Some college Web pages treat blind students who rely on text-to-speech readers better than others. Jon Gunderson, coordinator of assistive communication and information-technology accessibility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has reviewed Web pages at 183 institutions. He selected the colleges mostly from 15 major athletic conferences, since those institutions are similar in size and mission. He also surveyed all institutions in California's two university systems, and those in one Colorado university system, because of their large enrollments. He reviewed university home pages, main pages from the admissions offices and colleges of liberal arts, as well as all other pages with links on those primary sites. The percentages in each column indicate the proportion of pages that met Mr. Gunderson's accessibility criteria.
| Institution | Rank | Total Average Score1 | Web Site Name2 | Additional Headings3 | Online Applications4 | Information Tables5 | Pictures6 | Web site Design7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri State U. | 1 | 91.8 | 97.6 | 79.3 | 92.2 | 50 | 90.4 | 99.2 |
| California State U. at Northridge | 2 | 87.2 | 83.9 | 75.5 | 91.2 | 58.3 | 93.2 | 98.9 |
| Calif. Polytechnic State U. at San Luis Obispo | 3 | 82.6 | 61.1 | 92.9 | 97.5 | 60 | 97.6 | 96.4 |
| U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 4 | 82.2 | 92.8 | 90.8 | 77 | 50 | 48 | 98 |
| Indiana U. at Bloomington |
5 | 81.2 | 91 | 88.1 | 49.5 | 62.5 | 69.3 | 100 |
| California State U.-Channel Islands | 6 | 80.7 | 51.7 | 96.5 | 98.2 | 50 | 100 | 96.5 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | 7 | 79.3 | 81.8 | 85.8 | 77.5 | 43.7 | 57.5 | 96.9 |
| Nevada State College | 8 | 78.1 | 68.4 | 45.6 | 97.7 | n/a | 93.4 | 95.6 |
| U. of Evansville | 9 | 77.6 | 92.5 | 90.8 | 0 | 50 | 86.2 | 97.7 |
| California State U. at Chico | 10 | 77.3 | 70 | 75.8 | 70.5 | 62.5 | 96.4 | 81.2 |
| Michigan State U. | 11 | 76.9 | 53.5 | 81.9 | 92.5 | 29.1 | 92.3 | 95.1 |
| U. of Tulsa | 12 | 76.5 | 96.4 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 99.4 | 98.8 |
| College of the Holy Cross | 13 | 76.2 | 88.6 | 69.9 | 20 | 12.5 | 47.9 | 92.6 |
| U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 14 | 75 | 76.1 | 94.3 | 24.7 | 50 | 91.6 | 93.1 |
| U. of Illinois at Chicago | 15 | 74.8 | 66.1 | 72.5 | 95.4 | 16.6 | 80.3 | 92.1 |
| Loyola U. Chicago | 16 | 73.6 | 92.8 | 80.9 | 0 | 6.2 | 84.2 | 97.1 |
| California State U.-East Bay | 17 | 73.4 | 47.5 | 77 | 90 | 63.8 | 90 | 92 |
| U. of Texas at Austin | 18 | 72.3 | 56.3 | 66.9 | 88.4 | 41 | 96 | 77.8 |
| Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale | 19 | 72.3 | 56.5 | 82.6 | 82.2 | 43.7 | 90.2 | 73.9 |
| U. of California at San Francisco | 20 | 71.7 | 70.5 | 80 | 71 | 52.2 | 54.1 | 94.1 |
