Beginning in the fall semester, students in the Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences will have the option to declare a major in disability studies. The major will build on the program’s ...

While Hutchinson explored different academic paths in the first semester of her junior year, her advisor recommended the new major, though she did not realize at the time how significant her decision ...

Thanks in part to the overwhelming popularity of UCLA’s 16-year-old disability studies minor, the campus has launched a new disability studies interdepartmental major — the first such major at any ...

This post was updated on Nov. 12 at 10:05 p.m. UCLA is offering a new Bachelor of Arts in disability studies, which aims to bridge academic theories with lived experience and encourage students to ...

The UA is working to develop a new undergraduate major in disability studies within the next few years, which would make it one of 35 universities that offer some type of disability studies program.

On Oct. 13, disability studies took center stage in Red Square at Ramping Up for Access, an event hosted by the Disability Cultural Initiative. Amy Kenny, inaugural director of the initiative, remarks ...

UCLA junior Vivek Chotai doesn’t plan to pursue his school’s new disability studies major — the first of its kind at any public university in the state — or even take classes in it. Yet for the ...

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 7:36 p.m. UCLA added two new majors to its offerings in the fall: a Bachelor of Arts in music industry and a Bachelor of Arts in disability studies. Adding these new ...

This fall, Rutgers University–New Brunswick will introduce a new minor in disability studies. With one in four adults in the U.S. living with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions recently launched a new undergraduate degree in disability studies and rehabilitation science. The new program is already accepting ...

In recent years, there has been a noticeable decline in the number of faculty to train aspiring special education teachers and other leaders in the field of special education. Project SELF (Special ...

UCLA junior Vivek Chotai doesn't plan to pursue his school's new disability studies major — the first of its kind at any public university in the state — or even take classes in it. Yet for the ...