Web accessibility resources for higher education
What is Web accessibility?
“Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits others, including older people with changing abilities due to aging.” (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
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What is Web accessibility
Posted in Accessible Software, General News | 
No Comments » | November 9th, 2010
A critique of need-blind admissions in higher education
Guziewicz, Meaghan Brown. Proquest Dissertations And Theses 2009.
Need-blind admissions, as described by the colleges and universities that subscribe to the practice, is a means of expanding opportunity for underrepresented students in higher education. According to these institutions, it is a great equalizer, providing all students even footing in the admissions process. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Blindness | No Comments » | January 15th, 2010
