Weekly Briefing: Disability accommodations are surging. Is that a problem?

Plus, why a study hailed as a win for science reform is being retracted. ADVERTISEMENT [Weekly Briefing Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. Too many disability accommodations? - Does the surge in disability accommodations hurt students? That’s one of the central questions Alan Levinovitz is asking in [this Chronicle Review essay](. In the last decade, the proportion of colleges where more than 10 percent of students have disability registrations has quintupled. Accommodation requests have similarly surged. While increased awareness of disabilities is a positive development, Levinovitz has concerns about resources being misallocated to students who may not need them. [Read his argument here](. - This study was celebrated as a model for science reform. Now, it’s being retracted. The behavioral-science research paper in question claimed that every part of the project was “preregistered,” a practice in which authors publicly describe plans for the study ahead of time. The thinking is that if researchers are held accountable to a plan, they won’t be tempted to change the study later to help their data “fit.” But this project’s core premise was not preregistered, and when the authors’ hypothesis didn’t work out, they appeared to change their paper’s focus while playing down their original intentions. [Our Stephanie Lee first reported the retraction](. - What will higher ed look like in 10 years? Our new free report explores the many ways in which the sector will change in the next decade and what colleges can do to prepare. [You can read and download it here](. - Last week’s most-read story. Looming demographic changes and tepid public confidence in higher education are two reasons that some public regionals are in such financial trouble this year. 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