[Accessibleweb] Three interesting articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education

[Richard B. Ells]

Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online, by Marc Parry
http://chronicle.com/article/Blind-Students-Demand-Access/125695/
A Facebook-based virtual student union at Arizona State University is not usable for blind students

Best and Worst College Web Sites for Blind Students
http://chronicle.com/article/BestWorst-College-Web/125642/
Jon Gunderson of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reviewed Web pages of 183 higher ed institutions and summarized the results in a large table. The UW was not included in the study

Cal State's Strong Push for Accessible Technology Gets Results
http://chronicle.com/article/Cal-States-Strong-Push-for/125683/
California State University complained strongly to Apple when it offered iTunes U as a way make lectures, tours, and other stuff available to students - the iTunes interface did not support closed captioning and made no allowance for blind students. Cal State chose not to use iTunes U on its 23 campuses and aggressively pushed Apple to improve the service. Apple did. 

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