07-12-2025 13:34 via news.slashdot.org

Many Privileged Students at US Universities are Getting Extra Time on Tests After 'Disability' Diagnoses

Today America's college professors "struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation," reports the Atlantic, "which may entitle them to extra time, a distraction-free environment, or the use of otherwise-prohibited technology."Their staff writer argues these accommodations "have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage."
[Over the past decade and a half] the share of students at selective universities who qualify for accommodat
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