College technology leaders are warning that the U.S. Department of Justice’s new ADA Title II web accessibility rule requires campuses to accelerate compliance work or risk enforcement. Webinars and vendor briefings emphasize that meeting WCAG 2.1 AA standards and fixing portals, forms and learning platforms will take months, not weeks—institutions should inventory, remediate and document controls before the 2026 deadline. IT and legal teams must coordinate with academic units to prioritize high‑impact systems such as enrollment, financial aid, learning management systems and recruitment portals. Failure to act may trigger lawsuits, loss of federal funding or administrative sanctions, experts say. Security and accessibility overlap: accessibility fixes must be integrated into cybersecurity and vendor‑management programs. University leaders are being urged to treat the rule as a governance issue with board and executive visibility rather than a purely technical project.