Slide 1

Two UW Centers

DO-IT Projects/Programs

Ultimate goal:

Our Research Project: Questions

The Population (n=3251)

Research Sample by Google Search

Auto-evaluated each web page (n=31,701)

Auto-evaluated each PDF (n=28,395)

Accessibility Links on Home Pages

Manually Reviewed Policy Results

Four Categories of "Policies"

Results for Research Question 1: What is the current state of web and PDF accessibility at higher education institutions in the United States?

Overall Web Accessibility

A Few More Observations

On PDF Accessibility

Results for Research Question 2: How many higher education institutions in the United States have policies related to web and/or IT accessibility?

Policies Found

Types of Policies

Results for Research Question 3: How do institutions compare on their amount of conversation related to web and technology accessibility??

A Huge Range of "Conversation"

Results for Research Question 4: Which independent variables are the best predictors of web and PDF accessibility?

A policy's effect on conversation

Institutions with a policy are:

Effects of type of policy

Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis

The best predictors of web accessibility were not measured in this study.

The UW Experience: UW Accessible IT Task Force

Online Resources

Our Research Paper

Questions

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