Posted on 01/14/2026 9:37:06 AM PST by karpov
Late last year, the Atlantic’s Rose Horowitch penned a widely shared essay on campus “disability accommodations,” the practice whereby students with learning disorders such as ADHD receive extra time on tests or the use of “otherwise-prohibited technology.” The piece did not make for pleasant reading.
Among Horowitch’s findings was that, because universities have made “the process of getting accommodations easier,” the share of students who qualify “has grown at a breathtaking pace.” At the University of Chicago, for instance, “the number has more than tripled over the past eight years.” At Amherst, a stunning 34 percent of undergraduates were formally registered as disabled in fall 2023.
Disability percentages in the UNC System are nowhere near that high. Nevertheless, a glance at figures provided by the institutions reveals a steady upward creep that is cause for concern if not outright dismay. Moreover, a number of UNC System schools that maintained modest disability percentages until recently have experienced sudden, massive jumps in the last few years. While these phenomena may be entirely innocent, they are highly suggestive of loosening assessment standards in disability-services offices, where a larger “case load” inevitably means more funding, higher staffing levels, and greater prestige on campus.
Figure 1, below, indicates the percentage of undergraduates registered as “students with disabilities” at UNC System institutions. The table is sortable by academic year. Although our analysis goes back only as far as 2017-18 (thus providing a pre-Covid baseline), it clearly reveals the direction in which more than half of the System’s schools are trending.
A few observations present themselves right away. UNC Asheville has had the highest average percentage of “disabled” undergraduates (10.31) since 2017-18—due, in large part, to its startling 2023-24 percentage of 14.56. (The current academic year’s data are not yet available.)
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This happened at my university before I retired several years ago. I had one student tell me his “disability” was having anxiety while taking exams with other students. So, he was allowed to take my exam at the disability office and was given an extra 30 minutes.
Kind of like those who insist on assistance in boarding an aircraft. Get on early. Ensured of place in the overheads. Miraculous cures while in flight. No longer need assistance at arrival.
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