Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1365 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Universal Access
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The idea
Universal access is the principle that all people can equally participate in an education system, regardless of class, race, ethnicity, sex, background, or disability.
In practice
A 1972 U.S. federal court ruling barred excluding children with disabilities from public education on cost grounds, extending access to a previously excluded group.
Where people slip
Universal access is a stated principle; actual access is not distributed equally in practice.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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