Inclusive Excellence
Division/School Actions

WPI Campus Accessibility

Make the campus more accessible for the entire community, including review and integration of greater accessibility practices and initiatives to make the WPI campus more accessible to all.

Implementation Strategies and Actions

• Regularly review and continue making physical improvements to campus to make it more accessible
  Completed

  Start Date

  1/1/2021

  End Date

  1/1/2023

  Current Status

  Completed

  Measures of Success

  • - Schedule consistent campus tours to see first-hand where campus accessibility needs are - Keep a list of noted accessibility issues to present as capital projects for next FY… - All initiatives to be worked on in collaboration with Accessibility Department (AOS - students) & Accessibility Network (Employees) for team input - Benchmark with other service providers from other universities to seek trend improvements related to events including o Resources o Spaces o Programming - Reconfigure existing spaces to make them more accessible for events o Higgins House & Grounds o Earle Bridge - Prioritize re-outfitting ALL campus buildings that do not have single occupant bathrooms to have them…
• Collaborate with service providers on campus like Chartwells to see if changes can be made to retail configurations to become more accessible, prioritizing the needs of our diverse campus constituencies.
  Completed

  Start Date

  1/1/2021

  End Date

  1/1/2023

  Current Status

  Completed

  Measures of Success

  • Buildings have been improved to make them more physically accessible.
  • Single occupant bathrooms have been added to all major building renovations.
• When doing major building renovations, the standard goal going forward will be to add single occupant bathrooms in facilities that do not have them for greater access and accessibility to all gender identities.
  In-Progress

  Start Date

  1/1/2021

  End Date

  1/1/2023

  Current Status

  In-Progress

  Measures of Success

  • Buildings have been improved to make them more physically accessible.
  • Single occupant bathrooms have been added to all major building renovations.