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Direct linkBarker, 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
Weiler, Mark – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2017
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has called on federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments of Canada to educate public servants about the history and legacy of Indian residential schools and related topics, such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This article advances this call…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, History, Indigenous Populations
Capitaine, Brieg, Ed.; Vanthuyne, Karine, Ed. – University of British Columbia Press, 2017
"Power through Testimony" documents how survivors are remembering and reframing our understanding of residential schools in the wake of the 2007 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a forum for survivors, families, and communities to share their memories and stories with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Indigenous Knowledge, Residential Schools
Peer reviewedWalter, Gail A. – Journal of Education Finance, 1982
Discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision in "Halderman v. Pennhurst State School and Hospital," involving the rights of and treatment provided for residents in a Pennsylvania institution for the severely retarded, under the federal Rehabilitation Act, the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, and a state law. (RW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Federal Aid, Federal Courts
Peer reviewedHayden, Mary F. – Mental Retardation, 1998
Summarizes civil rights litigation on behalf of institutionalized persons with mental retardation, including number and type of cases, type of plaintiffs, type of legal counsel, role of other parties and of the Department of Justice, and number of institutional closures as result of litigation. A table presents information on class-action…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
