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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED187190 AUTHOR: Edwards, Harry T.; Nordin, Virginia Davis
TITLE: Higher Education and the Law.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 844 p.
AVAILABILITY: Institute for Educational Management, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138 ($25.00)
ABSTRACT: The proliferation of laws, regulations, and
judicial opinions affecting higher education and the nature
of the impact of these laws on the academic community are
examined. Designed for use by both students and
practitioners, the book employs the "case method" design
based on the belief that law cases furnish the best sources
for study and review of legal developments. Part One, "The
College or University As a Legal Entity," discusses the
college or university as a legal entity, legal attributes
of private universities, the constitutionally autonomous
university, and public universities without constitutional
status. Part Two, "Faculty Rights," examines academic
freedom and related substantive constitutional rights,
faculty tenure, and unionization and collective bargaining.
Part Three, "Student Rights," examines substantive
constitutional rights of students, procedural due process,
the contract theory, the student as consumer, and
miscellaneous issues concerning student rights. The final
section, "Federal Regulation of Higher Education," includes
the impact of federal regulation, equal educational
opportunities, Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972, equal job opportunities under the law, affirmative
action, age discrimination, Equal Pay Act, the
Rehabilitation Act, family rights, student loans, copyright
law, and miscellaneous federal regulations. A preface,
summary table of contents, reference materials, and table
of cases are provided. Supplements to the book will be
published on an annual basis updating material appearing in
this volume.
(LC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Access-to-Education; Age-Discrimination;
Case-Studies; Civil-Liberties; Collective-Bargaining;
Copyrights-; Educational-Legislation; Equal-Education;
Faculty-College-Relationship; Federal-Legislation; Federal
Regulation; Laws-; Legal-Problems; Privacy-; Private
Colleges; Public-Education; Teacher-Welfare; Tenure-;
Unions
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Constitutional-Law; *Court-Litigation;
*Government-School-Relationship; *Higher-Education;
*Institutional-Autonomy; *Student-Rights
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