| U. of Kansas | 21 | 71.6 | 69 | 45.8 | 79.3 | 16.6 | 74.4 | 97 |
| Pennsylvania State U. at University Park | 22 | 71.4 | 50.6 | 70.7 | 84.6 | 75 | 79.3 | 94.2 |
| Duke U. | 23 | 71 | 80.4 | 45.6 | 50 | n/a | 76 | 93.4 |
| U. of Houston | 24 | 70.7 | 71.4 | 84.4 | 1.5 | 50 | 87.3 | 96.9 |
| Texas Tech U. | 25 | 70.3 | 65.2 | 44.5 | 80.8 | 50 | 79.6 | 88.2 |
| California State U. at Fresno | 26 | 70.1 | 58 | 75 | 6.2 | 75 | 85.1 | 92.8 |
| California State U. at San Bernardino | 27 | 70 | 53.8 | 57.1 | 81 | 64.2 | 94.5 | 87.9 |
| San Francisco State U. | 28 | 69.8 | 52.4 | 68.3 | 69.3 | 59.3 | 86.1 | 93.9 |
| U. of California at Riverside | 29 | 69.7 | 75.8 | 5.9 | 86.7 | 37.5 | 83 | 98.3 |
| Cornell U. | 30 | 69.5 | 62.6 | 53.3 | 58.7 | 25 | 95.1 | 94.2 |
| U. of Oregon | 31 | 69.1 | 72.5 | 55.8 | 80.9 | 25 | 50.8 | 95 |
| Humboldt State U. | 32 | 68.9 | 63.5 | 64.8 | 31.5 | 56.8 | 94.2 | 97.2 |
| U. of Colorado at Denver | 33 | 68.9 | 52 | 60.2 | 91.7 | 69.4 | 83.5 | 73.9 |
| California State U.-Dominguez Hills | 34 | 68.6 | 48 | 73.2 | 5.2 | 75 | 94.6 | 86.2 |
| Arizona State U. | 35 | 68.2 | 57.4 | 46.5 | 89.3 | 0 | 68 | 95 |
| California Polytechnic U. at Pomona | 36 | 68.2 | 44.7 | 72.2 | 91.7 | 50 | 67.4 | 93.3 |
| U. of California at Berkeley | 37 | 67.8 | 73.1 | 53.6 | 22.1 | 82.2 | 90.4 | 81.5 |
| U. of Utah | 38 | 67.7 | 38 | 57.1 | 5.2 | 98.3 | 76.2 | 87.7 |
| Western Oregon U. | 39 | 67.7 | 62 | 88 | 0 | n/a | 92 | 100 |
| U. of Michigan | 40 | 67.5 | 57.6 | 59.5 | 67.6 | 25 | 71.5 | 92.8 |
| U. of Nebraska at Lincoln | 41 | 67.4 | 49 | 53.4 | 44.9 | 81.6 | 95.5 | 94.9 |
| St. Louis U. | 42 | 67.1 | 81.9 | 83.8 | 0.6 | 50 | 64.5 | 90 |
| U. of Detroit Mercy | 43 | 67 | 65.7 | 94.2 | 1.9 | 50 | 78 | 96.1 |
| Brown U. | 44 | 67 | 70.5 | 86.8 | 3 | 45.8 | 67.7 | 95.9 |
| U. of Nevada at Reno | 45 | 67 | 61.7 | 80 | 6 | 50 | 94.1 | 98.8 |
| Oregon State U. | 46 | 66.7 | 82.1 | 61 | 8.1 | 40 | 73.6 | 93.6 |
| San Jose State U. | 47 | 66.7 | 39.4 | 66.6 | 92.7 | 20 | 92.7 | 87.7 |
| Illinois State U. | 48 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 82.8 | 0 | 50 | 77.5 | 97.8 |
| Adams State College | 49 | 65.6 | 59 | 78.7 | 6 | n/a | 93.9 | 96.9 |
| U. of Montana | 50 | 64.6 | 63.3 | 72.5 | 52.3 | 54.1 | 77 | 0 |
| Virginia Tech | 51 | 64.5 | 62.4 | 62.1 | 20 | 41.6 | 90.6 | 93.1 |
| U. of Dayton | 52 | 64.5 | 80 | 10.7 | 0 | 50 | 92.3 | 92.3 |
| Dartmouth College | 53 | 63.7 | 70 | 72.4 | 0.6 | 41.9 | 90.8 | 87.4 |
| U. of California at Davis | 54 | 63.7 | 48.8 | 56.2 | 75.4 | 33.3 | 80 | 82.9 |
| St. Joseph's U. | 55 | 63.6 | 63.5 | 76 | 91.9 | 23.3 | 5.8 | 93.6 |
| California State U. at Long Beach | 56 | 63.4 | 39.1 | 43.4 | 95 | 52.2 | 68 | 98.3 |
| Texas A&M U. | 57 | 62.9 | 73.6 | 45.3 | 78.3 | 50 | 18.6 | 96.2 |
