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Success for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Community College, Composition View

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, an instructor might, ideally with the student’s permission and buy-in, contact faculty who previously worked with the student, various administrators like the Department Chair and the Dean of Student Affairs, and Disability Resources & Services (DRS). allowing the student extended time on tests) (DO-IT, 2022). Embrace Autism.

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Two ed-tech companies team up with hopes to improve transfer

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” Sarah Zauner, executive director of the Ada Center, which advises higher ed institutions on decisions about technology, said colleges badly need “viable technology tools that comprehensively support student transfer,” given the maze of piecemeal options currently available to handle different parts of the process.

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Building maintenance issues admissions leaders should know about (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Older buildings typically have been renovated and retrofitted countless times and were not designed for modern HVAC systems, ADA accessibility and active learning classrooms. Old bathrooms, which are virtually impossible to make ADA accessible, let alone gender-neutral, without violating municipal laws regarding fixture counts.