Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

Heads of OER initiatives should look to involve representatives from as many parts of campus as possible, including DEI leaders, social justice officers, instructional designers, disability services workers, institutional research officers, faculty, librarians, and students.

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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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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 17, 2023

Planning for Higher Education , 47 (1), 3. link] safety/disability-services/differences.aspx DO-IT. What is the difference between accommodation and modification for a student with a disability? Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology:| DO-IT. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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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.

Higher Education 52

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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.

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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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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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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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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

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. million for scholarships for students with disabilities since 1981. Newcombe, who valued higher education, was unable to attend college because of a visual impairment.

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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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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 Communities

JANUARY 11, 2022

“Approaches to Equality and Diversity in Higher Education Teaching” (December 2016): [link] This post from 2016 on Equality and Diversity attests, again, to the persistent interest our readers have in the topic. Former-PhD student, Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka, explains what ‘co-creation in the curriculum’ means.

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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. In a 2009 study , students across multiple countries rate the importance of wellbeing higher than money, and the desire to live a fulfilled life.

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Computers and Informational Technology Faculty Disability Services Management 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 30, 2023

The latter always supersedes in an overly rationalist ableist higher education setting indicating the ‘endemic’ nature of ableist practices that shape academia ( Brown and Leigh, 2018 ). Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics? Disability & society , 33 , 985-989. Brown, N. & & Leigh, J.

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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 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] Garrad, T.-A., A., & Nolan, H. Student Success , 14 (1), 1–8.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 7, 2023

With 10 years in higher education, Shian Holt has been developing and delivering strategic support and services for students. Shian is a qualified coach and has 20+ years’ experience of working in complex environments, Commercial and Third Sector, including project delivery and line management.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2023

There, McManus served as the coordinator of disability support services and worked as a minority retention counselor. “I She served for nearly nine years as the university’s director of disability services. Dr. Kimberly O.

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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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