Colleges See Spike in Students With Disabilities, Including Elite Schools

Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.At Macalester College, a private liberal arts school in St. Paul, Minn., 29 percent of students had a disability in 2024, up from 5 percent a decade ago. Many other schools have also seen sharp rises.