Accessibility of the Internet in Postsecondary Education: Meeting the Challenge

This article explores the many-faceted nuances of the challenge of trying to make Web content accessible in higher education. It includes an analysis of the seriousness of the problems that students face as well as an optimistic vision for the future.

Rowland, Cyndi. WebAIM (2000). Design>Web Design>Accessibility

The Importance of Procurement in Accessibility Policy

Most policies in education focus exclusively on the practices of in-house Web development professionals. Few institutions are looking at the Web content and Web-based applications that come to them from other sources (e.g., content management systems, finance systems, student information systems, healthcare or benefit systems, human resource systems). So, what is missing in current policy? A mechanism to procure accessible Web products and services is missing. Without procurement as part of the policy, true system-level accessibility can only be an illusion.

Rowland, Cyndi. National Center on Disability and Access to Education (2005). Articles>Education>Accessibility