Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 26, 2023
A lot of OER initiatives reside within library systems, whereas you might have a vice president for DEI out of the provost’s office or president’s office.” We can’t have the library doing all this OER work when those in DEI don’t know about these initiatives,” she said. “It
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before.
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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. Please contact apg@ed.ac.uk for details.
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." They assume that these accommodations are trying to cheat the system or game the system in some way. That is definitely not it."
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