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The Law of Higher Education, Student Version

6. Aufl.

von: William A. Kaplin, Barbara A. Lee, Neal H. Hutchens, Jacob H. Rooksby
80,99 €
Verlag:	Wiley
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	20.02.2020
ISBN/EAN:	9781119271963
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	1056

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A single-volume text that distills information for students Based on the sixth edition of Kaplin and Lee’s indispensable guide to the law that bears on the conduct of higher education, The Law of Higher Education, Sixth Edition: Student Version provides an up-to-date reference and guide for coursework in higher education law and programs preparing law students and higher education administrators for leadership roles. This student edition discusses the most significant areas of the law for college and university attorneys and administrators. Each chapter is introduced by a discussion of key terms and topics the students will encounter, and the book includes materials from the full sixth edition that are most relevant to student interests and classroom instruction. It also contains a “crosswalk” that keys sections of the Student Edition to counterpart sections of the two-volume treatise. <ul> <li>Complements the full version</li> <li>Includes a glossary of legal terms and an appendix on how to read legal material for students without legal training</li> <li>Discusses key terms in each chapter</li> <li>Concentrates on key topics students will need to know</li> </ul> This is fundamental reading for law students preparing for careers in higher education law and for graduate students in higher education administration programs.

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Notice to Instructors v Notice of Website and Periodic Supplements for the Student Version vii Crosswalk for the Student Version and The Law of Higher Education, Sixth Edition xix Preface xxxi Acknowledgments xxxix The Authors xli General Introduction: The Study of Higher Education Law xlv A. The Universe of Education Law xlv B. The Governance of Higher Education xlvii C. Sources of Higher Education Law xlvii D. The Legal Relationships within Institutions of Higher Education xlviii E. The Law/Policy Distinction li F. The U.S. Legal System As It Relates to Higher Education Law li Part One Perspectives and Foundations 1 1 Overview of Higher Education Law 3 Section 1.1 How Far the Law Reaches and How Loudly It Speaks 3 Section 1.2 Evolution of Higher Education Law 9 Section 1.3 The Governance of Higher Education 11 1.3.1 Basic concepts and distinctions 11 1.3.2 Internal governance 13 1.3.3 External governance 15 Section 1.4 Sources of Higher Education Law 18 1.4.1 Overview 18 1.4.2 External sources of law 18 1.4.2.1 Federal and state constitutions 18 1.4.2.2 Statutes 19 1.4.2.3 Administrative rules and regulations 19 1.4.2.4 State common law 20 1.4.2.5 Foreign and international law 21 1.4.3 Internal sources of law 21 1.4.3.1 Institutional rules and regulations 21 1.4.3.2 Institutional contracts 22 1.4.3.3 Academic custom and usage 22 1.4.4 The role of case law 25 1.4.5 Researching case law 26 Section 1.5 The Public-Private Dichotomy 26 1.5.1 Overview 26 1.5.2 The state action doctrine 28 1.5.2.1 When private postsecondary institutions may be engaged in state action 28 1.5.2.2 When students, employees, and others may be engaged in state action 35 1.5.3 Other bases for legal rights in private institutions 38 Section 1.6 Religion and the Public-Private Dichotomy 40 1.6.1 Overview 40 1.6.2 Religious autonomy rights of religious institutions and their personnel 41 1.6.3 Government support for religious institutions and their students and faculty members 45 1.6.4 Religious autonomy rights of individuals in public postsecondary institutions 52 Section 1.7 The Relationship Between Law and Policy 56 2 Legal Planning and Dispute Resolution 61 Section 2.1 Legal Liability 61 2.1.1 Overview 61 2.1.2 Types of liability 62 2.1.3 Agency law 62 2.1.4 Enforcement mechanisms 63 2.1.5 Remedies for legal violations 64 2.1.6 Avoiding legal liability 64 2.1.7 Treatment law and preventive law 64 Section 2.2 Litigation in the Courts 66 2.2.1 Overview 66 2.2.2 Judicial (academic) deference 67 2.2.3 Managing litigation and the threat of litigation 73 Section 2.3 Alternative Dispute Resolution 74 2.3.1 Overview 74 2.3.2 Types of ADR 75 2.3.3 Applications to colleges and universities 78 Section 2.4 Institutional Management of Liability Risk 82 2.4.1 Overview and suggestions 82 2.4.2 Risk management strategies 83 2.4.3 Enterprise risk management 86 Part Two The College and Its Governing Board and Staff 87 3 The College’s Authority and Liability 89 Section 3.1 The Question of Authority 89 3.1.1 Overview 89 3.1.2 Trustee authority 93 Section 3.2 Institutional Tort Liability 93 3.2.1 Overview 93 3.2.2 Negligence 98 3.2.2.1 Overview 98 3.2.2.2 Premises liability 101 3.2.2.3 Liability for injuries related to on-campus instruction 105 3.2.2.4 Liability for injuries in off-campus courses 108 3.2.2.5 Liability for cocurricular and social activities 112 3.2.2.6 Student suicide 115 3.2.3 Educational malpractice and related claims 119 3.2.4 Defamation 121 Section 3.3 Institutional Contract Liability 