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Harless, Jessica – Educational Theory, 2019
The university exhibits particular complexities when it comes to understanding and addressing the gendered harassment that takes place within it. Notions about the nature of higher education and the pedagogical commitments therein can make it difficult to determine the hostility of an environment (a factor crucial to diagnosing harassment). In…
Descriptors: Bullying, Classroom Communication, Psychological Patterns, Student Participation
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Esposito, Mary C.; Lal, Shirley; Berlin, Dawn – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study examined the effectiveness of the application of the Professional Development School (PDS) Model (Holmes Group, 1986), to an alternative special education (SPED) credential program designed to prepare SPED teachers (for culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse urban K-12 schools and to ease SPED teachers shortages within our…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers
Latham, Patricia H.; Latham, Peter S. – 1998
This publication provides an overview of attention deficit disorders (ADD) and the legal rights of college students with ADD. Possible accommodations that schools can make for students with ADD are provided and include: (1) provide structure and reduce distraction in class; (2) simplify and repeat instructions, as necessary, both orally and in…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Environment
Michael, Jennifer, Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ3), 2008
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families and protecting every child from harm. By publishing a diverse range of views on a wide array of topics, "Children's…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Child Welfare, Access to Education, Higher Education
Thompson, Anne R.; Bethea, Leslie – 1996
This reference guide is designed to assist faculty and staff at Mississippi State University to provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities as required by federal law and endorsed by the mission of the university. Section 1 summarizes requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and recent legal decisions.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Classroom Environment
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Adams, Susan Johanne – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
Examines the provision of disability accommodation in the law school classroom, including the crucial threshold task of establishing a durable and flexible accommodations policy; educating the school's administration, faculty, and student body; maintaining confidentiality; accommodating learning disabilities; law review accommodations; and support…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, Attendance, Classroom Environment