| Colorado State U. at Pueblo | 58 | 62.6 | 98.9 | 33.3 | n/a | 25 | 80.6 | 3.2 |
| Duquesne U. | 59 | 62.5 | 73.4 | 46 | 2.2 | 0 | 90.9 | 88.2 |
| U. of Arizona | 60 | 62.5 | 86.9 | 15.9 | 92.4 | 50 | 12.6 | 98.1 |
| Sonoma State U. | 61 | 62.5 | 61.3 | 64.1 | 75 | 46.8 | 86.7 | 47.1 |
| Oregon Health and Science U. | 62 | 62.5 | 77.3 | 0 | 42.8 | 57.1 | 88 | 92.8 |
| U. of Central Florida | 63 | 62.1 | 59 | 65.3 | 33 | 12.5 | 68.5 | 90.5 |
| U. of Missouri | 64 | 61.9 | 66.5 | 59.6 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 69.7 | 79.8 |
| Creighton U. | 65 | 61.9 | 72.2 | 8.3 | 32.3 | n/a | 94.2 | 91.6 |
| U. of Notre Dame | 66 | 61.8 | 63.3 | 38.3 | 30 | 0 | 86.7 | 87.2 |
| Northern Arizona U. | 67 | 61.6 | 82.3 | 72.5 | 0 | n/a | 68.6 | 0 |
| U. of New Mexico | 68 | 61.2 | 55.3 | 61.4 | 44.6 | 56.2 | 69.6 | 81.1 |
| U. of California at Los Angeles | 69 | 61.2 | 84.6 | 85.8 | 6.3 | 50 | 92.6 | 23.1 |
| Colorado State U. at Fort Collins | 70 | 60.4 | 61.1 | 20 | 41.1 | 67.9 | 78.4 | 92.3 |
| U. of Iowa | 71 | 60.2 | 53.7 | 55 | 45 | n/a | 78.7 | 73.7 |
| North Carolina State U. | 72 | 60.1 | 66.6 | 53.3 | 19.5 | 75 | 79.7 | 71.1 |
| Mesa State College | 73 | 59.5 | 51.7 | 60.7 | 0 | 25 | 96.4 | 100 |
| Florida State U. | 74 | 59.2 | 60 | 63.3 | 2.5 | 33.3 | 88.3 | 82.3 |
| Iowa State U. | 75 | 58.1 | 58.3 | 20.4 | 35.2 | 25 | 94.8 | 86.8 |
| Boston College | 76 | 57.9 | 66.4 | 61.3 | 0 | 42.8 | 61.3 | 92.8 |
| U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee | 77 | 57.9 | 48.4 | 86 | 0 | 34.7 | 83.9 | 93 |
| San Diego State U. | 78 | 57.8 | 40.4 | 49.3 | 61.1 | 10.7 | 94.5 | 80.8 |
| California State U. at Los Angeles | 79 | 57.4 | 45 | 44.1 | 24.1 | 37.5 | 82.8 | 83.3 |
| U. of Maryland at College Park | 80 | 57.3 | 59.7 | 55.5 | 3.3 | 50 | 77 | 84.5 |
| U. of Pittsburgh | 81 | 57.2 | 54.7 | 52.7 | 23 | n/a | 52.9 | 77 |
| U. of California at San Diego | 82 | 57.2 | 56 | 46.1 | 42.2 | 50 | 56.5 | 86.2 |
| Portland State U. | 83 | 56.9 | 86.2 | 87.7 | 0 | 19.5 | 85.1 | 0 |
| U. of Rhode Island | 84 | 56.4 | 46.1 | 13.8 | 81.2 | n/a | 61.1 | 90.2 |
| U. of Miami | 85 | 56.3 | 65.2 | 49.5 | 2 | 25 | 74.2 | 83.5 |
| U. of Nevada at Las Vegas | 86 | 56.2 | 60.1 | 39.3 | 1 | 50 | 84.8 | 91.9 |
| St. Bonaventure U. | 87 | 56.1 | 57.6 | 88.4 | 0 | n/a | 56 | 76.9 |
| Lehigh U. | 88 | 55.1 | 75.4 | 71.1 | 0 | n/a | 50 | 58.6 |
| U. of Oklahoma | 89 | 54.8 | 45.1 | 61.1 | 3 | 50 | 85 | 89.3 |
| Columbia U. | 90 | 54.7 | 69.1 | 66.9 | 11.8 | 0 | 21.9 | 84.8 |
| U. of Northern Colorado | 91 | 54.1 | 54.3 | 69.8 | 1.1 | 25 | 81.8 | 0 |
| Rutgers U. | 92 | 53.9 | 76.2 | 84.3 | 0 | 37.5 | 0.6 | 86.8 |
| California State U. at Bakersfield | 93 | 53.6 | 30 | 14.2 | 87.8 | 0 | 90 | 87.1 |
