The usual paths to UDL application in higher education all come from localized needs and lead too often to narrow, compliance-based action.
The work of campus teaching centers encompasses the development of curriculum, teaching approaches, instructor career paths, and institutional policy.
Teaching centers can advocate for UDL across campus, using the Incubator, Hub, Temple, and Sieve roles outlined in Wright, M. (2023). Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12966/centers-teaching-and-learning.
Our colleagues at Dickinson University have created a new UDL Toolkit to help teaching centers establish widespread campus actions to support UDL in content development, teaching practices, and assessment at the micro, meso, and macro levels. https://udl.dickinson.edu/