Axios - A growing number of students at wealthy high schools and colleges are receiving academic support designed to help students with disabilities — including more time on tests, flexible deadlines and single dorm rooms.The rising share of students qualifying for these "accommodations" is raising concerns about overuse, and whether they're being siphoned from the students who need them most.
Professors and psychologists fear this special help is becoming yet another advantage disproportionately available to students from wealthier families. "The increase is driven by more young people getting diagnosed with conditions such as ADHD, anxiety and depression, and by universities making the process of getting accommodations easier," The Atlantic's Rose Horowitch writes.
38% of Stanford undergraduates are registered as having a disability this year. 20% of undergraduates at Brown and Harvard and 34% of students at Amherst College are registered as disabled.
- The number of UChicago students qualifying for support has more than tripled in the last eight years.
- But at public two-year colleges, just 3-4% of students receive accommodations.
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