|
|
|
|
|
|
Home > About Hadley
|
The Hadley School for the Blind is the largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people, their families and blindness service professionals. Founded in 1920 by William Hadley and Dr. E.V.L. Brown, Hadley offers courses free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students and their families and affordable tuition courses to blindness professionals. Today, the school serves more than 10,000 students annually in all 50 states and 100 countries. Hadley relies on contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations to fund its programs.
Hadley has a course for you if you are:
Study in a location convenient to you. Course materials and teachers' comments on your assignments arrive by mail or via email.
Study at any time, at your own pace. Since you decide when to study, you can choose a time when you are least likely to be interrupted.
Receive specially-designed course materials in the medium of your choice. —braille, large print, audio cassette and online.
Receive one-on-one attention from your instructor. Your Hadley instructor will check, grade and respond to your completed assignments individually, as if you were sitting together in a classroom.
Contact your instructor with questions. If you have a question about what you are studying, you can call our toll-free number (U.S. and Canada), write or email your instructor.
You can request a Hadley course catalog in braille, cassette, large print or CD. Also, our website provides the catalogs in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) or in Rich Text Format for you to view online or download. All the information you need can be found at Course Catalog.
The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement
since 1978
The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council
since 1958
© 2010 The Hadley School for the Blind