125 Section 3.4 Institutional Liability for Violating Federal Constitutional Rights (Section 1983 Liability) 130 3.4.1 Overview 130 3.4.2 Eleventh Amendment immunity 132 4 The College and Its Employees 137 Section 4.1 Overview of Employment Relationships 137 Section 4.2 Employment Contracts 140 4.2.1 Defining the contract 140 4.2.2 The at-will doctrine 140 Section 4.3 Collective Bargaining 141 4.3.1 Overview 141 4.3.2 The public-private dichotomy in collective bargaining 142 4.3.3 Collective bargaining and antidiscrimination laws 142 Section 4.4 Personal Liability of Employees 146 4.4.1 Overview 146 4.4.2 Tort liability 147 4.4.2.1 Overview 147 4.4.2.2 Negligence 148 4.4.2.3 Defamation 150 4.4.3 Contract liability 154 4.4.4 Constitutional liability (personal liability under Section 1983) 155 4.4.4.1 Qualified immunity 155 4.4.4.2 Issues on the merits: State-created dangers 158 Section 4.5 Employment Discrimination 162 4.5.1 Overview: The interplay of statutes, regulations, and constitutional protections 162 4.5.2 Sources of law 164 4.5.2.1 Title VII 164 4.5.2.2 Equal Pay Act 177 4.5.2.3 Title IX 180 4.5.2.4 Section 1981 181 4.5.2.5 Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act of 1973 182 4.5.2.6 Age Discrimination in Employment Act 188 4.5.2.7 Constitutional prohibitions against employment discrimination 190 4.5.2.8 Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 193 4.5.2.9 Laws prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination 194 4.5.2.10 Laws prohibiting transgender discrimination 197 Section 4.6 Affirmative Action 201 4.6.1 Overview 201 4.6.2 Affirmative action under Title VII 203 4.6.3 Affirmative action under the equal protection clause 207 4.6.4 State regulation of affirmative action 211 4.6.5 Conclusions 212 Section 4.7 Application of Nondiscrimination Laws to Religious Institutions 213 Part Three The College and Its Faculty 221 5 Special Issues in Faculty Employment 223 Section 5.1 Overview 223 Section 5.2 Faculty Contracts 224 5.2.1 Overview 224 5.2.2 Academic custom and usage 229 5.2.3 Part-time faculty 231 5.2.4 Contracts in religious institutions 233 Section 5.3 Faculty Collective Bargaining 239 Section 5.4 Application of Nondiscrimination Laws to Faculty Employment Decisions 245 5.4.1 Overview 245 5.4.2 Judicial deference and remedies for tenure denial 246 Section 5.5 Affirmative Action in Faculty Employment Decisions 255 Section 5.6 Standards and Criteria for Faculty Personnel Decisions 260 5.6.1 General principles 260 5.6.2 Terminations of tenure for cause 262 5.6.3 Denial of tenure 266 Section 5.7 Procedures for Faculty Employment Decisions 271 5.7.1 General principles 271 5.7.2 The public faculty member’s right to constitutional due process 274 5.7.2.1 Overview 274 5.7.2.2 Nonrenewal of contracts 275 5.7.2.3 Denial of tenure 279 5.7.2.4 Termination of tenure 283 5.7.3 The private faculty member’s procedural rights 290 6 Faculty Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression 295 Section 6.1 General Concepts and Principles 295 6.1.1 Faculty freedom of expression in general 295 6.1.2 Other constitutional rights supporting faculty freedom of expression 296 6.1.3 Academic freedom: Basic concepts and distinctions 298 6.1.4 Professional versus legal concepts of academic freedom 300 6.1.5 The foundational constitutional law cases 303 6.1.6 External versus internal restraints on academic freedom 310 6.1.7 "Institutional" academic freedom 312 6.1.8 "International" academic freedom 314 Section 6.2 Academic Freedom in Teaching 323 6.2.1 In general 323 6.2.2 The classroom 326 6.2.3 Grading 341 6.2.4 Private institutions 345 Section 6.3 Academic Freedom in Research and Publication 347 Section 6.4 Academic Freedom in Religious Colleges and Universities 356 Part Four The College and Its Students 361 7 The Student-Institution Relationship 363 Section 7.1 The Legal Status of Students 363 7.1.1 Overview 363 7.1.2 The age of majority 364 7.1.3 The contractual rights of students 365 7.1.4 Student academic freedom 373 7.1.5 Students’ legal relationships with other students 391 Section 7.2 Admissions 392 7.2.1 Basic legal requirements 392 7.2.2 Arbitrariness 394 7.2.3 The contract theory 396 7.2.4 The principle of nondiscrimination 397 7.2.4.1 Race 397 7.2.4.2 Sex 402 7.2.4.3 Disability 407 7.2.4.4 Age 412 7.2.4.5 Immigration status 413 7.2.5 Affirmative action programs 417 7.2.6 Readmission 447 Section 7.3 Financial Aid 449 7.3.1 General principles 449 7.3.2 Federal programs 453 7.3.3 Nondiscrimination 458 7.3.4 Affirmative action in financial aid programs 460 7.3.5 Discrimination against noncitizens 465 7.3.5.1 Documented (immigrant and nonimmigrant) students 465 7.3.5.2 Undocumented students 469 Section 7.4 Student Housing 473 7.4.1 Overview 473 7.4.2 Discrimination claims 475 7.4.3 Searches and seizures 484 Section 7.5 Campus Computer Networks 492 7.5.1 Freedom of speech 492 7.5.2 Right to privacy 501 7.5.3 Liability issues 504 Section 7.6 Campus Security 507 7.6.1 Security officers 507 7.6.2 Protecting students against violent crime 512 7.6.3 Federal statutes and campus security 517 Section 7.7 Other Support Services 522 7.7.1 Overview 522 7.7.2 Services for students with disabilities 522 7.7.3 Services for international students 524 Section 7.8 Student Records 527 7.8.1 