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Peer reviewedHora, Mary – Journal of Law and Education, 2001
Discusses two major barriers to successful legal challenges to denial of tenure based on allegations of gender or race discrimination: court deference to academic decision-making and the complexity of the process leading to the granting or denial of tenure. (PKP)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The Supreme Court has ruled that statistical evidence about the effects of an employer's policies can be used to prove discrimination in situations where a variety of imprecise criteria are used. The decision is applicable to faculty salary and tenure disputes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMawdsley, Ralph D. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1989
Although certain constitutional rights do not apply to private institutions, striking similarities in employment problems exist between public and private colleges. Summarizes court litigation involving constitutional standards, established public policy, contractual problems, and financial exigency. Offers procedures for faculty dismissal that…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Contracts, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel)
Beckham, Joseph C. – 1981
In this chapter the author notes that only one conclusion concerning the litigation covered is warranted: the extremely large number of cases dealing with employment issued continued unabated in 1980. The main areas of litigation are discrimination (primarily on the basis of race and sex); substantive constitutional rights; due process; immunity…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Due Process
Nordin, Virginia Davis – 1977
Cases involving employment interests of teachers, administrators, and other school employees generally continue trends set in earlier years. Discrimination considerations continue to play an important role. One area in which the courts might be said to intervene somewhat more than in others is the prevention and remediation of race discrimination.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Bickel, Robert D. – 1978
Judicial review of college and university decisions regarding faculty and other employees continues to encompass a broad range of actions, including selection and appointment; evaluation of performance; substantive and procedural aspects of nonretention or dismissal; alleged employment discrimination based upon sex, race, age, or national origin;…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, College Administration, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel)
Jones, Thomas N. – 1981
The purpose of this chapter is to offer an overview and analysis of all the cases rendered during 1980 concerning the legal parameters of employment issues in institutions of higher education. Judicial review of employment decisions encompassed a broad range of actions, including selection and appointment; dismissal and nonrenewal; the termination…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Contracts, Court Litigation, Dismissal (Personnel)
