Responsibilities of Colleges and Universities to Provide Print Access for Students with Visual Impairments

1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 269-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.C. Senge ◽  
J. Dote-Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Print Access ◽  
The U.S

This article reviews the legislation related to the accessibility of information in colleges and universities. On the basis of statements and letters of findings from the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, it discusses the responsibilities of colleges and universities in this area.

scholarly journals An examination of the bidirectional relationship between federal civil rights guidance and research

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Maria M. Lewis ◽  
Sarah Kern
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Admissions Policies ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
Guidance Documents ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Policy Guidance

As the primary agency responsible for enforcing federal civil rights laws in the educational context, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issues policy guidance to help ensure that school districts and universities understand their legal obligations. These policy guidance documents have direct connections to topics studied by educational researchers (e.g., disproportionality in special education, race conscious admissions policies in higher education, transgender student inclusion, etc.). However, we do not have an empirical understanding of how this guidance is used by the research community. Nor do we have a strong grasp on the extent to which this guidance is explicitly informed by research. It is important to acquire an empirical understanding of the bidirectional relationship between research and educational policy in the context of civil rights enforcement in order to determine areas of strength and those in need of improvement. Specifically, this study poses the following research questions: 1) How often and in what ways do scholars explicitly use OCR policy guidance to inform their research? What are the characteristics of this research? 2) Conversely, how often and in what ways does OCR explicitly use research to inform policy guidance? What are the characteristics of research cited in OCR guidance?

scholarly journals Estimating the Impact of Expulsions, Suspensions, and Arrests on Average School Proficiency Rates in Ohio using Fixed Effects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Yaluma ◽  
Alexis Little ◽  
Michael Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Report Cards ◽  
School Identification ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Common School ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

<p>This study uses panel data (2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16) from three sources—the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core Data (CCD), and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) school report cards. These data were then merged using a common key to create one large dataset. OCR and CCD data have a common school identification key that was readily available. Data from ODE contained Building and District identification numbers that were concatenated to create a school ID that was identical to the one in the other two datasets.</p>

scholarly journals Estimating the Impact of Expulsions, Suspensions, and Arrests on Average School Proficiency Rates in Ohio using Fixed Effects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Yaluma ◽  
Alexis Little ◽  
Michael Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Report Cards ◽  
School Identification ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Common School ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

<p>This study uses panel data (2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16) from three sources—the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core Data (CCD), and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) school report cards. These data were then merged using a common key to create one large dataset. OCR and CCD data have a common school identification key that was readily available. Data from ODE contained Building and District identification numbers that were concatenated to create a school ID that was identical to the one in the other two datasets.</p>

Gifted Education and Discrimination: The Role of the Office for Civil Rights

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Marquardt ◽  
Frances A. Karnes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Gifted Programs ◽  
Freedom Of Information Act ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Geographic Regions

A recurrent problem in gifted education has been charges of discriminatory practices. In recent years the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, has been active in examining gifted programs to determine whether they are operating in a nondiscriminatory manner. The purpose of this article is to examine the amount of activity by the OCR involving gifted programs through the years 1985–1991. Using the Freedom of Information Act, 48 letters of findings were obtained from the OCR. The letters were analyzed as to the issues involved, protected classes, the geographic regions, and the results of the investigations.

The Aftermath of HIPAA Violations and the Costs on U.S. Healthcare Organizations

2015 ◽  
pp. 5500-5513
Author(s):  
Divakaran Liginlal
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Health And Human Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
The U.S

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) imposes huge burdens on U.S. healthcare organizations in added overhead costs for compliance, as many research studies have documented. This chapter examines the additional high costs healthcare organizations in the U.S.A. incur in the aftermath of a privacy breach. Our study is based on a simple model of the information flow in a typical healthcare organization that must operate under the various policy formulation guidelines of the HIPAA legislation. We first analyze the documented examples of HIPAA enforcement actions by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We then examine the specific value of Rasmussen's model of human behavior in identifying the causes of human errors that lead to HIPAA breaches. We conclude the chapter with an overview of cost mitigation strategies and important recommendations for healthcare managers.

scholarly journals Estimating the Impact of Expulsions, Suspensions, and Arrests on Average School Proficiency Rates in Ohio using Fixed Effects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Yaluma ◽  
Alexis Little ◽  
Michael Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Report Cards ◽  
School Identification ◽  
Office For Civil Rights ◽  
Common School ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

<p>This study uses panel data (2011-12, 2013-14, 2015-16) from three sources—the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core Data (CCD), and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) school report cards. These data were then merged using a common key to create one large dataset. OCR and CCD data have a common school identification key that was readily available. Data from ODE contained Building and District identification numbers that were concatenated to create a school ID that was identical to the one in the other two datasets.</p>

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document