Success Strategies for the Multilingual Student
As international activity has increased among higher education institutions, so has interest in multilingual student success and resulting retention and graduation rates. While many institutions have robust services designed to promote student success, not all services fundamentally meet the unique needs of multilingual international students who matriculate from varying cultural, linguistic, and educational practices. DEAC […]
Website Accessibility: Analyzing the DOJ’s Proposed Rule and Impacts on Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education Offering Distance Education
In August 2023, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) and took public comments about, a proposal to amend 25 C.F.R. Part 35, the regulations governing nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in state and local government services and implementing title II of the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Such services would include the provision of distance education.
The proposal is to establish specific requirements, including the adoption of specific technical standards, for making accessible the services, programs, and activities offered by State and local Government entities to the public through the web and mobile apps. The proposal would make the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) the ADA title II compliance standard for local and state governments.
When finalized, the standard would apply to websites and mobile apps. Governments would have two to three years for compliance, based on population size served. There are limited exceptions permitting inaccessible content, including archived content, preexisting documents made available prior to the effective date, third party posted web content, linked third party content
The Proposed Rule has far-reaching consequences beyond public institutions of higher education. The regulation will serve as template for potential future regulations or course of conduct at private institutions that own or operate places of public accommodation covered by title III of the ADA. The Proposed Rule, therefore, is an opportunity to prepare for direction of travel on website accessibility, and potential reduce current and future risks.
This one hour webinar reviewed the Proposed Rule, the new compliance standard, DOJ’s continued uncertainty about how to measure compliance, exceptions, what we expect for the future from DOJ in terms of additional efforts to regulate in this area for private entities. and how public and private institutions of higher education may want to prepare now.
Documenting the Credit Hour
Join Dr. Caulyne Barron as she offers insights to define and describe assigning credit to comply with DEAC’s Standard III.F. In this webinar, you’ll review DEAC standards and other critical documents to define academic units of measure.
Presenting Data for Effect
Let your data tell a story about your institution and your amazing students. This webinar illustrates strategies on optimal data presentation for reporting and institutional effectiveness.
Foundations of Institutional Assessment
Data-informed conversations impact just about everyone who is involved institutional success and improvement.
Foundations of Institutional Assessment – Part II
In his previous webinar, Foundations of Institutional Assessment, Dr. Ray Rodriquez offered a high-level overview of why institutional effectiveness assessment is necessary; principles of educational assessment; the role of assessment in teaching and learning, differentiating diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments; differentiating evaluation, measurement, and assessment; and what constitutes evidence of the achievement of student learning. DEAC […]
Taking the First Steps On Your DEI Journey
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is becoming an increasingly important priority for higher education.
Ready or Not? Navigating the DEAC Readiness Assessment Process
Bringing the Lens on Outcomes Assessment into Focus
This webinar addressed the fundamentals of outcomes assessment such as terminology, purpose, and processes.
