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In 1992, with funding from NSF, DO-IT launched the first [[DO-IT Scholars Program]]. In 1999, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) funded the DO-IT Prof project, which created professional development materials and trained faculty and academic administrators in the U.S. to more fully include students with disabilities in their courses.<ref name="doit funding overivew">[http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/access_college.html "AccessCollege: Systemic Change for Postsecondary Institutions"], DO-IT Center. Retrieved 2013-02-10.</ref> In 2005, OPE and the NSF funded DO-IT’s AccessCollege project.<ref name="doit funding overivew"/> AccessCollege staff worked with a team of faculty and administrators representing twenty-three two- and four-year institutions in the U.S.; the project included creation of the web-based Center for Universal Design in Education (CUDE), publication of the book ''Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice'',<ref>{{cite book | last = Burgstahler | first = Sheryl| coauthors |author2= Burgstahler, S.; |author3=Cory, R. | year = 2008 | title = Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice | url = http://books.google.com/?id=TUEmAQAAIAAJ&q=Universal+design+in+higher+education:+From+principles+to+practice&dq=Universal+design+in+higher+education:+From+principles+to+practice | publisher = Harvard Education Press | isbn = 9781891792915}}</ref> and the training manual ''Building Capacity for a Welcoming and Accessible Postsecondary Institution''.<ref>[http://www.washington.edu/doit/cbiN/index_pdf.html "Building Capacity for a Welcoming and Accessible Postsecondary Institution"], DO-IT Center. Retrieved 2013-02-10.</ref>