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 527 7.8.2 State law 533 8 Student Academic Issues 545 Section 8.1 Overview 545 Section 8.2 Grading and Academic Standards 546 Section 8.3 Online Programs 555 8.3.1 Overview 555 8.3.2 Student legal claims about online programs 556 Section 8.4 Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities 558 8.4.1 Overview 558 8.4.2 Requests for programmatic or other accommodations 562 8.4.2.1 Domestic programs 562 8.4.2.2 Study abroad programs 573 8.4.2.3 Online programs 574 Section 8.5 Sexual Harassment of Students by Faculty Members 577 Section 8.6 Academic Dismissals and Other Academic Sanctions 599 8.6.1 Overview 599 8.6.2 Contract issues and fiduciary duty issues 600 8.6.3 Constitutional issues 603 8.6.4 Discrimination issues 610 8.6.5 Procedures for academic sanctions 614 8.6.5.1 Public institutions 614 8.6.5.2 Private institutions 618 9 Student Disciplinary Issues 621 Section 9.1 Disciplinary and Grievance Systems 621 9.1.1 Overview 621 9.1.2 Establishment of systems 622 9.1.3 Codes of student conduct 623 9.1.4 Judicial systems 629 Section 9.2 Disciplinary Rules and Regulations 634 9.2.1 Overview 634 9.2.2 Public institutions 634 9.2.3 Private institutions 637 9.2.4 Disciplining students with mental disorders 638 Section 9.3 Procedures for Suspension, Dismissal, and Other Sanctions 641 9.3.1 Overview 641 9.3.2 Public institutions: Disciplinary sanctions 642 9.3.2.1 Overview 642 9.3.2.2 Notice 647 9.3.2.3 Hearing 648 9.3.3 Private institutions 652 Section 9.4 Student Protests and Freedom of Speech 656 9.4.1 Student free speech in general 656 9.4.2 The "public forum" concept 659 9.4.3 Regulation of student protest 665 9.4.4 Prior approval of protest activities 673 9.4.5 Posters and leaflets 675 9.4.6 Protests in the classroom 678 Section 9.5 Speech Codes and the Problem of Hate Speech 679 9.5.1 Hate speech and the campus 679 9.5.2 The case law on hate speech and speech codes 681 9.5.3 Guidelines for dealing with hate speech on campus 689 10 Rights and Responsibilities of Student Organizations and Their Members 693 Section 10.1 Student Organizations 693 10.1.1 The right to organize 693 10.1.2 The right not to join, or associate, or subsidize 700 10.1.3 Mandatory student activities fees 701 10.1.4 Principle of nondiscrimination 708 10.1.5 Religious activities 720 Section 10.2 Fraternities and Sororities 729 10.2.1 Overview 729 10.2.2 Institutional recognition and regulation of fraternal organizations 730 10.2.3 Institutional liability for the acts of fraternal organizations 738 Section 10.3 The Student Press 742 10.3.1 General principles 742 10.3.2 Mandatory student fee allocations to student publications 744 10.3.3 Permissible scope of institutional regulation 745 10.3.4 Advertising in student publications 753 10.3.5 Obscenity 756 10.3.6 Libel 757 10.3.7 Obscenity and libel in private institutions 761 Section 10.4 Athletic Teams and Clubs 762 10.4.1 General principles 762 10.4.2 Athletes’ due process rights 763 10.4.3 Athletes’ freedom of speech 765 10.4.4 Pertinent statutory law 768 10.4.5 Athletic scholarships 769 10.4.6 Sex discrimination 774 10.4.7 Discrimination on the basis of disability 789 10.4.8 Drug testing 791 10.4.9 Tort liability for athletic injuries 797 Part Five The College and The Outside World 805 11 The College and Government 807 Section 11.1 Local Government Regulation 807 11.1.1 Overview of local government regulation 807 11.1.2 Trespass statutes and ordinances, and related campus regulations 812 11.1.3 Relations with local police 822 Section 11.2 State Government Regulation 824 11.2.1 Overview 824 11.2.2 State provision of public postsecondary education 828 11.2.3 State chartering and licensure of private postsecondary institutions 830 11.2.4 Other state regulatory laws affecting postsecondary education programs 834 11.2.4.1 Laws on gun possession 834 Section 11.3 Federal Government Regulation 838 11.3.1 Overview of federal constitutional powers over education 838 11.3.2 Federal regulation of postsecondary education 840 11.3.2.1 Overview 840 11.3.2.2 Regulation of research 842 11.3.2.3 Regulation of intellectual property 842 Section 11.4 Federal Aid-to-Education Programs 850 11.4.1 Functions and history 850 11.4.2 Legal structure of federal aid programs 851 Section 11.5 Civil Rights Compliance 853 11.5.1 General considerations 853 11.5.2 Title VI 854 11.5.3 Title IX 861 11.5.3.1 Overview 861 11.5.3.2 Title IX and peer sexual harassment 866 11.5.3.3 Claims by accusing students 869 11.5.3.4 Claims by accused students 874 11.5.4 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 879 11.5.5 Coverage of unintentional discrimination 883 12 The College and External Private Entities 887 Section 12.1 The Education Associations 887 12.1.1 Overview of the education associations 887 12.1.2 Accrediting agencies 890 12.1.3 Athletic associations and conferences 893 Section 12.2 Business Partners 894 12.2.1 Research collaboration 894 12.2.2 The research agreement 897 Appendices A. Constitution of the United States of America: Provisions of Particular Interest to Postsecondary Education 905 B. The American Court System 911 C. Reading and Analyzing Court Opinions 915 D. Glossary of Legal Terms 919 Bibliography 927 Statute Index 939 Case Index 945 Subject Index 969

