A report is given on the development and progress of the Dean's Grant Project at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Included in the report is information on: (1) developments leading to the Dean's Grant Project; (2) plan for institutionalizing special education concepts in the teacher education program; (3) goals, objectives, and activities for the project (including a chart showing activities by month over a 3-year period); (4) evaluation methodology--populations, activities, and settings; (5) evaluation instruments; (6) results of surveys of faculty and students, criterion-referenced pre- and post-tests, and student attitudes; (7) dissemination of information on Dean's Grant efforts; (8) assessment of knowledge on education of the handicapped; and (9) faculty and student receptivity to the program. Appendices contain a sample of a form used to analyze professional education centers' experience with cultural diversity, and criterion-referenced tests on the characteristics of the handicapped, the role of the regular educator in mainstreaming, and the origins and foundations of Public Law 94-142. Also appended are Dean's Grant newsletters and a questionnaire designed to assess knowledge of education of the handicapped. (JD)