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Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This research paper explores what disabled students, both those with and without formal accommodations, want from their schools and instructors to better access their education.This work describes a range of barriers to equitable access to education, as experienced by undergraduates in their engineering classes.Additionally, it formalizes disabled engineering students' recommendations for university systems and instructors to ease the burden the students face.

DOI: 10.18260/1-2--54112

Authors: Emily Landgren, Maura Borrego

Institution: The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Disability Education and Employment

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4409294547

FWCI: 1.119

Cites: 10

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10