Prepare your institution for a new generation of disabilityservices that embraces the growing student, as well as staff andfaculty population with disabilities. Legal compliance, reasonableaccommodations, classroom instruction issues, strategies to improvethe campus climate and more--this volume examines what disabilityservices may have to offer, and have cmapuses and disabilityservice professionals may need to collaborate or expand traditionalnotions of disability and disability services.Volume editors Wendy S. Harbour, Lawrence B. Taishoff Professorof Inclusive Education at Syracuse University, and Joseph W.Madaus, co-director of the Center on Postsecondary Education andDisability, assemble an introduction, and overview of disabilityservices. Contributing authors examine campus case-studies,procedures and terminology, legal compliance and disabilityservices for staff and faculty. The volume concludes with a broadview of disability itself and how its role as a part of campusdiversity.This is the 154th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Higher Education. Addressedto presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other higher-educationdecision-makers on all kinds of campuses, New Directions forHigher Education provides timely information andauthoritative advice about major issues and administrative problemsconfronting every institution.

EDITORS' NOTES 1Wendy S. Harbour, Joseph W. Madaus1. The History of Disability Services in Higher Education5Joseph W. MadausIn an overview of the field of disability services and how itdevelopedcurrent issues that may shape the future of the profession arediscussed.2. Collaboration Strategies to Facilitate SuccessfulTransition of Students with Disabilities in a Changing HigherEducation Environment 17Donna M. Korbel, Jennifer H. Lucia, Christine M. Wenzel, BryannaG. AndersonUsing examples from the University of Connecticut'sdisability servicesoffice, the authors provide ideas for collaborating to improveservicesespecially for first-year students with disabilities.3. Disability Services Offices for Students withDisabilities: A Campus Resource 27Rebecca C. CoryThis chapter provides basic disability services terminology andproceduresincluding the process of providing disability services,explaininghow campuses may need to go beyond legal compliance toaddressemerging needs.4. Harnessing the Potential of Technology to Support theAcademic Success of Diverse Students 37Dave EdyburnUniversal design for learning is a process of designing curriculumforthe maximum diversity of students, an approach that can bemaximizedthrough the use of technology.5. UReturn: University of Minnesota Services for Faculty andStaff with Disabilities 45Dave Fuecker, Wendy S. HarbourThe University of Minnesota's Disability Services office alsoservesfaculty and staff with disabilities and chronic healthconditions.6. Legal Challenges and Opportunities 55Salome HeywardThree examples from recent legislation and the courts show howcampusesmust continually respond to compliance issues that areemergingat state and federal levels.7. Responding to and Supporting Students with Disabilities:Risk Management Considerations 65Anne Lundquist, Allan ShackelfordWith campuses reacting to high-profile cases involving studentswithsignificant psychiatric disabilities, this chapter insteadrecommends amore thoughtful proactive approach that reflects the needs ofstudentsdisability services professionals, and the institution as awhole.8. College Students with Disabilities: A Student DevelopmentPerspective 77Wanda M. HadleyThe use of student development theory can provide greaterunderstandingof how college students with disabilities may evolve in theiridentities and use of disability services.9. Disability-Friendly University Environments: Conducting aClimate Assessment 83Robert A. Stodden, Steven E. Brown, Kelly RobertsCampus climate assessment tools can help guide policy andprogramdevelopment for disability services and other units on campus.10. Disability Studies in Higher Education 93Steven J. TaylorThe field of Disability Studies can provide insights intodisability anddisability services, redefining what it means to be a person with adisabilityin higher education.INDEX 9