Driving Accessibility: Tarrant County College’s Online Campus Races Toward Accessibility for Online Courses and Communication?
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https://doi.org/10.55420/2693.9193.v14.n2.234Keywords:
higher education accessibility, online course compliance, legal and human impacts, accessibility, faculty and staff professional developmentAbstract
This article presents Tarrant County College Connect Campus's initiative to enhance accessibility in online courses and communication. It highlights the challenges of compliance with state and federal accessibility regulations in higher education and the legal, financial, and human impacts of non-compliance. The study discusses the disproportionately lower accommodation rates for students with disabilities at two-year colleges compared to four-year institutions. The TCC Connect Campus Accessibility Roadmap (CAR) is introduced as a comprehensive approach to creating accessible learning environments, including continuous improvement plans to align with changing regulations and new technologies.
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