An updated, two-volume guide to legal issues that affect higher education including relations with the governing board, personnel, students, government, and external private entities. Over one-third of the content is new covering such issues as the implications of the USA PATRIOT Act, allocation of mandatory student activities fees, and the rights of intercollegiate athletes.
Ruger, Peter H. "The Practice and Profession of Higher Education Law," 27 Stetson L. Rev. 175 (1997). Traces the evolution of higher education law practice from the earliest times to the dawn of the twenty-first century.
The same appellate court (the Seventh Circuit) later expanded upon its Kelley ruling in Boulahanis v. Board of Regents, 198 F.3d 633 (7th Cir. 1999). That case involved Illinois State University's decision to cut the men's soccer and ...
Gardner-Denver Co., 415 US. 36 (1974). A discharged employee claimed that the discharge was motivated by racial discrimination, and he contested his discharge in a grievance proceeding provided under a collective bargaining contract.
Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), the North Carolina Court of Appeals held that the Davidson College police did not have the ... to be active members of a Christian church; Davidson students were required to take a course in religion; ...
The fact that the grievance system was part of a collectively negotiated agreement, and not an individual employment contract, is important to the reasoning of Gardner-Denver. The Court noted in Gardner-Denver that it may be possible to ...
Every section of the fifth edition contains new material, including those related to: Hate speech and free speech rights of faculty in public universities Sharing of research with international colleagues Intellectual property and peer-to ...
In addition, federal laws and rules for conflicts of interest may extend to employees of institutions receiving federal ... The law of higher education: A comprehensive guide to legal implications of administrative decision making.
A Teacher's Manual is available to professors. This book also is available in a three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper with wider margins and with the same pagination as the hardbound book.
The Court noted in Gardner-Denver that it may be possible to waive a Title VII cause of action (and presumably actions under other statutes) “as part of a voluntary settlement” of a discrimination claim. The employee's consent to such a ...
... second, its principal or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion . . .; finally, the statute must not foster “an excessive government entanglement with religion” [403 U.S. at 612–13, quoting Walz v.