Category Archives: Academia

Accessible PDFs Part 2: The Project in Progress

I am in way over my head. I can do this! Just when I was starting feel so confident. It’s just gonna take some creative thinking! But I could use some help… The project It is a ten-page interactive PDF describing different types of plagiarism and includes multiple examples of how to properly cite variousContinue reading “Accessible PDFs Part 2: The Project in Progress”

Creating Accessible PDFs: My Learning Journey—Part 1

Sometime toward the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was “voluntold” to be part of a universal design committee at my job—a prospect that held a *little* bit of interest for me given my background in psychology and my current position as an editor/writer for our university’s instructional design team, but it wasn’t really myContinue reading “Creating Accessible PDFs: My Learning Journey—Part 1”

Improving the First-Generation and Nontraditional College Experience

A first-generation college student (FGS) is a student whose parents possess no formal college degree. Although many FGSs are also low income or ethnic minorities, but that’s not always the case; many come from a rural background raised by wealthy parents in successful trade occupations. Regardless of socioeconomic background, however, being an first-gen student canContinue reading “Improving the First-Generation and Nontraditional College Experience”