How colleges and universities can respond to legal pressures while remaining faithful to their educational missions. In the past, colleges and universities had minimal interaction with the law. In the 1970s, only a few affluent universities employed in-house legal advisors. However, today we live in the era of position acceptance lawsuits, freedom of speech battles, and sexual assault investigations within the university community.
The pressures of regulation, litigation, and legislation, write Louis Guard and Joyce Jacobsen, have created a new era in higher education, and institutions must know how to respond. For many observers and participants in the field of higher education, including most administrators and faculty, the labyrinth of legal obligations and potential risks can seem confusing.
The book "All the Campus Lawyers" provides a vital, up-to-date assessment of the impact of legal concerns on higher education and helps readers understand the most pressing trends and issues, including civil rights, freedom of speech and expression, student life and well-being, recruitment, advancement and community relations, governance and oversight, the business model of higher education, as well as campus crises, from cyberattacks to pandemics.
In addition to updating on the latest legal and regulatory developments affecting higher education, Guard and Jacobsen offer practical guidelines to university authority figures. There has never been a more critical time for college and university boards of trustees, presidents, and other higher education leaders to know the law and be prepared for legal challenges.
Pages: 352, Year of Publication: 0416, Dimensions: 14x14cm
