Overview

Accommodations in college may pertain to the academic, housing, and/or dining environments depending on your disability-related needs in college. Incoming students wishing to continue academic accommodations in college MUST complete our Request Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Ideally, you should submit your application and documentation simultaneously. If you have questions or concerns about our documentation requirements, please see our Documentation Guidelines or the "Suggested Documentation Elements" further down on this page.

Ideally, you should request your accommodations your first fall semester in the spring or summer before your arrival.

For academic-based requests, submit your application as early as April for processing. Typically, we are able to start meeting with incoming students mid-May, after the final exam period has passed for current students. If this timeline does not work for you or your concerns, simply reach out to goldman@tulane.edu and request an earlier meeting time. 

For housing-based requests, you can submit your application and documentation between March 1 and May 1 for your housing request to be processed ahead of the Housing Committee meeting. To learn more about requesting housing accommodations, visit our Housing page.

The Goldman Center for Student Accessibility is processing an unprecedented amount of requests for disability-based accommodations. As such, this process can take several weeks, depending on your request. 

• We attempt to respond to new applications within 3-5 business days. If you have provided all relevant documentation for your request, you will be contacted with a request to schedule your Welcome Meeting, either in-person or virtually, with a member of our team.

• If you do not have documentation submitted along with your request for accommodation, you will be reminded to provide supporting medical documentation to supplement your request. You will receive up to three (3) reminders to provide documentation before we will archive your application. You may re-activate your request at any time by contacting our office via phone or email.

• Once you have your Welcome Meeting with a member of our team, please allow up to 10-15 business days to process your request for academic accommodation. IF YOU ARE REQUESTING A HOUSING ACCOMMODATION, please note the following:

  • Housing accommodation requests are processed through the Goldman Center in conjunction with the Housing Accommodation Committee, an interdepartmental group comprised of relevant campus partners in supporting your request for accommodation-support at Tulane. The Committee meets on the first Friday of every month. Please allow until the second Friday of the month for a housing accommodation determination to be processed and rendered. 

In sum, from the time of your application submission, your request may take anywhere from one to six weeks to process, depending on appointment availability and volume of requests. 

The Goldman Center is open Monday-Friday from 8:30AM to 5:00PM Central Standard time. As such, please exclude weekends from this timeline. Any contact to our office over the weekend or University closures will be responded to as soon as possible once business operations have resumed.

A member of our team will reach out to you to schedule your Welcome Meeting. This scheduling will be facilitated via Calendly with the member of our Goldman Center professional staff assigned to your application; if Calendly is not a convenient scheduling tool for you, you may also contact our office directly at (504)-862-8433 or goldman@tulane.edu to schedule this consultation. Once you schedule, you will be provided with a Zoom link/additional appointment information via your email associated with your application. 

During the Welcome Meeting, we will discuss your request for accommodation and request additional information, such as your first hand narrative, about your disability and the barriers you have encountered in the academic, housing, and/or dining environment at Tulane. 

Your Goldman Center initial consultation, or "Welcome Meeting," is a critical component of your accommodation request. In this meeting, a Goldman team member will ask clarifying questions about your experiences in the academic, housing, and/or dining environment intended to provide you will the most appropriate form of support. You'll be able to share your first-hand narrative of your experiences and navigate your concerns with our experienced and professional staff. 

A timeline for determination, requests for follow up information or additional documentation, and other individualized next steps will be communicated to you in this meeting. 

Once you have your Welcome Meeting with a member of our professional staff, an accommodation determination will be rendered. Accommodation determinations are made by considering your supporting documentation, first-hand narrative, program expectations, existing supports on campus, and reasonability of the request. 

This determination may take at least 10-15 business days (roughly two to three weeks) from the time of your meeting. However, all housing requests must be processed through the Housing Committee, which meets once a month (on the first Friday). Therefore, housing requests take longer to process. 

Our online application system and information portal is confidential to our office. Your request for accommodations is not affiliated with your Tulane application nor admittance. 

It's important to know what your accommodation approvals could look like at each institution you are applying to, since there are changes in practices across universities. If you'd like to schedule a consultation to discuss potential accommodations, you may fill out the online application. For the most informed determination decision, be sure to provide thorough and current documentation of your accommodation needs. 

Request Accommodations

Your accommodations do NOT automatically transfer. To continue receiving accommodations, be sure to request accommodations through the Goldman Center. If approved for continued accommodations, these accommodations may look different because of access-based concerns.

This question is unique for each student, but most common changes tend to be the use of technology for notetaking or dictation as opposed to human-based supports.