have participated in 30 unique community service activities (Word file)   

 

 

Please revisit this page throughout the 2020-21 school year, as we will be celebrating 10-years of serving students and adding more content related to the growth of our program.

 

 

Congratulations to all of our graduates, and thank you to all of our supporters through the years!

 

 

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