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Making HCU accessible for everyone

HCU is committed to making our content and campus accessible. As part of our commitments to non-discrimination, serving our students and their families well, and increasing our reach and influence with the Christian worldview, the faculty and staff of HCU are working together to improve access and user experience for all.

Making accessible content matters

Creating accessible content is a part of the creation process, not an afterthought; it’s essential for removing barriers to access and improving user experience for everyone.

Reach the 1 in 4: Roughly 27% of adults in the US live with a disability. Current and prospective HCU students, as well as older HCU parents and alumni, rely on access to HCU content. Ignoring accessibility means voluntarily turning away over a quarter of our potential audience.
- Common disabilities requiring digital accessibility: visual (blindness, low vision, color blindness), physical/motor (tremors, limited dexterity), auditory (deafness, hard of hearing), and cognitive (dyslexia, ADHD, autism) impairments.
- These conditions necessitate accessible design features like screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, captions, and clear, consistent layouts.
Adhering to Title II: For public entities, the now mandate specific web and content accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 Level AA). Private and Section 504 institutions like HCU must adhere to ADA Title III guidelines which already require digital accessibility compliance that, in litigation, is judged by the same accessibility standards as Title II.
- Legal Protection: Digital accessibility lawsuits have surged in recent years. Proactive content editing is the best “insurance policy” against costly litigation and demand letters. HCU has not been immune to these lawsuits!
Better Experience For Everyone: Features designed for people with disabilities help everyone.
- Think about it: captions are used by people in loud rooms or quiet libraries; high contrast helps someone looking at their phone in bright sunlight; and content that is logically structured for a screen reader is intuitive for everyone to scan.
- These guidelines remove the frustrations that cause users to abandon a page or a form, increasing the conversions of HCU’s marketing efforts.
Better SEO & Marketing: Search engines “read” websites like screen readers do. When you use proper headings and Alt Text, you鈥檙e telling Google exactly how to rank our content higher, expanding our reach and influence.