Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law, 3rd Edition (2015)

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Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law, 3rd Edition (2015), edited by Richard Fossey and Suzanne Eckes, offers a practical, all-in-one guide covering higher education law as it affects students, faculty and non-faculty employees, and administrators; The publication provides a useful resource that reflects trends in the law, details current case law on a particular subject, and provides guidance on institutional policy for both public and private higher education institutions. This is an excellent text for courses in higher education law, providing board members, administrators, faculty, and students with a basis for informed decision making that will reduce the risk of liability through a preventive-law approach. The 3rd Edition (2015) contains a new chapter on religious colleges and universities, a complete listing of hundreds of cases cited, constitutional and federal statute references.

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CONTENTS

1 – Introduction to the Law and the American Legal System
2 – Legal Dimensions of Higher Education Governance
3 – Private Colleges and Universities
4 – Legal Issues Concerning Religious Schools
5 – Legal Issues Concerning Faculty Employment
6 – Faculty Expressions and Legal Implications
7 – The Legal Rights of Non-Academic Personnel
8 – Discrimination in Employment under Title VII
9 – Sexual Harassment in Academe: An Overview of the Legal Standards
10 – An Overview of Federal Disability Laws
11 – Liability for Negligence Involving Colleges and Students: An Evolving Duty of Care
12 – Defamation and Other Intentional Torts
13 – Contracts with Students
14 – Student Speech
15 – A College Student’s Right to Due Process
16 – A Student’s Right to Privacy in a College Residence Hall
17 – Campus Safety and Student Privacy
18 – The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
19 – Business Management in Colleges and Universities
20 – Intellectual Property and Higher Education
21 – Intercollegiate Athletics
22 – Community and Government Issues
Case Listings
Appendices

CONTRIBUTORS

Scott R. Bauries, J.D., Ph.D., Robert G. Lawson Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky

Joy Blanchard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Louisiana State University

Joseph C. Beckham, J.D., Ph.D., Allan tucker Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University

Janet S. Bubert, J.D., Brackett & Ellis, P.C., Fort Worth, Texas

Robert C. Cloud, Ed.D., Professor of Higher Education, Baylor university

Luke M. Cornelius, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Department of Leadership, School Counseling, and Sport Management, University of North Florida

David L. Dagley, Ph.D., J.D., Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Policy & Technology Studies, University of Alabama

Philip T. K. Daniel, J.D., Ed.D., William and Marie Flesher Professor of Educational Administration and Adjunct Professor of Law, the Ohio State University

John Dayton, J.D., Ed.D., Professor of Education Law and Adjunct Professor of Higher Education, University of Georgia

Suzanne E. Eckes, J.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy studies, Indiana University-Bloomington

Richard Fossey, J.D., Ed.D., Paul Burdin Endowed Professor of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Donna L. Gurley, J.D., Associate University Attorney, University of Mississippi

Neal H. Hutchens, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, the Pennsylvania State University

Krista Mooney Kahn, J.D., Ph.D., Former Associate Director, Public Affairs and Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor, Academic and Student Affairs, Board of Governors, State University System of Florida

Kimi L. King, J.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science, University of North Texas

Julie Leuzinger, M.L.S., Political Science Librarian and Department Head of Library Learning Services, University of North Texas Libraries

Ralph D. Mawdsley, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and Roslyn Z. Wolf Professor of Education, Cleveland State University

Martha M. McCarthy, Ph.D., Presidential Professor of Educational Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Indiana University-Bloomington

Kerry Brian Melear, Ph.D., Interim Chair, Department of Leadership & Counselor Education, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of Mississippi

David H. K. Nguyen, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Higher Education, University of North Dakota

Mark Paige, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Patrick D. Pauken, J.D., Ph.D., Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Director and Professor, School of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Policy, Bowling Green state university

Kaitlin A. Quigley, M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University.

Jeffrey C. Sun, J.D, Ph.D., Professor of Higher Education, Assistant Department Chair, Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation, & Organizational Development, University of Louisville

Monoka Venters, J.D., State University System of Florida

R. Craig Wood, Ed.D., Professor, Educational Administration and Policy, University of Florida

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