[Athen] AIM Commission Teleconference on January 7 open to public

Gaeir Dietrich gdietrich at htctu.net
Tue Jan 4 20:02:57 PST 2011


Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary
Education for Students with Disabilities: Notice of Teleconference



On January 7, 2011, the members of the Advisory Commission on Accessible
Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with
Disabilities (AIM Commission) will participate in a full Commission
teleconference. The teleconference will focus primarily on the legal and
technological findings of the Commission to date.



Established by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, the AIM
Commission has brought together government leaders, representatives from the
publishing industry, individuals with print disabilities, representatives
from two- and four-year institutions of higher education and leaders in
accessible technology.

The AIM Commission is charged with studying the current state of accessible
materials for students with disabilities in postsecondary education and
making recommendations to the U.S. Congress for improving access to and the
distribution of instructional materials in accessible formats.



For more information about the AIM Commission, please visit its Web site at
http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/aim/index.html.

Dial in: (800) 860-2442
Date of Call: January 7, 2011
Time of Call: 11:00 AM-5:00 PM Eastern

This teleconference is open to the public and is open press.





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