As a supplement to the basic text, "Higher Education and the Law," this book briefly describes the American legal system for scholars, students, and administrators in the field of higher education who have had little or no legal training. The following topics are addressed: The United States Courts, the process of judicial review, reading and…

CASE DIGESTS OF 70 STATE AND 13 FEDERAL JUDICIAL DECISIONS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE ARRANGED BY STATE AND CLASSIFIED UNDER 11 HEADINGS--(1) CERTIFICATION AND ELIGIBILITY--7, (2) SALARIES--9, (3) CONTRACTS--16, (4) TENURE--23, (5) SCHOOL DESEGREGATION--3, (6) CIVIL…

Federal law provides for special educational services for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and for all children with disabilities. Questions arise regarding special educational services for parochial school children. A brief introduction to the two major federal programs for compensatory and special education is followed by an analysis of…

Five bills were discussed at this hearing: (1) S. 1050, which would allow the court to accept voluntary services and gifts and bequests; (2) H. R. 153, which would make certain technical amendments and modify various provisions relating to the court's operations and administration; (3) S. 868, which would improve educational benefits for active…

The contents of this volume published by the Center for Law and Education, which was established to protect and advance the legal interests of the poor through research and action on the legal implications of educational policies, include the following articles: "Introduction" and "Sexism in Public Education: Litigation…

The Supreme Court will not hear the Brown University (Rhode Island) appeal in "Brown vs. Cohen," letting stand rulings that the university had violated Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments by cutting financial support for women's volleyball and gymnastics teams. Advocates for women's athletics see the court's refusal to intervene as…

Congressional intent and regulations, and court decisions interpreting the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, recognize the preference for mainstreaming handicapped children. Cases discussed indicate that mainstreaming is secondary to the goal of the Act to provide an appropriate education that meets the unique needs of each handicapped…

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) of 1974 impose an affirmative obligation on the states to rectify the language deficiencies of non-English-speaking students but do not specify a particular remedy, leaving it to State and local educational authorities to determine which programs, methods,…

This document includes a case summary and the Supreme Court Justices' opinions on Crawford vs Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles. The Crawford case concerned the constitutionality of Proposition 1, a State constitutional amendment ratified by California voters to stop mandatory pupil reassignment and busing within the Los Angeles…

This book is a study of civil cases, filed in court after 1976, involving students in elementary and high schools. The number of cases comes to 1,632, of which 769 are concerned with special education, 290 with disciplinary matters, and 248 with sports. The remaining cases deal with racial and sex discrimination, freedom of religion, establishment…

IN CONTRAST WITH THE BASIC SOCIALIZATION PROCESS AND ACCULTURATION OF THE IMMIGRANT, THE NEGRO STILL IS MORALLY AND SOCIALLY ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH CHANGES TOWARD MORE EQUALITY FOR THE NEGRO WILL OCCUR, THEY WILL BE DIFFICULT TO BRING ABOUT. THE GHETTO, WHICH ISOLATES THE NEGRO, PERSISTS BECAUSE OF THE VAST PROFITS THAT WHITE REALTORS…

The fast-growing practice of buying paid "editorial advertisements" in the mass media by individuals and citizens groups wishing to express opinions oncontroversial issues, and the media by individuals and citizens groups wishing to express opinions on controversial issues, and the reluctance and refusal of some licensees and publishers…

This report provides a general picture of the major trends that have occured in the area of nondiscrimination in employment to date and of the general line of reasoning that is being developed by the Federal Courts. Federal Nondiscrimination Regulations applying to business, 1963-1972, are listed together with 43 court decisions concerning…

The papers and articles collected in this volume examine the relationship between government, business conglomerates, and the mass media and discuss the effect of this relationship on the flow of information. Separate sections are devoted to: the "right to know"; the effect of media barons on the flow of news; the "right of access"; the sometimes…

Describes the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling in the case "Ceniceros v. Board of Trustees of the San Diego Unified School District." The case raises the question about the meaning of the 1984 Equal Access Act, specifically, how to interpret "noninstructional time." (LMI)