Educational Technology

by Jarrett Carter, Education Dive
The Wall Street Journal profiles the rise of college students declaring disabilities and requesting accommodations on campus, a figure which reaches as many as one in four on some elite campuses and is a growing factor in colleges’ efforts to provide extra time for examinations and physical space without distraction. The Journal reports that small, private institutions are most likely to have the greatest number of student disability declarations, with 93 of the nation’s top 100 institutions with the greatest percentages of students with disclosed physical, psychological or learning disabilities falling under this institution type. At public flagship institutions, students requesting special accommodations for testing increased by 71% within a sample of 22 campuses. Critics say that accommodations uneven the playing field against students who do not have them. The Journal cites a 171% increases in accommodations requests made to the College Board for SAT and PSAT examinations between 2010 and 2017, and a 94% approval rate for last year’s batch of requests.

https://www.educationdive.com/news/colleges-face-increasing-number-of-students-seeking-learning-accommodations/524373/