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Download full textStevens, Ed – 1999
University officials and faculty are frequently required to make decisions based on interpretations of disputed facts. By applying the concept of due process within the context of higher education, they can meet legal challenges of contract and constitutional law and the pedagogical demand for justice. To guide their efforts, decision makers can…
Descriptors: College Administration, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Court Litigation
Toma, J. Douglas; Palm, Richard L. – 1998
This digest summarizes the role of the dean or department chair in dealing with legal issues in higher education. It considers the types of legal issues which might arise for these administrators (such as contract and tort matters for staff and students), the erosion of the legislative and judicial deference given to academic decision making, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Admission, Compliance (Legal)
