; activities (1) Duration A grant under this subpart shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. (2) Authorized activities A grant awarded under this subpart shall be used to carry out one or more of the following activities: (A) Teaching methods and strategies The development and implementation of training to provide innovative, effective, and evidence-based teaching methods and strategies, consistent with the principles of universal design for learning, to provide postsecondary faculty, staff, and administrators with the skills and supports necessary to teach and meet the academic and programmatic needs of students (including students with disabilities) in order to improve the retention of such students in, and the completion by such students of, postsecondary education. Such methods and strategies may include in-service training, professional development, customized and general technical assistance, workshops, summer institutes, distance learning, and training in the use of assistive and educational technology. (B) Implementing accommodations The development and implementation of training to provide postsecondary faculty, staff, and administrators methods and strategies of providing appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities, including descriptions of legal obligations of the university to provide such accommodations. (C) Effective transition practices The development and implementation of innovative, effective, and evidence-based teaching methods and strategies to provide postsecondary faculty, staff, and administrators with the skills and supports necessary to ensure the successful and smooth transition of students with disabilities from secondary school to postsecondary education. The teaching methods and strategies may include supporting students in the development of self-advocacy skills to improve transition to, and completion of, postsecondary education. (D) Distance learning The development and implementation of training to provide innovative, effective, and evidence-based teaching methods