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Small College Advisory Panels: One Institution’s Trials and Tribulations

Small College Advisory Panels: One Institution’s Trials and Tribulations. Andy Christensen AHEAD Conference Session #4.8 July 10, 2013. Overview. A Little About Carleton College and Its C ampus Culture Recent Committee History What We Did In 2012-13 Where We’re Going From Here.

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Small College Advisory Panels: One Institution’s Trials and Tribulations

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  1. Small College Advisory Panels:One Institution’s Trials and Tribulations Andy Christensen AHEAD Conference Session #4.8 July 10, 2013

  2. Overview • A Little About Carleton College and Its Campus Culture • Recent Committee History • What We Did In 2012-13 • Where We’re Going From Here

  3. Carleton College • Highly Competitive College • Under 2,000 Students • Campus Buildings Date Back As Much As 150 Years • In Minnesota

  4. Carleton Students (“Carls”) • Bright, Motivated, Opinionated, Passionate & Involved • Participation In College Governance • A Committee For Everything • Students Speak Their Minds • Consensus Building

  5. Students with Disabilities at Carleton • Overwhelmingly LD/AD(H)D/ Psych • A Few Students on the Spectrum • One Student with Intermittent Mobility Issues • No Sensory Disabilities (at least not right now)

  6. Recent History • Started Working at Carleton in Early 2010 • “Accessibility Awareness Committee” • Committee Was Dormant • Decision To Revive • Physical Access Issue

  7. Who Should Be Included (Part I) • Inclusive Campus Culture • Areas of Expertise to Tap • Areas of Responsibility to Feed • Representation of Different Constituencies

  8. Who Should Be Included? (Part II) • Coordinator of Disability Services • Students • Dean of Students representative • Dean of College representative • Director of Facilities • Human Resources Representative

  9. Charge of Group • Make Sure College Does Not Continue Procedures That Led To Complaint • This Is Where We Struggled • Advisory? • Oversight? • Advocacy? • Promote an Agenda? • Which Agenda?

  10. What We Did In 2012-13 • Met as a group 1x per term • Assembled a list of access concerns building by building • Updated Policies and Procedures • Relaxed Documentation Policies • Demographics • Organizational home of Disability Services

  11. What We Did In 2012-13 (Part II) • Case studies • Provide legal framework • Align members’ thinking • Show Difficult Issues • Meal Plan • Language Requirement • Time and a Half v. Double Time

  12. What We Did Not Do • Appeals to accommodation decisions • Sponsor events • Set New Policy • We did identify policy areas for review that did not meet the needs of one or more committee constituencies • Is there a way to inform professors ahead of time when students with significant disability-related need are enrolling in class?

  13. Hierarchy • Where is the power between the Coordinator and the committee? • Isolation of the Coordinator • Expertise v. vacuum • Why does the group exist and what is its charge? • Proactive or reactive

  14. Issues Going Forward • More clearly defined purpose • What’s the best use of time? • Do we need to physically meet or just consult asynchronously? • By which standard do we evaluate efficacy? • Changes in policy? • Alignment with other campus committees

  15. Take-Away Ideas • More to do, but must be clearly defined • Committees are intersections of multiple agendas • Carleton committee more than “disability” committee • Group will, and should, evolve as members rotate and campus changes

  16. Questions, Discussion & Comments Andy E. Christensen Coordinator of Disability Services Carleton College anchrist@carleton.edu

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