From the Harvard Crimson: Roughly a fifth of undergraduate students at Harvard received disability accommodations last year — an increase of more than 15 percentage points over the past decade, according to data published annually by the National Center for Education Statistics. The rise — from roughly three percent in 2014 to 21 percent in 2024 — brings the share of undergraduate students receiving accommodations at Harvard in line with the national average, which has consistently hovered around 20 percent. The prevalence has sparked suspicion from some faculty and in the national media that some students are using accommodations to eke out advantages, like extra time on tests, that their peers don’t receive.
Harvard has drawn particular scrutiny as one of several elite four-year colleges that have seen their share of students receiving accommodations increase significantly — particularly after an article published in The Atlantic last week called attention to the rates at Harvard. But staff at Harvard’s University Disability Resources say the increase is, in part, the result of a concerted push to lower barriers to access student resources, as well as decreased stigma around disabilities...
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Percentage of Undergraduate Students Reporting Disabilities
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Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/12/8/harvard-undergrad-disabilities-climb/.
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