Disabilities Participation Syllabus 
Faculty Focus
MAY 15, 2025
Over multiple semesters, more than 2,000 students voluntarily participated in IRB-approved surveys and follow-up interviews. Ann Fredricksen, a dedicated advocate with Disability Resources and Educational Services, kept disability at the center of our equity frameworknot as an afterthought, but as a foundation.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.
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Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.
Edsurge
APRIL 30, 2020
Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. Students who struggle because they have reading disabilities or struggle to read on a computer screen because of blurred vision. For that,] a text-to-speech software saves us.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Verify that your syllabus contains statements that reflect your values in this area. The Inclusion By Design syllabus survey can help you analyze a specific syllabus to “get a broader perspective on inclusion in your actual teaching practices.” The text of your syllabus and course design. And the subtext of your syllabus.
Edsurge
JUNE 6, 2024
Now that such tools are out there, Watkins suggests that professors look for more ways to do active learning in their classes, and to put more of what he called “intentional friction” in student learning so that students are forced to stop and participate or to reflect on what is being said.
Edsurge
MARCH 6, 2019
His answer is simply class participation, plus in-class and take-home writing assignments. When the syllabus says no laptops unless you have a disability, it automatically sort of outs those students,” he said. David Peña-Guzman provides cultural and historical framing before students begin reading.
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