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Walls, Halls and Doors: First Amendment Issues for Public Spaces in Housing
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Barker, Tess; McLittle, Amanda L. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
Residential communities are a critical component of many students' experience on a college campus, especially during their first year. Residential communities have been associated with a variety of positive outcomes, including persistence, openness to diversity, satisfaction, critical thinking, and personal development (Astin, 1977 & 1993;…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Residential Schools, Place of Residence
Animal Housing: Emotional Support Animals on Campuses
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Salminen, Erik; Gregory, Dennis E. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
The results of recent cases indicate that residences and dormitories owned by higher education institutions should be considered "dwellings," and thus subject to the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act (1968) as amended requires that the providers of dwellings accommodate assistance animals, which includes not only service animals,…
Descriptors: Animals, Therapy, Dormitories, College Housing
Talking Stick. Volume 27, Number 7, September-October 2010
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Baumann, James A., Ed. – Association of College and University Housing Officers - International, 2010
The "Talking Stick" is published bimonthly, six times a year in January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October, and November/December by the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International. Each issue is divided into three sections: Features, Columns, and Departments. These sections contain…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, College Housing, Dormitories, Legal Responsibility
Issues and Answers for Implementing Section 504.
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1979
Positions on 37 issues related to higher education's implementation of section 504 were developed by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). This project is a part of the interassociation effort (Higher Education and the Handicapped--HEATH) to provide colleges and universities with information and technical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Guides, Architectural Barriers, Civil Rights
Church and Campus: Government Regulation of Religiously Affiliated Higher Education.
Moots, Philip R.; Gaffney, Edward McGlynn, Jr. – 1979
A study on government regulation of religiously affiliated higher education was conducted for the Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education. The following two questions were addressed: What legal problems arising from governmental regulation have religiously affiliated colleges experienced at least partially because of their religious…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Civil Rights, College Admission, College Housing
Student Services and the Law: A Handbook for Practitioners.
Barr, Margaret J.; And Others – 1988
An overview is provided of issues influencing student affairs practice, designed to assist practitioners in applying legal principles in their daily work. The following chapters are presented in three sections (legal foundations and student affairs practice; key areas of legal responsibility and liability; and strengthening the legal basis of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Civil Rights, College Administration, College Admission
Students.
Gehring, Donald D.; Young, D. Parker – 1980
Court cases involving the relationship between institutions of higher education and their students during 1979 are discussed in this sixth and final chapter. The Iranian crisis and economic conditions during the year both affected cases touching on several of the topics addressed. These topics include such constitutional issues as rights of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletics, Civil Rights, College Admission
The Law of Higher Education, 1997 Supplement. Third Edition.
Kaplin, William A.; Lee, Barbara A. – 1998
This 1997 supplement to "The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Lead Implications of Administrative Decision Making, Third Edition" (1995) (ED 383 256), includes discussions of court opinions, statutes, regulations, and related developments, and cites selected law journal articles, books, and other resources concerning the legal…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accreditation (Institutions), Activism, Administrator Responsibility