{"title":"Judge rules in favor of disabled student","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31915","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Saavedra v. Lehigh Carbon Community College</i>, No. 5:24-cv-2675 (E.D. Pa. 10/23/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"14-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114718","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":"Court rules against disabled professor","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31916","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Schoper v. Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University</i>, No. 23-2825 (7th Cir. 10/17/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114719","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":"Employee accommodations","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31906","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>An overview of the key topics faced by disability services providers with citations to noteworthy cases, statutes, regulations, and additional sources.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114720","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":"Reflecting on accessibility services in higher ed","authors":"Stephanie McCoy","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31902","url":null,"abstract":"<p>I recently started working as an academic advisor at a local community college. One of the things that surprised me is the sheer number of students who request information on accessibility services. The breadth of students who ask about such services is huge. Some are impaired in a way that can be seen visually, such as in a wheelchair. Some have no visible disability, and one would likely never guess the student would need accommodations.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"5-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114746","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":"District enters resolution agreement over retaliation complaint","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31911","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Letter re: St. Vrain Valley School District</i>, No. 08-23-1474 (11/28/23).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114717","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":"Professionalism is fundamental: Discipline in professional degree programs","authors":"Michael R. Masinter Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31901","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Healthcare professional schools regularly assess students based on demonstrated professionalism, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, including “respect, compassion, and integrity; a responsiveness to the needs of the patient and society that supersedes self-interest; accountability” and “a commitment to ethical principles” (bit.ly/4iV8LrU). Similar requirements are common in other health care professional schools from nursing to physical therapy and have also increasingly been adopted by law schools. When students demonstrate continuing unprofessional behavior, professional schools may dismiss them from their programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"3-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114723","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":"Distinguishing stop-the-clock breaks from general extended time accommodations","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31899","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Testing accommodations can be a challenge to administer, especially when students take examinations in testing centers or non-classroom locations where proctors may or may not have sufficient pre-exam contact with an institution's disability services office. One common area of confusion is distinguishing accommodations of breaks during an exam (so-called stop-the-clock breaks) from extended time accommodations.</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143110292","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":"Court refuses to dismiss a claim against university","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Hight v. University of Chicago</i>, No. 24 CV 2525 (N.D. Ill. 10/31/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 7","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114745","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 rejected professor","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/dhe.31895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/dhe.31895","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Case name:</b> <i>Patterson v. Kent State University, et al</i>., No. 5:22-cv-02052 (N.D. Ohio 09/30/24).</p>","PeriodicalId":100378,"journal":{"name":"Disability Compliance for Higher Education","volume":"30 6","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143116299","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}