Faculty have the right to:

• Receive verification of a student’s eligibility for any requested accommodations. Students provide verification through an Accommodation Notification Letter from the Disability Center, either in person or electronically.
• Expect that students will initiate accommodation requests.
• Maintain academic standards for courses.
• Determine course content and how it will be taught.
• Deny a request for accommodation if no verification of eligibility has been provided.

Faculty do not have the right to:

• Refuse to provide an approved accommodation
• Challenge the legitimacy of a student’s disability
• Request information about the nature of a student’s disability

Faculty have the responsibility to:

• Provide timely accommodations and academic modifications to qualified students
• Respect students’ confidentiality in matters related to their eligibility for, and use of accommodations
• Hold students with disabilities to the same academic standards as those without disabilities
• Work with the Disability Center when appropriate to ensure accommodations can be provided
• Understand University policies and laws related to providing access to students with disabilities