CSUEB 17th best college web site for blind students

CSUEB Web site

January 14, 2011 5:10am

Jon Gunderson, coordinator of assistive communication and information-technology accessibility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, reviewed Web pages at 183 institutions, including all institutions in California's two university systems. The study evaluated university home pages, main pages from the admissions offices, as well as all other pages with links on those primary sites. Gunderson’s findings were published by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Cal State East Bay ranked 17th and was one of five CSU campuses placing in the top 10%. The U.S. Air Force Academy was on the bottom of the list at #183.

“This is not surprising given the CSU's focus on Web Accessibility within its Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI),” said John Charles, CSUEB’s Chief Information Officer. “Our Web Services team along with University Advancement is committed to ensuring accessibility of our web sites, web content and web applications for people with disabilities.”

Best and Worst College Web Sites for Blind Students study results on the Chronicle of Higher Education Web site.