| California State U. at Sacramento | 94 | 53.5 | 35.2 | 59 | 95.1 | 42.5 | 66.6 | 0 |
| U. of Louisville | 95 | 53.2 | 22.9 | 12 | 95.1 | 50 | 97.5 | 69.6 |
| U. of Wisconsin at Madison | 96 | 53.1 | 37.9 | 41.8 | 36.1 | 20 | 75.1 | 91.4 |
| California State U.-Monterey Bay | 97 | 53.1 | 44.9 | 42.3 | 89.7 | 50 | 88.1 | 3.3 |
| Xavier U. | 98 | 53 | 54.5 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 | 98.4 |
| U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 99 | 52.8 | 50.4 | 25.2 | 61.9 | 37.5 | 54.8 | 79.4 |
| Drake U. | 100 | 52.6 | 60.1 | 63.8 | 0 | 50 | 26.5 | 72.3 |
| U. of California at Merced | 101 | 52.5 | 51.9 | 39.2 | 1.8 | 32.1 | 63.7 | 88.2 |
| Purdue U. | 102 | 52.4 | 75.6 | 29.8 | 2 | 38.8 | 37.3 | 95.5 |
| Tulane U. | 103 | 52.3 | 50.6 | 53.9 | 3.3 | 36.2 | 79.1 | 80.9 |
| U. of Colorado at Colorado Springs | 104 | 52.1 | 60.6 | 72.7 | 3 | 50 | 57.5 | 60.6 |
| Ohio State U. | 105 | 52 | 30.5 | 23 | 70.7 | 45.8 | 74.3 | 85.8 |
| Kansas State U. | 106 | 51.9 | 45.7 | 70.3 | 0.7 | 16.6 | 51.3 | 94.7 |
| Butler U. | 107 | 51.9 | 60.3 | 60.7 | 0 | 25 | 33.3 | 98.5 |
| U. of Wisconsin at Green Bay | 108 | 51.8 | 40.4 | 62.4 | 1.6 | 12.5 | 71.2 | 72 |
| Stanford U. | 109 | 51.5 | 55 | 78.2 | 4.3 | 25 | 16.7 | 96.9 |
| Idaho State U. | 110 | 51.2 | 70.9 | 37.5 | 0.9 | 20 | 34.8 | 98 |
| Washington State U. | 111 | 50.9 | 78.8 | 12.5 | 0 | n/a | 35.3 | 94.2 |
| U. of Virginia | 112 | 50.8 | 48.3 | 43.5 | 4.7 | 25 | 76.2 | 80.6 |
| U. of Washington | 113 | 50.6 | 46.5 | 35.6 | 41.7 | 50 | 57.8 | 74.7 |
| California Maritime Academy | 114 | 50.6 | 64.1 | 80 | 3.6 | 50 | 79.3 | 10 |
| Princeton U. | 115 | 50.4 | 53.4 | 18.8 | 0.9 | 46.4 | 87.1 | 87.1 |
| Fort Lewis College | 116 | 50 | 38.4 | 38.4 | 0 | n/a | 38.4 | 100 |
| Wake Forest U. | 117 | 49.9 | 52.2 | 64 | 3.6 | 50 | 35.2 | 88.7 |
| West Virginia U. | 118 | 49.5 | 30.2 | 39.4 | 0 | n/a | 83.3 | 97.2 |
| Eastern Oregon U. | 119 | 49 | 42.1 | 20.3 | 0 | 12.5 | 93.7 | 95.3 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 120 | 48.7 | 55.4 | 15.9 | 0 | 50 | 60.8 | 100 |
| Bradley U. | 121 | 48.7 | 50.8 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 64.2 |
| Bucknell U. | 122 | 48.6 | 77.1 | 0 | 1.2 | 33.3 | 38.5 | 100 |
| American U. | 123 | 48.2 | 67.4 | 32.8 | 1.4 | 26.3 | 74.2 | 97.1 |
| U. of Northern Iowa | 124 | 48 | 47.2 | 26 | 40.9 | n/a | 69.5 | 56.5 |
| U. of California at Irvine | 125 | 47.7 | 45.7 | 34.6 | 25.5 | 45 | 70.3 | 62.5 |
| U. of Richmond | 126 | 47 | 57.3 | 68.4 | 1 | n/a | 8.4 | 88.4 |
| Syracuse U. | 127 | 46.9 | 45.4 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 0 | 64.2 | 90.3 |
| U. of Wyoming | 128 | 46.9 | 52.5 | 87.9 | 0 | n/a | 18.7 | 50 |
| Yale U. | 129 | 46.6 | 57.5 | 37.8 | 6.9 | 50 | 85.6 | 32 |