Autorenportrait

WILLIAM A. KAPLIN is professor of law emeritus at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. BARBARA A. LEE is Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and a Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Management, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. NEAL H. HUTCHENS is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Higher Education, School of Education at the University of Mississippi. JACOB H. ROOKSBY is Dean and Professor of Law at Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington.

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The LAW of HIGHER EDUCATION ( STUDENT VERSION ) An authoritative, single-volume text on the law that bears on the conduct of higher education The revised and updated Sixth Edition of The Law of Higher Education: Student Version offers an essential guide to the information, analysis, and practical suggestions on a wide range of legal issues pertinent to both public and private institutions. The authors provide a timely reference for coursework in higher education law and programs aimed at preparing law students and higher education administrators for leadership roles. The text's discussions draw on court opinions, constitutional provisions, statutes, administrative regulations, and related developments. The Sixth Edition presents new material and contains information on recent developments and insights regarding topics in the previous editions. In addition, the revised edition reflects the many new and complex legal concerns that have arisen on America's campuses in recent years. All chapters are introduced with a discussion of key terms and the topics students will encounter. The Student Version includes materials from the full Sixth Edition that are most relevant to student interests and classroom instruction. The text also contains a "crosswalk" that keys sections of the student edition to counterpart sections of the two-volume treatise. The Law of Higher Education: Student Version's revised Sixth Edition continues to support the effective teaching and learning of higher education law.