Clare,
From the Australian perspective the costs of meeting the support
requirements for international students must come from the international
office budget. I am aware that our funding arrangements are different from
yours but international students here pay full fees and the individual
universities make a substantial profit from recruiting international
students. Therefore the costs of additional support must be met from their
profit margin. Some universities put an additional levy on each student and
this levy goes into an account to meet the additional costs of a student
who has a disability, some universities just set aside an amount each year
to meet these additional costs. Our DDA does not allow universities to
discriminate in the recruitment process but the health checks for a study
visa sometimes exclude a student with a chronic medical condition.
I hope this information assists you.
Cheers
Jenny
At 13:18 16/11/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Does anyone have info on how "reasonable adjustments" is likely to be
>interpreted under SENDA for future international students with disabilities?
>
>While many adaptations are low-cost or general good practice that should be
>in place anyway, the cost implication could sometimes be enormous. How
>should universities deal with this sort of situation?
>
>I appreciate that we will often need to wait for case law to interpret the
>legislation, but how do USA and Australia deal with this sort of situation?
>
>Any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated,
>
>Clare
Jenny Shaw
Disability Resource Centre
Deakin University
Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3217
ph & TTY: 3 52271427
fax: 3 52272829
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