Faculty Attitudes About Accommodation

When faculty are surveyed, they report the following:

  • Are willing to accommodate students with disabilities (88%)
  • Feeling unfamiliar with campus resources and services (55%)
  • Having had little or no training (82%)

Source:  Leyser, Y., Vogel, S., Wyland, S., & Brulle, A.  (1998).  Faculty attitudes and practices regarding students with disabilities:  Two decades after implementation of Section 504.  Journal of Post-secondary Education and Disability, 13(3), 5-19.