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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Let’s Teach Computer Science Majors to Be Good Citizens. The Whole World Depends on It.

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Undergraduate education offers a key opportunity for recruiting students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic, gender, and disability groups into computing. This study sought to uncover how students are changing in college, including how their academic majors might have an effect on their beliefs and attitudes.

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Cultural Immersion: An Eye-Opening Experience to Facilitate Learning

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The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Active learning techniques that improve psychiatric learning must be included and supported across all curriculum levels.

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Cultural Immersion: An Eye-Opening Experience to Facilitate Learning

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The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Active learning techniques that improve psychiatric learning must be included and supported across all curriculum levels.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

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For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. Heading into the 2024-2025 school year, I think we’ll see an increase in the funding and focus on meeting the needs of students with disabilities, like low vision and ADHD, through innovations in technology. –Diane M. Vrobel, Ed.

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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The Role of Student Interest and Prior Knowledge Student interest and prior knowledge are valuable to consider because of the considerable impact they have on the student learning experience. Active learning thus includes the act of students doing things which requires experiential opportunities and reflective dialogue.