Decentralized publishing
Departments and programs create sites and documents with different tools, skills, and approval paths.
ADA Title II · Public colleges & universities
Your campus digital experience has a compliance date.
AX4E helps public higher education systems bring websites, mobile apps, course content, documents, platforms, and vendors into one practical WCAG 2.1 AA readiness program.
Start with a focused working session for accessibility, IT, communications, academic technology, and procurement leaders.
WCAG 2.1 Level AAWeb contentMobile appsThird-party arrangementsOngoing conformance
The higher education reality
One institution. Hundreds of digital owners.
Campus accessibility is distributed across central systems, colleges, departments, faculty, libraries, athletics, student services, and outside vendors. A homepage scan cannot manage that ecosystem.
Teaching & learning
LMS courses, lecture media, digital textbooks, assignments, and faculty-created files change every term.
Critical student journeys
Admissions, financial aid, registration, housing, advising, employment, and emergency information must work for everyone.
Vendor dependence
Licensed platforms and embedded tools remain part of the institution's public digital experience.
The 50,000 threshold
It is not your enrollment.
For a public university that is part of a state, DOJ guidance uses the population of that state - not the number of students. A state university with 40,000 students may use a state population of 6 million and fall in the 2027 group.
Verify with official DOJ guidance →Do not useStudent enrollment
Enrollment alone does not determine the rule's population.
Generally useGovernment population
The Census population of the state or local government the institution is part of.
Independent entities and unusual governance structures should confirm their calculation with counsel or the ADA Information Line.
Bring the right owners together
A campus-wide program with role-level accountability.
Each team needs a defined part of the plan, shared standards, and a way to escalate barriers it cannot fix alone.
Executive & legal
Governance, risk, funding, policy, progress reporting, and documented decisions.
IT, web & product
Platforms, templates, components, testing, remediation, monitoring, and release gates.
Academic technology
LMS standards, course templates, faculty support, instructional media, and assessment tools.
Communications
Public sites, campaigns, PDFs, video, social content, and publishing quality control.
Procurement
Accessibility requirements, vendor evidence, testing rights, remediation terms, and renewal decisions.
Disability services
Lived experience, feedback, accommodation patterns, user testing, and impact prioritization.
The AX4E readiness sprint
Get from “we have tools” to “we have a plan.”
Begin with representative systems and high-impact journeys, then build a repeatable operating model for the wider campus.
- Week 1
Align
Confirm scope, decision-makers, ownership, deadline assumptions, and priority services.
- Weeks 2–3
Inventory & sample
Map properties, documents, apps, vendors, and representative user journeys.
- Weeks 3–5
Test & prioritize
Combine automated and manual testing, then rank barriers by impact and reach.
- Weeks 5–6
Roadmap
Assign owners, sequence remediation, define training, and set evidence and reporting practices.
Deliverable: a prioritized, owner-ready plan tied to your campus systems and 2027 date.
Scope the readiness sprintWhat AX4E can support
Assessment through sustainable practice.
Use AX4E for the stages where your internal team needs capacity, specialized testing, remediation expertise, or program structure.
Inventory & risk mapping
Find the institution's digital footprint, owners, vendors, critical journeys, and content risk.
Map your scope →Audits & user testing
Automated, manual, keyboard, screen-reader, and document testing with prioritized findings.
Explore assessments →Remediation & training
Fix web and document barriers while equipping teams to prevent new ones.
Explore support →For public higher education over 50,000
Use the extension to build the program - not postpone it.
The new date is April 26, 2027. Your existing Title II obligation to provide accessible programs and services continues now.