Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, has agreed to make its campus more accessible to people with disabilities, under a settlement the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.

The department had investigated Chatham and found it out of compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act on several counts, involving both new and existing facilities. As part of a five-year plan, the university will create new entrances to buildings and classrooms, build exterior and interior ramps, install visual alarms and Braille signs, and make several other updates.

“We’ll fully comply with the decree. We’ve already invested in making the campus more accessible,” a spokesman for the university told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Justice Department was also optimistic. “Our agreement with Chatham University, an older campus with a challenging terrain, is an important step in our continuing effort to ensure that the nation’s educational facilities are accessible to students and visitors with disabilities,” Grace Chung Becker, acting assistant attorney general for the department’s civil-rights division, said in a written statement.

The settlement was the latest in a series involving higher-education institutions over the last decade, including Duke University, the University of Chicago, Colorado College, Swarthmore College, the University of Michigan, and the Education Management Corporation. —Sara Lipka