Legal Handbook for Educators

ISBN-13: 9780367168308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str.

Patricia Hollander

Opis

This handbook provides a succinct overview of the kinds of legal issues that now face educators daily. It is a practical guide, alerting educators to areas of legal concern, informing them of possible legal remedies, and making recommendations to assist in preventing litigation.

Spis treści

1. New Legal Concepts in Historical Perspective: An Introduction 2. Due Process and Personal Liability; Other Legal Liability 3. Recruitment, Admission, and Financial Obligations of Students 4. Treatment of Students: Academic Life and Student Life 5. Faculty and Administrators: Recruitment, Hiring, and Collective Bargaining 6. Treatment of Faculty and Administrators: Academic and Employment Issues 7. Funding and Facilities

O autorze

Patricia A. Hollander, general counsel to the American Association of University Administrators since 1972, has served as the director of the program in law and social science, Survey Research Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, and as visiting professor at the University of Virginia, where she taught a doctoral course on legal aspects of College administration. Ms. Hollander is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York and Missouri bar associations, as well as the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the National Organization on Legal Problems. She also maintains an office in Washington for consulting on law and education and writes a regular column on Recent Court Decisions for Communique , a quarterly publication of the AAUA.