This article is a discussion of the role of the University Counsel (sometimes called the General Counsel) as "adviser, officer, administrator, and agent" in the university setting. The article discusses the nature of the "fiduciary duty" in university governance and describes several of the substantive areas of the law with…

Teaching quality is a crucial factor in student success, contributing to students' short- and long-term learning opportunities. High-quality teaching not only contributes to the improvement of student test scores and graduation rates but also gives students a "strong foundation from which to advance and achieve" in the future. Long term,…

Teachers who have tenure status do not possess a permanent right to their positions, but they do have a guarantee of procedural due process if their positions are threatened. (CK)

Suggests proper procedures for teacher dismissal and nonreemployment. (JF)

Discusses cases involving the application of the Bill of Rights of the Federal Constitution to State laws relating to untenured teachers. (JF)

This study was undertaken to determine the information that experience has shown is legally necessary for tenure policies, and to establish a model that would permit adaptation to local conditions. A study, analysis, and summary of the concept of instructor tenure is offered as it pertains to public elementary schools, secondary school systems,…

This review examines recent economic, political, and legal developments that have created pressure for reform of the academic tenure system, codified in 1940 by the American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges. At issue are problems of academic freedom, "deadwood" faculty, institutional finances, and the…

The court decision of the Bloomfield College case concerning dismissals and abolition of tenure is presented with an explanatory introduction. (PG)

Chapter 7

Recent court decision, affecting teachers and other school employees are reviewed in this chapter. (JH)