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The article discusses efforts at accessibility for students with disabilities in U.S. higher education. Topics include an effort by the group Project AMP to have professors use microphones during lectures, efforts to accommodate students with learning disabilities in relation to the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the views of psychology professor Allison Lombardi on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum approach.

The article looks at how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed a lower-court ruling that dismissed a case about an athlete with learning disabilities. The complaint alleges that the NCAA, Temple University, and the University of Iowa discriminated against a former football player with a learning disability who failed to meet the NCAA's academic standards. The appeals court ruled that the association and the two universities must defend themselves against the athlete's claims that they violated Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Michael Bowers, a highly recruited player who had lost his scholarship after failing to meet the NCAA's core-course requirements, filed the suit. After losing his scholarship, Bowers battled depression and died of a drug overdose.