| Marquette U. | 130 | 46.1 | 46.5 | 89.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 93.6 |
| Cleveland State U. | 131 | 46.1 | 43.6 | 18.9 | 0 | 33.3 | 72.6 | 97.8 |
| California State U. at Fullerton | 132 | 46.1 | 31.3 | 34.4 | 12.7 | 30.5 | 95.8 | 65.5 |
| U. of Texas at El Paso | 133 | 45.7 | 17.6 | 22.2 | 80 | 44.6 | 92.4 | 66.6 |
| St. John's U. (N.Y.) | 134 | 45.1 | 59.5 | 59.9 | 0 | 16.6 | 1.2 | 93.3 |
| Northwestern U. | 135 | 44.7 | 39.5 | 14.8 | 5.1 | 41.6 | 81.8 | 87.4 |
| Indiana State U. | 136 | 44.6 | 36.1 | 25.5 | 0 | 20 | 68.8 | 93.3 |
| U. of Colorado at Boulder | 137 | 43.7 | 55.9 | 65.7 | 0 | 33.3 | 30.9 | 53.2 |
| George Washington U. | 138 | 42.9 | 35.6 | 68.2 | 18 | 50 | 12.5 | 86.2 |
| Brigham Young U. | 139 | 42.8 | 25 | 50 | 20 | n/a | 33.3 | 100 |
| Temple U. | 140 | 42.7 | 26.2 | 40.5 | 34.1 | 55 | 54.4 | 71.2 |
| U. of South Florida | 141 | 42.6 | 50.6 | 22 | 4.4 | 43.7 | 33.7 | 77.9 |
| Clemson U. | 142 | 41.9 | 73.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 27.7 | 9 | 89.8 |
| U. of Memphis | 143 | 41.6 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 92.9 | 50 | 88.2 | 2.3 |
| DePaul U. | 144 | 41.5 | 33.1 | 79.5 | 23.1 | n/a | 14.1 | 81.3 |
| California State U. at San Marcos | 145 | 39.9 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 0 | 68.7 | 96.1 | 100 |
| Wichita State U. | 146 | 39.5 | 46.2 | 57.9 | 0 | 12.5 | 10.2 | 85.9 |
| U. of Massachusetts at Boston | 147 | 39.4 | 22.6 | 16 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 60 | 74.6 |
| U. of Southern California | 148 | 37.6 | 39.9 | 26.8 | 9 | 35 | 32.1 | 75.1 |
| Eastern Washington U. | 149 | 37 | 36.2 | 8.4 | 0.5 | n/a | 69.1 | 81.3 |
| U. of Pennsylvania | 150 | 36.5 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 96 | 95 |
| Colgate U. | 151 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 87.5 | 100 |
| Seton Hall U. | 152 | 36.4 | 30.7 | 43 | 0 | 49.4 | 64 | 14.6 |
| Villanova U. | 153 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 22.6 | 48.1 | 16.6 | 40.4 | 47.6 |
| Baylor U. | 154 | 34.3 | 40.8 | 54.7 | 1.3 | n/a | 33.1 | 18.9 |
| Rice U. | 155 | 32.8 | 29.2 | 32.9 | 0 | 50 | 20.7 | 80.4 |
| Harvard U. | 156 | 32.8 | 22.9 | 17.3 | 6.3 | 50 | 24.1 | 97.3 |
| Valparaiso U. | 157 | 32.6 | 18.3 | 36.6 | 0 | n/a | 23.9 | 98.5 |
| Texas Christian U. | 158 | 30.2 | 22 | 44 | 2.7 | 12.5 | 38.9 | 44 |
| U. of Alabama at Birmingham | 159 | 29.1 | 33.3 | 9.5 | 35.4 | n/a | 55.5 | 7.9 |
| East Carolina U. | 160 | 28.5 | 35.4 | 41.2 | 0 | 38 | 24.1 | 29.6 |
| U. of Southern Mississippi | 161 | 28 | 15.5 | 25.8 | 7.8 | 20 | 52.6 | 50.5 |
| Southern Oregon U. | 162 | 27.4 | 15.8 | 13.3 | 0 | 12.5 | 28.3 | 95 |
| U. of North Carolina at Charlotte | 163 | 27.1 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 34.3 | 37.5 | 28.9 | 32.5 |
