Weekly News Update From the National Center for College Students with Disabilities Last Week's Top News Stories about Disability and Higher Education October 22-28, 2023 * "Generation P" is entering college<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/10/23/assessing-college-readiness-pandemic-generation?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=6ffd500779-WNU_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-6ffd500779-225808461&mc_cid=6ffd500779&mc_eid=d5645fe552> and admissions officers are adapting to consider the academic, social, and emotional setbacks students experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. * New Jersey's Division of Civil Rights has entered into a Consent Decree with Mercer County Community College<https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-platkin-announces-settlement-with-mercer-county-community-college-resolving-allegations-of-disability-discrimination-involving-covid-19/> after an employee with COVID-19 was fired instead of getting an extended medical leave or accommodation to work remotely. * Nearly half of adjunct faculty said they had such low salaries that they postponed necessary health care and mental health services<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/10/27/contingent-faculty-members-report-low-pay-mull-quitting>, according to a new American Federation of Teachers survey. * The Netflix series Sex Education has started its final season<https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2023/10/sex-educations-academic-utopia/>, with the main characters going to college, where they learn about disability rights and accessibility. * Two college soccer players helped Team USA win gold in the Deaf Olympics: Spring Arbor University's Paige Beaudry<https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/10/27/metro-detroit-hard-of-hearing-soccer-star-inspires-next-generation-of-players/> and Lafayette College's<https://lafayettestudentnews.com/152872/sports/junior-ani-khachadourian-helps-us-clinch-womens-deaf-football-world-championship/> Ani Khachadourian<https://lafayettestudentnews.com/152872/sports/junior-ani-khachadourian-helps-us-clinch-womens-deaf-football-world-championship/>. * In a recent survey, 75% of faculty had conversations with students about mental health<https://www.chronicle.com/article/professors-struggle-with-demands-to-tend-to-students-mental-health?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_8145147_nl_Academe-Today_date_20231030&cid=at&sra=true>, but only half believed they could recognize a student in crisis. * The University of Toldeo's law school has a new Disability and Education Law Association<https://news.utoledo.edu/index.php/10_30_2023/disability-justice-motivates-law-student-in-career-student-organization> for students. * A cyberbreach at the University of Michigan<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/10/25/hackers-access-data-230k-university-michigan?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=8202d04c02-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-8202d04c02-225808461&mc_cid=8202d04c02&mc_eid=d5645fe552> led to an Internet shutdown after hackers accessed personal information for 230,000 students, staff, and faculty, including health information. * Colleges and universities in New Jersey must implement comprehensive suicide prevention and mental health programs<https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2023/10/25/nj-law-will-require-colleges-to-expand-suicide-preventative-efforts/71299871007/> beginning in fall of 2024. * First-year Grinnell College student Eliza Cline<https://thesandb.com/44241/opinion/op-ed-grinnell-has-an-ableism-problem/> shares her perceptions of ableism on campus and how the Disability Cultural Association is addressing it. * A promotional video is available for the upcoming Japanese movie A Sign of Affection (Yubisaki to Renren<https://www.panasiabiz.com/76855/watch-romantic-anime-a-sign-of-affection-first-promo-video-released/>), which will debut in the U.S. in January 2024; the story follows a Deaf college student and her romance with a hearing upperclassman. * The annual Deaf Town event at Ohio State University<https://www.hometownstations.com/voices-were-prohibited-at-osu-limas-annual-deaf-town-event/article_12e651b8-72a9-11ee-9cf9-6b7db54b6a0b.html> required nonverbal communication, with a "Town Jail" for people who used their voices. 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