Wall St. Journal: "As many as one in 4 students at elite...colleges are now classified as disabled"

Jun 18, 2018

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May 24, 2018, Wall Street Journal: Colleges Bend the Rules for More Students, Give Them Extra Help https://www.wsj.com/articles/colleges-bend-the-rules-for-more-students-give-them-extra-help-1527154200 As many as one in four students at some elite U.S. colleges are now classified as disabled, largely because of mental-health issues such as depression or anxiety, entitling them to a widening array of special accommodations like longer time to take exams.

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