Gaps in disability inclusion across universities in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Disabled people face social and environmental barriers to higher education, yet there is a dearth of clear, publicly available information on university websites related to accessibility and disability inclusion. Our team previously developed disability inclusion scores for the top 50 universities offering undergraduate programs based on funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and found low scores overall. Building on that, this study examines the relationship between disability inclusion (as scores ranging from 0 to 100 points) and six university characteristics for these 50 universities. The six university characteristics examined were U.S. News National Universities 2021 rankings, geographic region, year of institution founding, total number of undergraduates, public or pri

SUBMITTER: Cerilli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753627 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature