Accessibility Statement

This is the official accessibility statement for the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email us.

Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access key 1: Home page
• Access key 3: Site Map
  
• Access key 9: Contact Us
  

Access key 0: Accessibility statement

Standards compliance

1. All pages on this site are Bobby AAA approved, complying with all the Bobby guidelines. This is always a judgement call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
2. All pages on this site is WCAG AAA approved, complying with all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Again, this is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and can not be tested automatically. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
3. All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. Again, a judgement call. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance.
   
4. All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. This is not a judgement call; a program can determine with 100% accuracy whether a page is valid XHTML. For example, check the home page for XHTML validity.
   
5. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup.
   Navigation aids .All relevant pages have rel=top, up, search and contents links to aid navigation in text-only browsers. Netscape 6 and Mozilla users can also take advantage of this feature by selecting the View menu, Show/Hide, Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show Always).
   Links
   Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
   Links are written to make sense out of context.
   Images
   All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
   Visual design
   This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
   This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
   If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
   Accessibility references
   W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
   W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
   W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
   U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
   Accessibility software
   JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
   Home Page Reader, a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available.
   Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
   Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
   Opera, a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.
   Accessibility services
   Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines. A full-featured commercial version is also available.
   HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
   Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
   Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
   Related resources
   Dive into Accessibility, an online 30-day guide to a more accessible website: highly recommended.
   WebAIM, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving accessibility to online learning materials.
   Designing More Usable Web Sites, a large list of additional resources.
   Search:
   Home
   University Policies
   Sexual Harassment Resources
   Disability Resources
   Affirmative Action Resources
   Job, Internship, Volunteer, and Scholarship Opportunities
   OEO Training
   Hall of Diversity
   News
   Events
   Mission Statement
   File a Grievance

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