{"title":"OCR had concerns with university's handling of accommodation request","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Letter re: Howard University</i>, No. 11-23-2337 (OCR 05/17/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143379931","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 graduate student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31934","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Abdullah v. Rowan University, et al</i>., No. 1:21-cv-19256 (D. N.J. 11/12/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380172","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":"What drives the cost of strategic planning?","authors":"Laura Freebairn-Smith","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31922","url":null,"abstract":"<p>You think you need a strategic plan. How much will it cost to write one?</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380345","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":"Hundreds of pages removed from Education Department's website","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31919","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Shortly after President Trump's inauguration, the U.S. Department of Education removed hundreds of pages from its website. For example, press releases only dated back to Jan. 23, 2025 (https://www.ed.gov/about/news). Additionally, Special Education Action reported that content on existing pages was altered, such as the removal of “gender identity or transgender status” from the types of discrimination OCR has the authority to investigate. The website may also have removed content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion to comply with executive orders directing federal agencies to eliminate DEI-related practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380347","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":"Individualized assessments for students with disabilities in postsecondary education","authors":"Marc Charmatz Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31920","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the final days of the Biden administration, the Department of Education provided guidance in the form of a Fact Sheet for colleges and universities and students with disabilities stating that “[i]ndividualized consideration is a cornerstone” of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (https://bit.ly/3CtQjGj).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143379869","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":"Cultivating a sense of curiosity is the best career advice for anyone","authors":"Stan Skipworth","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31923","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As the new year gets underway for all of us, I decided to offer some insight on the importance of a good start to new goals and the opportunity to create a fresh start both professionally and personally. But I also wanted, perhaps, to go a little deeper in our quest to achieve new levels of personal and professional success. Many people I’ve met along the path of my own career, particularly those who have inspired me with examples of their advanced skills in one or more areas, have had a common thread that I honestly had not recognized in the earliest years of my development.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 8","pages":"8-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380237","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}