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Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.

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Weed-Out Course(also: Gateway Course, Gatekeeper Course, Barrier Course)
A course in higher education, typically in STEM fields, that is perceived as intentionally rigorous to filter out students who are deemed unlikely to succeed in a given discipline. Courses like organic chemistry, calculus, and physics are commonly labelled as weed-out courses.…

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