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Higher Education News

Faculty CoPs Will Address Discipline-Specific Accessibility Challenges

The William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation is pleased to announce the formation of Digital Accessibility Communities of Practice (DA CoPs) to address discipline-specific accessibility challenges in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and Arts & Music. The CoPs aim to enhance the digital accessibility of courses and help ensure that disabled students can access instructional materials effectively and independently.

USM Launches EdX Partnership

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø (USM) has entered into a groundbreaking partnership with , the nonprofit online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012 to increase global access to high-quality education. The agreement is designed to further increase student success, as well as the access, affordability, and quality of higher education in Maryland and around the world.