Web-Based Student Processes at Community Colleges: Removing Barriers to Access

Colleges and universities are making extensive use of the Internet for collecting admission and financial aid applications. Benefits from online application services are enjoyed by both the educational institution and the prospec¬tive student who applies online. It is vital that web sites offering these services be made accessible so that students with disabilities are afforded the same benefits of online applications as their non-disabled peers. Cornell University’s Employment and Disability Institute was funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to conduct a project with the following three objectives: 1) survey student services professionals at community colleges to examine the extent of use of the internet for providing services and the awareness of internet accessibility issues, 2) evaluate a sample of community college websites for accessibility and usability by students with and without disabilities, and 3) develop a toolkit for improving access to internet-based services at community colleges

ILR Impact Brief - Community College Websites and Barriers to Access

[Excerpt] Community colleges, on average, serve 335 students with disabilities, although that number climbs to 5,000 at the largest college surveyed for this project. Nearly all community colleges that participated in the survey rely on the web for a variety of student services, but only half have instituted requirements regarding web accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Actual evaluations of accessibility and ease of use revealed that none of the websites analyzed complied with all federal standards on accessibility, and many web pages encompassed usability obstacles (e.g., unfamiliar terminology, unintuitive navigation schemes, and hard-to-read design elements) that affected disabled and non-disabled individuals alike

Milk Hauling Cost Analysis Version 2.0 User'S Manual for the Ibm-Pc

R.B. 94-0

Crop Budget and Machinery Cost Calculator for Electronic Spreadsheets

A.E. Ext. 82-39This paper presents a method for calculating a set of crop enterprise budgets for up to five crops grown using a specified set of farm machinery. Machinery ownership costs, operating costs and labor requirements are calculated. A set of templates for the Supercalc brand of electronic spreadsheet, version 1.12, on an Osborne 1 microcomputer is used. 1 The templates are intended for use in teaching Extension staff and advanced farm managers about crop enterprise budgeting, economics of crop production and machinery management. They are also intended as an applied research tool and as an aid for Extension staff in counseling farmers

Views of Soil and Water Conservation District Directors Regarding Development and Implementation of Farm Conservation Plans and Implications for Water Quality Management Planning in New York State

A.E. Res. 79-