{"title":"Improving interactions around student concerns with faculty","authors":"Rachel May","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31942","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new article proposes the benefits of medical school leaders supporting more positive interactions with respect to student concerns about faculty and offers suggestions that are applicable in any higher education context. Dr. John A. Rankin, a Professor at the University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine, argues that medical school administrators have an “opportunity to teach students to voice these concerns productively … and thereby to teach critical conflict management skills that will serve students throughout their careers.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OCR: University failed to provide accommodations","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Letter re: Saint Joseph's University</i>, No. 03242169 (08/29/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are attendance flexibility accommodations consistent with Section 504?","authors":"Michael R. Masinter Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31939","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A growing number of students seek modifications of class attendance requirements, often labeled as “attendance flexibility,” as a disability accommodation for classes that cap the maximum permissible absences. Institutional practices appear to vary widely, and the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has offered little recent guidance beyond repeatedly insisting on the importance of adherence to the process — leaving each institution to assess through the interactive process whether and under what circumstances Section 504 might require attendance flexibility. OCR has found schools in violation of Section 504 by failing to go through the interactive process and requiring students to negotiate extra absences with faculty (but has not found a violation by an institution that properly adhered to process).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"3-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Service animal accommodations at off-campus clinical sites","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31937","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Colleges and universities generally must modify their policies and procedures to allow students with disabilities to utilize a service animal on campus and in educational programs. But what responsibilities do postsecondary institutions have for service animal accommodations for students in clinical rotations or similar off-campus programs at a third-party clinical site? This issue frequently causes confusion for institutions and students with disabilities alike.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules in favor of former medical student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31951","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Doe v. Regents of the University of California, et al.</i>, No. 22-CV-1506 (S.D. Cal. 12/16/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"13-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judge rules against disabled student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31952","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>White v. Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey</i>, No. 23-2597 (D. N.J. 11/27/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New study explores students with disabilities and “toileting”","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31943","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Frontiers in Pediatrics recently published a study exploring how students with physical disabilities manage “toileting” while at colleges and universities (https://bit.ly/4bevtrz). The study suggests that research in the area has been limited “by the current lack of understanding of the lived experiences of students with physical disabilities in managing their bladder and bowels in the college or university setting.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 9","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143595612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}