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Accessibility Statement

What is Accessibility?

Web Accessibility refers to the degree to which the information on a website can be properly utilized by all individuals, including those operating under limited conditions (e.g. users with limited or no vision). With the passage of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, accessibility has become an increasingly important aspect of web design and presentation. For a more detailed introduction to Web accessibility, visit the Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM) website or the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website. For information about the accessibility features of this web site, keep reading.

A Note on Web Browsers

Great effort has been taken to ensure that the Academic Affairs website displays properly for all of our viewers. However, there are some problems that can arise. Most, if not all, of these problems stem from using web browsers that are old (such as Netscape 4) or otherwise non-compliant with current W3C standards (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer). If you are experiencing problems with the Academic Affairs site and are using one of these browsers, we recommend that you try viewing the site in a standards-compliant browser such as Mozilla Firefox,  Netscape 7+ or Safari for the Mac. All of these browsers can be downloaded for free at their respective sites and are among the best browsers to date in terms of W3C compliance. If you are using a standards-compliant browser and the problem is persisting, please let us know by contacting the Academic Affairs Web Team.

Site Validation

To help encourage developers to create accessible websites, the W3C has published the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. This site has been created using validated XHTML and CSS code, and has been designed to maintain level AAA compliance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and all points of the Section 508 Guidelines. For more information about site validation, or to see the validation results for this site, click on these links here or at the bottom of any page on this site:

css xhtml wcag-aaa 508

Pop up windows

Due to the problems they can present to users of assistive technology, the use of pop up windows has been minimized as much as possible on the Academic Affairs website. However, there are occasions where pop up windows are used, such as for opening off-site links. To prevent confusion, links which open in a new window will be immediately followed by this graphic: (). In the event of long lists of links that open in new windows, the graphic may not appear after every link. Instead, the use of pop up windows for the links will be mentioned in the text that introduces the links.