Colleges react to student protests ; sell off interests in South Africa
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As a result o f the increased enro ll m ent of disabled students, Assistant Provost Sister John Miriam Jones was appointed last July as co o r dinator o f disabled students by Provost T im othy O'Meara. "It was tim e to do som ething dif ferent," Jones explained, “We realized w e needed one person to oversee efforts to serve disabled stu dents." Previously, the University C om m ittee for the Physically Handicapped and the Office of Stu den t Affairs provided services to disabled students. Jones’ responsibilities include ac cessibility to buildings and clas srooms, com m unication w ith faculty and adm inistrators regarding special academ ic needs, referring disabled students and evaluating long term needs. “All o f a sudden we have m ore stu dents w ho w e have to be concerned about," Jones said. This year's fresh man class, as last year’s, has regis tered 25 disabled students. Previously, there w ere less than 10 disabled studen ts in each class, es tim ated Jones This increase can be traced to the 1974 Equal Educational O ppor tunity Act, w hich stated that educa tional institutions could not discrim inate against disabled stu dents, according to Jones. In addi tion, she said, educational institutions that accepted federal funding could no t deny services to disabled students. Disabled students w ho started their prim ary education in 1974 in an ordinary environm ent are now o f college age.
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