Students with Disabilities
Tim’s Tips: New Guidance on Disability Accommodation
New Guidance on Disability Accommodation Inside Higher Education May 15, 2012 – 3:00am To help colleges ensure that their approach to disability documentation and accommodations requests is appropriate and equitable, in the wake of multiple federal guidelines changes that have made the work more complicated, the Association on Higher Education and Disability released new guidance [...]
Tim’s Tips: Manju Banerjee: an ‘Amazing Opportunity’ at a College Focused on Students With Disabilities
April 1, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Manju Banerjee: an ‘Amazing Opportunity’ at a College Focused on Students With Disabilities Manju Banerjee Age: 56 New job: Director of the Institute for Research and Training at Landmark College, a two-year institution in Vermont that specializes in serving students with learning disabilities and attention-deficit disorders Previous [...]
Tim’s Tips: Florida State Settles Suit by Blind Students
Florida State Settles Suit by Blind Students Inside Higher Education March 7, 2012 – 3:00am Florida State University has agreed to pay $75,000 each to two blind students who sued the institution, charging that it was using instructional materials that had not been made available in forms they could use. The university denied wrongdoing but [...]
Tim’s Tips: $150,000 Settlement Reached in Blind Florida State Students’ E-Learning Suit
$150,000 Settlement Reached in Blind Florida State Students’ E-Learning Suit March 6, 2012, 2:25 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Marc Parry Florida State University has resolved a lawsuit that was brought by two blind students who accused the university of discrimination due to inaccessible technology. Under the settlement, the university agreed to pay [...]
Tim’s Tips: Bar Association Seeks More Accommodation of Disabled Students on LSAT
February 13, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Bar Association Seeks More Accommodation of Disabled Students on LSAT By Katherine Mangan The American Bar Association has joined advocates for disabled students in urging the Law School Admission Council to improve the way it handles requests for accommodations from disabled test-takers…. (Note: May require subscription.) http://chronicle.com/article/Bar-Association-Seeks-More/130767/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Tim’s Tips: Academic Minute: Disability Studies
Academic Minute: Disability Studies Inside Higher Education February 10, 2012 – 3:00am In today’s Academic Minute, Chris Gabbard of the University of North Florida explains how the academic spectrum can be enriched through the addition of disability studies programs. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/02/10/academic-minute-disability-studies
Tim’s Tips: What Should I Do About Jacob?
What Should I Do About Jacob? Inside Higher Education January 23, 2012 – 3:00am By Anonymous To protect the student’s privacy, the author of this piece has chosen to remain anonymous and has changed all potentially identifying details. Almost daily I am reminded of the truth in Oppenheimer’s observation: The best way to learn is [...]
Tim’s Tips: Vimeo, Captioning, and Social Media
Vimeo, Captioning, and Social Media Inside Higher Education January 24, 2012 – 8:30pm By Joshua Kim On 1/18 Eric Stoller wrote about the lack of a captioning option on the Vimeo web video platform. As Eric pointed out in an earlier post, “accessible videos are an ethical mandate for all who create video content.” Eric [...]
Tim’s Tips: GAO Examines Complexities of Testing Accommodations
GAO Examines Complexities of Testing Accommodations January 3, 2012, 7:21 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Eric Hoover Federal disability laws require testing companies to provide extra time or other accommodations to students with disabilities. But documenting a test taker’s needs and determining appropriate accommodations is often difficult, as a new report from the Government [...]
Tim’s Tips: National Federation of the Blind Seeks to Join HathiTrust Defendants
National Federation of the Blind Seeks to Join HathiTrust Defendants December 14, 2011, 2:58 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education The National Federation of the Blind has asked a federal court to add it to the defendants named in a lawsuit brought by the Authors Guild and others against the HathiTrust digital repository and five [...]