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IDEA: Postsecondary Education<br />

What it covers:<br />

Admissions and recruitment<br />

– Qualified handicapped persons may not, on <strong>the</strong> basis of handicap, be<br />

denied admission or be subjected to discrim<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>in</strong> admission or<br />

recruitment<br />

Treatment of students<br />

– No qualified handicapped student shall, on <strong>the</strong> basis of handicap, be<br />

excluded from participation <strong>in</strong>, be denied <strong>the</strong> benefits of, or<br />

o<strong>the</strong>rwise be subjected to discrim<strong>in</strong>ation under any academic,<br />

research, occupational tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, hous<strong>in</strong>g…<br />

Academic adjustments<br />

– Examples: : length of time permitted to complete degree, substitution<br />

of specific required courses, extended time for exams, auxiliary aids,<br />

etc.<br />

United States Law

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