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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a fascinating thread to me, as parent of a 10th grader with an IEP for language and executive function issues.

Re 8:43, [b]I'm just really not sure that I think a professor SHOULD be on top of students to complete work. That feels beyond the scope of the accommodations / ADA and ultimately not helpful to students.[/b]

Happy to be convinced otherwise.
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+1  [b]Professors are not teachers: they are academics whose primary focus is/should be their own writing/research ([/b]there is a big difference between "teaching" and "professing").  It is insulting to a a professor to expect him/her to be "be on top of" students who can't complete work on their own accord.  University is not Romper Room or high school, and not everyone belongs at a university.  Professors should not be expected to devote time to "staying on top of" Special Education students.  The very idea is absurd.  Do you also expect your child's employer to "stay on top of" your kid to ensure that he/she "keeps up with" tasks at work after college?  [/quote]

This is why my son chose a SLAC, where the professors' focus is on teaching undergraduates.

I don't pay tuition to fund the faculty's own writing/research.[/quote]

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