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Marshall, Thurgood; And Others – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Presented are the opinions of Justices Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Byron R. White, and Sandra Day O'Connor supporting the court decision that providing governmental aid to students preparing for the ministry under a vocational education act does not violate the separation of church and state. (MSE)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Federal Aid
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Blasts the supreme court of Washington State for its inappropriate treatment of Larry Witters, a legally blind student denied state vocational rehabilitation funds because his intended Bible studies program supposedly violated the First Amendment's establishment clause. Even a United States Supreme Court reversal failed to end Witter's…
Descriptors: Blindness, Court Litigation, Higher Education, State Aid
Peer reviewedRusso, Charles J. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1989
Discusses a court ruling that Charles E. Curran, a tenured Professor of Theology at the Catholic University of America, had no right to continue to teach theology courses in the face of a definitive judgment by the Roman Catholic Church. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Catholic Educators, Contracts, Court Litigation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Higher and Professional Education. – 1980
The most important provisions of new student financial aid regulations in New York State are described. Revisions to Part 145 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education concern program pursuit and academic progress, definition of full-time study, duplicative awards, theological study, and five-year programs. The change with the broadest…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Guides, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
Peer reviewedAndrews, Judith L.; And Others – Journal of College and University Law, 1987
The legal aspects and policy implications of Catholic University's withdrawal of a tenured faculty priest's ecclesiastical license to teach theology, in response to a Vatican judgment, are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Catholic Educators, Church Related Colleges, Church Role
Ascik, Thomas R. – Educational Choice, 1986
This newsletter consists primarily of a legal review of the Supreme Court decision in "Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind" (January 27, 1986), in which unusually clear guidelines are set forth for a constitutionally acceptable program of educational assistance that may include parents whose children attend…
Descriptors: Blindness, Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Gies, Joseph C., Ed. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1983
Theological school trusteeship is addressed in 12 articles and appended information. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Responsibilities of Stewardship" (Robert Wood Lynn); "Trusteeship and Administration" (Larry L. Greenfield); "Organization of the Board" (Henry W. Sherrill); "Trustee Selection,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility
