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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED195037 AUTHOR: Young, D. Parker, Ed.
TITLE: Higher Education: The Law and the 1980s in
Perspective. Proceedings.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 56 p.; Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the
University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education
(10th, Athens, GA, July 9-10, 1979).
ABSTRACT: Five papers presented at the conference on
"Higher Education: The Law and the 1980s in Perspective,"
held under the sponsorship of the Institute of Higher
Education and the Center for Continuing Education of the
University of Georgia, are reproduced in this document.
Richard Thigpen discusses differences between legal factors
affecting public and private educational institutions; the
increasingly contractual nature of relations between
colleges, their students, and their faculties; and the
expansion of governmental and judicial jurisdiction over
colleges and universities. Patricia Hollander reports on
changing public policy regarding the education and
employment of the handicapped and recommends reasonable
efforts made in good faith to provide access to the
handicapped. Henry Neal evaluates the status of immunity
from personal liability for administrators, noting the
importance of distinguishing between discretionary and
non-discretionary functions. D. Parker Young analyzes court
cases touching on student rights and the growing
willingness of courts to intervene in such matters. N.
Shelton Hand describes the impact of governmental
regulation, financial exigency, and labor negotiation on
employment practices in postsecondary education, and
predicts challenges to federal regulations during the
1980s. (Author/PGD)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Freedom; Affirmative-Action;
College-Administration; College-Faculty; Contracts-;
Educational-Finance; Employer-Employee-Relationship;
Employment-Practices; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Faculty
College-Relationship; Federal-Legislation;
Government-School Relationship; Labor-Turnover;
Legal-Responsibility; Personnel-Selection;
Postsecondary-Education; State Legislation;
Student-College-Relationship; Teacher-Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Court-Litigation; *Disabilities-;
*Federal Regulation; *Higher-Education; *Student-Rights;
*Teacher Employment
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