Nondiscrimination in Higher Education: What's the Law? PEPNet Tipsheet

Sonst. Personen	Simon, Jo Anne (Mitarb.)
Institution	PEPNet-Northeast
Titel	Nondiscrimination in Higher Education: What's the Law? PEPNet Tipsheet
Quelle	(1999), (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Higher Education; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Legislation; Disabilities; Compliance (Legal); College Environment; College Faculty; Assistive Technology; Special Education; Accessibility (for Disabled); Educational Strategies; Guidelines; Special Needs Students; Federal Legislation; Disability Discrimination; Educational Discrimination; Educational Policy; Access to Education; School Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Handicap; Behinderung; Hochschulumwelt; Fakultät; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Accessibility; Zugänglichkeit; Lehrstrategie; Richtlinien; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Bundesrecht; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	When Congress passed the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, it included Section 504 which forbade discrimination against persons with disabilities by programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance, which included virtually every institution of higher education, except the U.S. military academies and a few small religious schools. This was the first civil rights statute designed to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities and was patterned after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) was patterned after Section 504. It, too, requires that students with disabilities may not be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination by any institution which is subject to the ADA. The ADA does not require that the institution receive federal financial assistance. This tipsheet summarizes background information on the ADA and implications in the college environment, as well as provides "do's" and "don'ts" for faculty and staff. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10