[Athen] Opinion column about TEACH Act and Accessibility

[Adam Lipkin]

Reading the link in the article, it's not just ACE -- it's about a dozen
organizations that collectively represent just about every major and minor
US college and university. It also, I'm amazed to see, included Educause.
Really depressing.

--Adam


On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Kathleen Cahill <kcahill at mit.edu> wrote:


>   Colleagues,

>

>  Saw this article in the Boston Globe by the President of NFB of

> Massachusetts.  He writes about the fact that ACE (American Council on

> Education) has been lobbying Congress not to pass the TEACH Act because of

> the burden that regulations around Accessible Instructional Materials would

> put on universities!

>

>

> http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/05/education-technology-college-lobbyists-are-keeping-disabled-students-behind/jQ8UFe44BeFBumbTTqBzFL/story.html?s_campaign=8315

>

>

>  Kathy

>

>  Kathleen Cahill

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> kcahill at mit.edu

>

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