Ruling Ordering Medical School to Admit Blind Student Is Reversed.

Jaschik, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ497779

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Publication Date: 1995

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Ruling Ordering Medical School to Admit Blind Student Is Reversed.

Jaschik, Scott

Chronicle of Higher Education, v41 n18 pA26-27 Jan 13 1995

An Ohio court has overturned a previous ruling that a blind woman be admitted to medical school at Case Western Reserve University, arguing that the accommodations required to graduate her would be unfairly burdensome and would keep her from having the medical experience required of other students. (MSE)

Descriptors: Blindness, College Admission, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Professional Education, State Courts, State Legislation, Student Experience

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