EXPLORING FACULTY PERCEPTIONS TOWARD UDL AND NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE D.A.N.T.E.-U. PROJECT

The study, presenting the results emerging from a survey conducted at four Italian universities partner of the D.A.N.T.E.-U. network, explores the perceptions of faculty members in the Primary Education Sciences degree program with respect to non-traditional student population needs and to the degree of adherence to or divergence from UDL principles in their university teaching practices The results show that universities struggle to meet the increasingly diverse educational needs of students and faculty members rarely adopt UDL-based teaching strategies.