Accessibility

Digital Accessibility

Making our technology accessible means more than just following the law. It means providing equal access to our entire community. It enables everyone to participate and experience all our opportunities, whether academic, professional, entertaining or social.

Tarleton State University is committed to excellence in providing this accepting environment. We strive to:

• Provide training and guidance on how to meet compliance standards for accessible digital resources.
• Ensure all technology we create, use and purchase is accessible to everyone.

You are an important part of this process. Your efforts allow individuals with disabilities and impairments, (ranging from visual, hearing, cognitive and neurological and motor function skills) to access information through assistive technologies. Your service to them simultaneously makes technology easier for our entire Tarleton family to use.

For more information on digital accessibility or to request help, contact digitalaccessibility@tarleton.edu.

Adopted Digital Accessibility Standard

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Tarleton State University is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Please note the Department of Justice revised Title 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 35 effective June 24, 2024, with additional requirements regarding specific technical standards for accessibility for services, programs, and activities offered by state and local government entities through web and mobile applications. Software, including web and mobile applications, utilized/procured/purchased by Tarleton should be conformant with all WCAG 2.1, Level AA requirements by April 24, 2026.

Disability Accommodations

For more information on Tarleton State’s disability accommodation services for employees and students, please visit our Disability Accommodations page.

Reporting Accessibility Issues

Tarleton State University is committed to excellence in providing equal access to our entire community. This includes ensuring individuals with disabilities and impairments (whether temporary or permanent) have an easy way to inform the university if they run into a technology-based barrier to access.

If you cannot access content or use features on Tarleton.edu or a related website/application managed by Tarleton State, please report the accessibility issue using one of the methods below. This process may be used by all individuals including students, faculty, staff, and the general public:

Ways to Report Accessibility Issues

When contacting us, please indicate if you are a student, employee, or visitor to one of our websites.

Send an email to: digitalaccessibility@tarleton.edu

Postal Address:
Tarleton State University
Attn: Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
Box T-0780
Stephenville, TX 76402

Phone: 254-968-9650