Ivy League Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Accessible Care Transport. Attendants
Brown University Providence, RI 6,008 undergrads 401‐863‐9588 www.brown.edu
Yes‐serious effort to improve is ongoing; construction in dorm rooms, baths, kitchens Accommodations
Will help find aide
Accommodations
Yes
Effort to accommodate, but housing shortages exist
No
Columbia University New York, NY 7,285 undergrads 212‐854‐2388 www.columbia.edu Cornell University Ithaca, NY 13,510 undergrads 607‐254‐4545 www.cornell.edu Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 4,164 undergrads 603‐646‐9900 www.dartmouth.ed u Harvard College†† Cambridge, MA 6,648 undergrads 617‐496‐8707 www.harvard.edu University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 9,687 undergrads 215‐573‐9235 www.upenn.edu
Princeton University Princeton, NJ 4,918 undergrads 609‐258‐8840 www.princeton.edu “special Yale University consideration” New Haven, CT 5,311 undergrads 203‐432‐2324 www.yale.edu
Scheduled ride van, M‐F, on‐ campus only
W/Chair Sports
US News Other Ranking
16
Improvements to campus travel routes; meal plan considerations; reduced course load
8
Makes accessibility and residence hall improvements each year
14
“access is a primary concern and an area the university is working to improve” says website
11
Shuttle bus/door‐to‐ door van by reservation
1
“Harvard’s Houses were constructed before federal and state law required accessible design” says website
Scheduled ride van
6
On‐line campus access information
Buses will be fully accessible by 9/2009
2
Free shuttle
3
Campus access map; room accessibility chart
Free bus passes/schedul ed ride service
Ivy League Colleges
Accessible Housing
“Seven Sisters” Barnard College New York, NY 2,346 undergrads 212‐854‐4634 www.barnard.edu Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA 1,287 undergrads 610‐526‐7531 www.brynmawr.ed u Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 2,201 undergrads 413‐538‐2550 www.mtholyoke.ed u Radcliffe College (see Harvard College; the two merged in 1970s) Smith College Northampton, MA 2,596 undergrads 413‐585‐2071 www.smith.edu Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY 2,450 undergrads 854‐437‐7854 www.vassar.edu Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 2,380 undergrads 781‐283‐2434 www.wellesley.edu
Accommodations; Will help find dorm accessibility aides info available online
Personal Accessible Care Transport. Attendants
W/Chair Sports
US News Other Ranking
27
Campus accessibilitiy info online; women and disability film festival
“reasonable modifications considered”
Campus shuttle van
23
Lift van w/2 days notice
27
Priority ice and snow removal
Accommodations
Van
Accommodations; extensively renovating residence halls Some roll‐in showers in four dorms
Shuttle (24‐ hour notice); van service from classes and academically related activities
18
Adaptive technology lab; see online report “Disability Access and Inclusion at Smith College”
11
See online “Student Handbook on Disability Support Services” for specifics
4
Accessible routes map; see online handbook “Disability Services at Wellesley College”