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We strive to make accessibility integral to the culture and the curriculum at Bard, in service of the College's mission to embrace diversity and the range of human experience, and to break down barriers in higher education.
Ensuring Equal Access
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Ensuring Equal Access

Ensuring equal access to educational opportunities for all students is a shared responsibility. Creating and sustaining accessible curricula and learning environments is the particular province of the faculty. The College is committed to ongoing professional development for faculty in terms of universal design principles and inclusive pedagogy. The Center for Faculty and Curricular Development offers workshops and programming throughout the year.

Additional Resources:

  • University of Washington, The Faculty Room 
  • CCNY Reasonable Accommodations: Faculty Guide to Teaching Students with Disabilities

Model Syllabus Statement

Bard College is committed to inclusion and providing equal access to all students; we uphold and maintain all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. If a student with a disability wishes to request accommodations, they must register with Disability and Access Services (DAS). Any information regarding a student’s disability will remain confidential. Requests for accommodations should be made as early as possible to ensure adequate time for coordination and planning. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive and may require advanced notice to implement.

If you are already registered and have an existing accommodation plan with DAS, request that the office forward your accommodation letter to the appropriate faculty.

If you experience any unforeseen access barriers in this course, or have disability-related or accessibility questions, please contact DAS for a confidential discussion: [email protected]. 

Universal Design Checklist

Accessibility at Bard is committed to supporting inclusive pedagogy with tools such as the universal design checklist for digital materials.

Download Checklist
Make Your Meetings More Accessible

Make Your Meetings More Accessible

As you meet with students or colleagues, consider access barriers to your office or meeting location. We encourage you to add an accessibility statement to the standard footer of your email messages. For example: “My second-floor office may be physically inaccessible to people with mobility-related disabilities. Please let me know if you would like to meet in an alternate location.”

You may also add the following to your signature line and request clear masks from Disability Access Services in the event a student requests that you use one. “I recognize that masks may be a barrier to communication. If you need me to do so, please request that I switch to the clear, protective masks we have readily available at Bard.”

Faculty Resources

Disability Access Services (DAS) determines a student’s eligibility for accommodations and creates an accommodation plan, but faculty are often at the forefront of implementing classroom accommodations. Accommodations are arranged on an individualized, case-by-case basis, to allow a student with a disability equitable access to the College, including a course or program of study. An accommodation cannot fundamentally alter any essential requirements from a course or program of study; faculty are integral in the interactive process to determine the reasonableness of an accommodation. If you have any concerns or questions about accommodations, please contact us. 

  • Accommodation Letters

    Accommodation Letters


    Students eligible for academic accommodations, registered with DAS, will have an electronic accommodation letter. DAS will email faculty accommodation letters once prompted by a student request. Each semester, it is the student’s responsibility to request DAS send letters to faculty. If you receive requests for academic accommodations, you should request an accommodation letter before implementing accommodations. 

     
  • Notetaking Assistance

    Notetaking Assistance


    DAS may approve eligible students to record lectures to be used with assistive, notetaking technology. Students who utilize this accommodation will have it on their accommodation plan and will also be asked to sign a Record Lecture Agreement ensuring that they understand the recording is for personal, academic use only.
  • Course Materials

    Course Materials


    Accessible course materials refer to formats of course content that can be used with screen readers and text-to-speech technology (OCR scanned formats). Additionally, students may be eligible for captioned video materials.

    Sensus Access is an on-demand file conversion service available to faculty that converts digital materials into alternate formats, such as audio books, e-books, digital large-print, and Braille. This service improves the accessibility and readability of digital documents. 

    There are available OCR scanners throughout campus and at the library for faculty use.
  • Exams

    Exams


    Eligible students may receive exam accommodations. The most common exam accommodations are: extended time, use of a laptop, and alternative format of testing. 

    It is preferable for a student to have access to a faculty member during exams for an equitable testing experience. In the event faculty are unable to provide accommodations/proctor their own exam, they can request proctoring services from DAS by completing the Proctor Request Form. (DAS needs to know approximately a week in advance to arrange a space and a proctor as there is no guaranteed, designated testing space in the office.) 
Bard College SensusAccess Document Conversion Tutorial

Bard Accessible Document Converter

On-Demand File Conversion for Accessible Documents
Bard SensusAccess
 is a new, on-demand file conversion service that helps Bard students, staff, and faculty convert digital materials into alternate formats, such as audio books, e-books, digital large-print and Braille. This service improves the accessibility and readability of your digital documents.

Bard SensusAccess

Contact

For more information about accessibility for Bard College academics and faculty support contact:
Deirdre d'Albertis, Dean of the College
845-752-7420
[email protected]

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