ERIC Number: ED613012
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-
EISSN: N/A
AEM Quality Indicators with Critical Components for Higher Education: Institutes of Higher Education. V.2.0
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials
The purpose of the National AEM Center's Quality Indicators with Critical Components for Higher Education is to assist institutes of higher education, both at the system and campus level, with planning, implementing, and evaluating dynamic, coordinated systems for providing accessible materials and technologies for all students who need them. The ultimate goal of an AEM provision system is that accessibility becomes an essential criterion in the procurement and creation of high-quality educational materials and technologies. To that end, the Quality Indicators with Critical Components are a means to provide institutions with consistent objectives, and to promote discussion around multiple methods to achieve those objectives. The Quality Indicators with Critical Components for Higher Ed are intended to be implemented in partnership with a state education agency (SEA) that is creating and sustaining a statewide AEM provision system for K-12. University and community college systems should coordinate with the SEA to ensure that higher education students with disabilities are benefitting from that provision system, as well as its own best practices aligned with the Quality Indicators with Critical Components for Higher Ed. [The report was written by the National AEM Center at CAST. For "Higher Education and Accessible Materials and Technologies: Synthesis of Knowledge Development Findings," see ED612987.]
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Quality, Institutional Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Cooperative Planning, Printed Materials, Electronic Publishing, Time, Guidelines, Educational Legislation, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Role, Responsibility, School Personnel, Stakeholders, Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Educational Opportunities, Technical Assistance, Evidence Based Practice, Federal Programs, State Programs, Data Collection, Data Use, Resource Allocation, College Students
National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. Available from: CAST. 40 Harvard Mills Square Suite 3, Wakefield, MA 01880. Tel: 781-245-2212; Fax: 781-245-5212; e-mail: aem@cast.org; Web site: http://aem.cast.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Policymakers; Parents
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS)
Authoring Institution: National Center on Accessible Educational Materials at CAST, Inc.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990; Rehabilitation Act 1973 (Section 504); Higher Education Opportunity Act 1970; Rehabilitation Act 1973
Grant or Contract Numbers: H327Z190004