Weekly News Update From the National Center for College Students with Disabilities Last Week's Top News Stories about Disability and Higher Education January 21-27, 2024 * A new director of disability, culture, and inclusion<https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/01/25/johns-hopkins-disability-culture-inclusion-director-nathan-stenberg/> has started at Johns Hopkins University, and he brings his own experiences as a disabled first-generation college student to his work. * Students experiencing discrimination have more severe mental health concerns<https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-need-to-understand-the-link-between-discrimination-and-student-mental-health-report-says?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_8866441_nl_Daily-Briefing_date_20240126&cid=db&source=ams&sourceid=> compared to their peers, according to a new report from Penn State University (click here to go directly to the report<https://ccmh.psu.edu/annual-reports>). * The blind professor leading Australian group Universities Enable<https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/disabled-academics-need-bigger-say-sector-says-professor> says universities need more involvement of disabled academics and a community-led advisory mechanism for implementing disability policy. * Disability studies in Serbia<https://www.psu.edu/news/academics/story/professor-and-her-students-collaborate-university-serbia/> is expanding, thanks to work by the University of Novi Sad, Penn State Leigh Valley, and CUNY. * Some seminaries have added courses or degrees on disability<https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/hopeful-disability-ministry/> theology and ministry. * Even when Deaf Filipinos make it to university<https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-campus-life-fell-apart?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_8878654_nl_Academe-Today_date_20240129&cid=at&sra=true>, there's usually no access to interpreters or other services. * The Youth Disability Advocacy and Research Network<https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2024-01-25/youth-disability-advocacy-research-network> at Bournemouth University in the UK works on disability issues in East Africa; they have published videos of Disability and Media workshops held last year. Click here to subscribe to NCCSD Weekly News Updates and other announcements<https://ahead-listserve.org/mailman/listinfo/dream>. If you have any difficulty accessing the News Update, contact NCCSD@ahead.org<mailto:NCCSD@ahead.org>. The NCCSD does not endorse any opinions in these news articles, nor does it guarantee accessibility of external sites. If you cannot access articles, we encourage you to contact your campus library for assistance. The NCCSD is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration, which collaborates with the Association on Higher Education And Disability and other partners to increase the success of current and future college students with disabilities.