Law of Higher Education

Catalog description

This course will explore some of the pressing legal issues that today confront American institutions of higher education. Special attention will be given to how courts have attempted to balance the sometimes competing rights and responsibilities of institutions, faculty, staff, and students. Issues to be explored include: first amendment rights of students, academic freedom of faculty, search and seizure issues in residence halls, affirmative action in admissions, regulation of athletics, privacy issues, religious freedom on campus, rights of students with disabilities, employment discrimination and institutional liability for student behavior. Prerequisite: admission into a recognized graduate program at Binghamton University, or consent of the HESA department chair. Offered: spring only.