@aliciaandrz My friends in abnormal psych had a prof who passed back all exams by grade highest to lowest prompting tears. Something about this course seems to attract profs who seem to use students as experiments, I guess
@FixingEducation I had a chronically ill child who missed 40 days before the COVID shutdown and 50 days her senior year even with hybrid. She still was a valedictorian. We needed lots of support but not a dashboard, We know she missed a lot of school
the mistake so many people make is seeing university professors as intellectuals when they’re actually employees at a combination hedge fund and healthcare conglomerate that operates a small luxury resort/sports franchise where student-customers occasionally take classes
@mjbeers1 Logistics are getting more difficult when teaching loads are well beyond what is doable. That more students need accommodations should mean loads are smaller, not larger
@AlanLevinovitz When my daughter first got her letter from her physician they included every possible accommodative. Their office is busy and they only want to do one document. 4 years later the accommodations continue with no further documentation about their need. Makes me wonder…
This is a very brave, well-researched piece. As a mother of college student with profound medical challenges, I get the need for accomodations. As an instructor with 300 students, I'm overwhelmed
Do Colleges Provide Too Many Disability Accommodations? https://t.co/UWgzaHIldf
@umbertokerouac @ReadTheSyllabus ? Those of us overwhelmed by having to take on more work to be students centered...well it's because we have hundreds of students. No risk of theses courses shutting down. Who are you raging at?