Documents Contributed by ECAR and Web Accessibility

This bulletin discusses the processes being applied to refine the focus of the University of Toronto's institution-wide Web space to better serve the community in a more coordinated manner. It addresses issues relating to assessment, changing governance, process management, implementation, and feedback.

Federal law requires higher education entities to ensure that qualified students with disabilities have equal access to programs and services, including those that use information technology. In 2004, ATHEN, the Access Technologists Higher Education Network, an association of 96 professionals who are responsible for IT accessibility at their higher education institutions, conducted a study to identify current practices in staffing, procedures, funding, and policy related to IT accessibility. This bulletin presents the findings of that study and discusses the implications for higher education.

Rather than make the significant investment required for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, some campuses explicitly choose a strategy of retaining and renewing their legacy systems. This Research Bulletin presents findings from case studies conducted at institutions making this choice, with a focus on reasons for retaining legacy systems, approaches to renewing and extending these systems, and critical success factors.