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Academic Standards Versus Disability Rights, Richard Gosden, Gregory R. Hampton
Academic Standards Versus Disability Rights, Richard Gosden, Gregory R. Hampton
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) - Papers
A simmering controversy has been running in the United states since 1995 over the perceived conflict between the maintenance of academic standards and the rights of disabled university students. Recent developments are set to raise the same issue in Australian universities. The first of these developments is the shift in the emphasis of academic standards with the implementation of the Generic Skills Assessment (GSA) program. The second is the release of draft disability standards for education to streamline enforcement of the Commonwealth's Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The DDA protects disabled people against discrimination in education. Amongst the many types of …