Symplicity

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Roughly 20 percent of students enrolled in higher education have reported having a disability, according to the most recent federal data. This means there is a significant portion of college students that have a form of disability whether visible or otherwise. While the U.S.

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Symplicity

APRIL 28, 2023

According to the World Bank , one billion people, or 15percent of the world's population, experience some form of disability, and persons with disabilities are more likely to experience adverse socioeconomic outcomes such as less education, poorer health outcomes, lower levels of employment, and higher poverty rates.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 17, 2023

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). Planning for Higher Education , 47 (1), 3. & McKnight, J.

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Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A 2007 survey from the Association on Higher Education and Disability reported that just 28% of students with learning disabilities graduate from college. And only 25% of students with an identified learning difference take advantage of the services available to them on campus. How do things change in college?

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Eric Stoller

MAY 23, 2018

Today, students are paying more and more for their higher education experience. When eTextbooks include features such alternative text descriptions of visuals and content that can be used with assistive technology, students can start reading right away, without waiting for a disability services department to create a file.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education. For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Why a One-Stop?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 25, 2023

Image: Factors ranging from financial stress to participation in extracurriculars can influence whether a student receiving services at their university’s counseling center will voluntarily withdraw from the institution, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health.

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University Business

MAY 31, 2023

These types of increases will in turn increase the need for services for students diagnosed with autism on college campuses as well. In addition to the WISE Clinic offerings, the Office of Disability Services offers what they refer to as a “chill room.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. Leshner said it was important to Zweig that the funds go toward supporting career-driven individuals with disabilities. Image: A $10.9 “This is a monumental moment.”

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Symplicity

APRIL 10, 2024

Students entering higher education with a disability is rising, according to most recent reports, there are roughly 17.3 percent of students have a known disability.

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Dr. Al Solano

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Even students who've registered with disability services may qualify for accommodations that they don't ask for because the stigma around these diagnoses can feel really scary." She has spent more than 20 years teaching in higher education, including stints in composition, journalism, new media, and political science.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Those losses led her to rethink the program’s curriculum.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 31, 2019

Although our Student Disability Service offers autism awareness training, all too often the job of educating staff falls to individual autistic students, and we know anecdotally that many autistic people struggle to identify what adjustments would be helpful. This is much easier said than done.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 10, 2018

Pixabay CC0 Digital tools can not fix an illness or take away a disability, but they can play a huge part in enabling participation. I’m also an education researcher, working 5 hours a week, currently on a lecture recording project in the School of Mathematics. When reading is difficult I find that text to speech is helpful.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 23, 2024

Tessa then shifts gears to ask Grace about her experience in her state school around mental health education and if it was ever talked about with them. The rest was left to the disability service, I think there was about five of them. For a school of over a thousand students, we had one pastoral support woman.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Secondly, we worked with Student Disability Services to help identify courses where there were students with a schedule who we may not have been aware of. Firstly, there were courses we already knew about where students were enrolled with a subtitling adjustment on their schedule.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 30, 2023

In this extra post, Avita tells us an important story about the benefits of post-pandemic adaptation to teaching and learning for students with hidden disabilities, as flexibility in working spaces and schedules removed some barriers to learning.

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Dr. Al Solano

JANUARY 18, 2024

The focus of the episode is her book, Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty. About Dr. Christine Harrington Dr. Christine Harrington has been working in higher education for over 20 years and is an expert on student success and teaching and learning.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JANUARY 11, 2022

. “The Students’ Association’s Students-Led Teaching Awards 2021: Nominations now open” : [link] EUSA’s yearly teaching awards are an opportunity for students to assess the quality of teaching and acknowledge the hard work of educators at the University.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 1, 2022

There is growing recognition that mental and physical wellbeing is of ever-increasing importance and concern to students in higher education. The fully accessible centre houses the main bases for Student Counselling , Student Disability Service , the Equally Safe team, the University Health Centre , and an independent pharmacy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 3, 2019

and the Feeling Good App (which won the “Supporting Student Wellbeing Award” at the recent Herald Higher Education Awards ). All of these resources are for staff and students. Originally from Edinburgh, Andy graduated from the University of Manchester in 1994 with a BA (Hons) in Russian and Social Policy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 30, 2023

Image credit: alessandro fazari, Unsplash , CC0 In this extra post, Avita tells us an important story about the benefits of post-pandemic adaptation to teaching and learning for academics with hidden disabilities, as flexibility in working spaces and schedules removed some barriers to learning. Journal of Dental Education , 86 , 546-573.

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Symplicity

JULY 29, 2024

In the last few years, there has been increasing scrutiny by the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) on how higher education institutions are not adequately supporting students with a disability.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 13, 2024

Educ Inf Technol 29, 2767–2785 (2024). Rethinking higher education unit design: Embedding universal design for learning in online studies. link] CAST, Universal Design in Higher Education: [link] Inclusive Education Framework: [link] Victoria Buchanan Victoria Buchanan is the Director of the Disability and Learning Support Service.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 7, 2023

For example, colleagues in Moray House School of Education and Sport and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies have designed evidence-led peer support programmes, developed over several years which are embedded in the student experience.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 31, 2020

Creating Accessible Materials , hosted within the ‘Accessibility’ section of the Information Services Group webpages, provides a significant overview of this subject. This rings true across the three Colleges, whether at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the School of Informatics or the Moray House School of Education and Sport.

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Symplicity

MAY 31, 2024

As the UK moves towards greater inclusivity, understanding the unique strengths and challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals has become crucial in both educational and employment sectors.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 7, 2023

Shian Holt is the Assistant Director Student Support, Disability and Learning Support Service.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2023

McManus knew the importance of education. McManus graduated valedictorian of her high school and went on to Clemson University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in counseling with an emphasis in student affairs. Dr. Kimberly O. That is no easy feat. “My

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AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Galway features HSE community services and offers a wide range of opportunities in mental health support services, eldercare, child protection and welfare, alternative care, disability services, and education support services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In a Senate confirmation hearing that has sent ripples through the higher education community, Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon acknowledged Linda McMahon President Trump's directive to potentially dissolve the Department of Education, while facing pointed questions about diversity initiatives and civil rights protections in education.

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