A Light in the Tower
A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education
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In A Light in the Tower, Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal examines the longstanding mental health and neurodiversity challenges in higher education and how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed systemic weaknesses.
She critiques ableist campus cultures and 'rigor angst' that resists accessibility, and offers concrete reforms for administrators and faculty.
The book explains differences between accommodations and accessibility, advocates for universal design approaches, and urges institutions to simplify disability accommodations.
Pryal combines research, personal experience, and practical classroom strategies to show how trusting students, granting flexibility, and redesigning assessment can reduce harm without lowering academic standards.
The work calls for institutional investment, centering neurodivergent voices to build supportive campus communities.
She critiques ableist campus cultures and 'rigor angst' that resists accessibility, and offers concrete reforms for administrators and faculty.
The book explains differences between accommodations and accessibility, advocates for universal design approaches, and urges institutions to simplify disability accommodations.
Pryal combines research, personal experience, and practical classroom strategies to show how trusting students, granting flexibility, and redesigning assessment can reduce harm without lowering academic standards.
The work calls for institutional investment, centering neurodivergent voices to build supportive campus communities.
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