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Meeting the Looming Web Accessibility Regulations: The Time to Start Was Yesterday

WCET Frontiers

Department of Justice (DOJ) accessibility guidelines. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. NWHeat (Northwest Higher Education Accessibility Technology) is a partnership between Orbis Cascade Alliance (for libraries) and the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC). Who Will Be Affected? What is the Deadline?

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How will technology change education in the future?

HEPI

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. There are well-documented challenges with a full return to high-stakes exams, but we need to weigh up the different options carefully. appeared first on HEPI.

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Improving Hiring Practices in Higher Education to Overcome GEM Staffing Challenges

Liaison International

GEM leaders need multifaceted strategies, including refined hiring practices, professional development, and technology adoption, to stabilize and support their teams. Leveraging technology like Liaison’s tools can automate administrative tasks, enabling staff to focus on high-value work and improving both productivity and job satisfaction.

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Education Department releases draft version of FAFSA

Inside Higher Ed

Still, a combination of technology and legislative changes should lead to a simpler process to fill out the application, which is essential for students to access need-based federal and state financial aid. ” Several of the comments already posted on the form urge the department to add the question back.

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Making Your PDF Content Accessible

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Just like websites, PDFs must be built with accessibility in mind, allowing all users and assistive technologies to access the documents content. Industry estimates suggest trillions of PDF documents are now posted to the web. Despite any documents origin or inadequacies, it can and should be fixed. We can rebuild them.

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BorderPass overturns 8 in 10 IRCC study permit refusals

The PIE News

I had all the documents needed for my permit to be approved so I was just confused about what was going on, Balogun continued: The IRCC said that I didnt provide sufficient source of funds, which I did. . The use of technology for group applications can also lead to inconsistencies and generic reasons for refusal.

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Unlocking Transparency (US Department of Education)

Higher Education Inquirer

Department of Education (ED or the Department) is taking a big step forward in making education data accessible to stakeholders and researchers. EDs Open Data Plan focuses on the improvement of existing open data practices at the Department. But the Department cant do this alone.