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Howard-Hamiliton, Mary F.; Phelps, Rosemary E.; Torres, Vasti – New Directions for Student Services, 1998
Student affairs practitioners today must often face difficulties related to the promotion of multiculturalism while maintaining individual rights and freedoms with a college population. Addresses concerns faced by student affairs practitioners: law and regulations and promoting diversity. Discusses legislative directives, current laws, and recent…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, College Students
Kellerman, Ed; Cornelius, Luke – 1996
Over the years the Supreme Court has given academic freedom a special First Amendment status. This study reviewed a selected group of recent cases at public universities, focusing particularly on several where rulings were based either on a professor's public comments or in-class verbiage, in an attempt to assess the current status of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Beliefs, College Faculty, Compliance (Legal)

Smith, Sonya G. – Journal of College and University Law, 1998
Examines the issue of a professor's First Amendment right to academic freedom vs. a student's right to an effective learning environment free from sexual harassment in a 1996 case, Cohen vs. San Bernardino Valley College. Also explored is the right of a public employee to free speech. Recommendations are offered to college administrators on…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Policy, Case Studies, Classroom Communication