Academic accommodation as required by law is not meant to diminish academic standards. It is intended to create an opportunity for students with disabilities to learn and for professors to evaluate fairly. Students with disabilities expect access and opportunities, not alterations in academic expectations. Academic requirements and course objectives should remain unchanged. Modifications may need to be made in the way a student receives information or demonstrates knowledge but not in the academic proficiency standards. In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended, Immaculata University prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and provides reasonable accommodations to students unless doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of a service, program, or activity, or would result in an undue financial or administrative burden.

Although it is the duty of the University to provide reasonable accommodations, it is the responsibility of the student with the need to request a reasonable accommodation in a realistic time frame.

Students with a documented disability should review the Immaculata University Handbook for Academic Accommodations.