| California State U.-Stanislaus | 164 | 27 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 66.6 | n/a | 85.3 | 31.4 |
| Marshall U. | 165 | 26.9 | 23.7 | 16.2 | 53.9 | 7.1 | 5 | 47.5 |
| U. of California at Santa Cruz | 166 | 26.6 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 45.8 | 62.7 | 43 |
| Oklahoma State U. | 167 | 25.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 35.9 | 50 | 70.7 | 7.6 |
| Lafayette College | 168 | 24.7 | 27.7 | 24.4 | 10.5 | 0 | 28.8 | 31.1 |
| U. of California at Santa Barbara | 169 | 24.6 | 11.9 | 23.8 | 0.9 | n/a | 71.5 | 26.6 |
| Georgetown U. | 170 | 24.3 | 13.4 | 19.2 | 7.5 | 50 | 64.3 | 20 |
| Southern Methodist U. | 171 | 21 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | n/a | 12.4 | 94.1 |
| Montana State U. | 172 | 20.8 | 24.6 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 25 | 48.7 | 0 |
| U.S. Military Academy | 173 | 20.2 | 23.6 | 43.2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6.7 |
| La Salle U. | 174 | 19.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0 | n/a | 57.7 | 68 |
| U. of Cincinnati | 175 | 18.9 | 16.8 | 10.9 | 1.3 | 41.6 | 25.2 | 33.6 |
| Providence College | 176 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4 | n/a | 92 | 5.3 |
| Great Basin College | 177 | 15.2 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 0 | 12.5 | 80 | 0 |
| U.S. Naval Academy | 178 | 11.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 0 | n/a | 35.7 | 14.2 |
| Wright State U. | 179 | 11 | 11.4 | 18.9 | 0 | 0 | 15.6 | 7.8 |
| Weber State U. | 180 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 27.7 | 41.6 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Youngstown State U. | 181 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0 | n/a | 8.5 | 6 |
| Fordham U. | 182 | 3.3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Air Force Academy | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 |
1. The average of all six categories studied.
2. The Web site must have text where a browser's text reader will pick it up. The same must be true for all Web pages on the site.
3. All additional headings on a page must contain text, and font sizes need to be ordered largest to smallest, consecutively.
4. All elements of online applications need to be properly labeled so that text readers will find them. Such elements include: password boxes, radio buttons, file buttons, check boxes, "select" buttons, "submit" buttons, and "reset" buttons.
5. If you use a table to display information, include proper tags in the cells: "th" tags to indicate categories and "td" tags to indicate data.
6. If there is a picture included anywhere on the Web site, there should be text, coded for text readers, describing the picture.
7. Tables should be used only for organizing data in rows and columns. If you are designing a Web site, use a cascading style sheet instead of a table.
Comments
1. nicolettehatfield62 - December 13, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Someone should check the ERP software many of these institutions are running - it would be nice to know if any of them are ADA-compliant.
It is one thing to cater to the visually imparied while recruiting them, but it is more important to accomodate them on daily computing tasks.
Where do Banner, PeopleSoft, etc rank and which institutions are using packages that are not compliant?
2. jasonpontius - December 13, 2010 at 04:14 pm
Was there a date on which the sites were measured? Some of these sites have been redesigned in the last month or two, and I'm sure those folks would like to know whether it's the old or the new version that was evaluated.
3. brilling75 - December 14, 2010 at 09:46 am
Although I find this study ineresting, it appears that major universities are absent from the sample. If the "15 major athletic conferences" were used as one of the criteria for sampling, why are no representatives from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) represented in the sample? This conference includes the land grant universities of the Southeast (LSU, Auburn, Alabama, U. Georgia, Vanderbilt, U. Florida, U. Tennessee, etc.)- major universities, all.
4. brilling75 - December 14, 2010 at 09:48 am
Although I find this study interesting, it appears that major universities are absent from the sample. If the "15 major athletic conferences" were used as one of the criteria for sampling, why are no representatives from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) represented in the sample? This conference includes the land grant universities of the Southeast (LSU, Auburn, Alabama, U. Georgia, Vanderbilt, U. Florida, U. Tennessee, etc.)- major universities, all.
5. mcasadonte - December 14, 2010 at 12:18 pm
All CSU campuses use CSU Mentor for applications to the university. Wouldn't that make the score in that category the same for each CSU? If not, I'd love to know which applications/forms you reviewed.
Also, stating that for each picture in a website "there should be text, coded for text readers, describing the picture" is terribly inaccurate. If an image is decorative it should absolutely not have text that describes it; the empty alt attribute is required. Such misleading statements contribute heavily to the issues accessibility-conscious web developers face.
6. mcasadonte - December 14, 2010 at 12:20 pm
All CSU campuses use CSU Mentor for applications to the university. Wouldn't that make the score in that category the same for each CSU? If not, I'd love to know which applications/forms you reviewed.
Also, stating that for each picture in a website "there should be text, coded for text readers, describing the picture" is terribly inaccurate. If an image is decorative it should absolutely not have text that describes it; the empty alt attribute is required. Such misleading statements contribute heavily to the issues accessibility-conscious web developers face.
7. prefernottostate - December 14, 2010 at 12:24 pm
I have to say that this is the worst type of tabloid journalism I've seen in a very long time. It is extremely important to note (but will likely miss the majority of your readers who consume the headline but miss the meat) that "Mr. Gunderson's accessibility criteria" is highly controversial, and in no way is universally accepted as criteria that ensures accessibility to "blind" students or any other student with a disability. Instead it is a subjective test using a collection of Best Practices developed in a small (but admittedly open) forum - a forum however which virtually none of the institutions judged are participants.
I have challenged Mr. Gunderson on both his criteria and evaluation methodology on the WebAIM.org mailing list (http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=4499#post10) - considered to be one of the premier mailing lists and on-line communities concerned with the subject matter of on-line accessibility. When pressed, Mr. Gunderson admits:
"I should also note that passing these rules doesn't mean you are accessible, it just means you have the markup for accessibility.
There are many manual tests that must be made, but I don't need to tell this list that."
This is an extremely important point, and one that must be stressed far and wide - it is also a point notably missing from your article: the testing was done with an automated tool, using a subjective Best Practices rule-set, and in no way is an accurate reflection of real web accessibility. It is tick-box evaluation and is about as accurate as suggesting that the inclusion of mustard guarantees a delicious hamburger.
8. missouristategrad - December 14, 2010 at 03:54 pm
I earned my undergraduate degree at Missouri State University and I would recommend it to any student who is blind or visually impaired. The environment, staff, students, and most faculy are very inclusive. The director, assistant director, and staff of Disability Support Services are THE BEST! I would go back in a heartbeat.