Legal Foundations in Higher Education
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, which is a foundational right on college campuses.
What is the First Amendment?
Colleges and universities can protect themselves from lawsuits related to student injury or property damage by purchasing this.
What is insurance?
ADA
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
The Bakke case was based in this state.
What is California?
This is the title for the individual who initiates a civil lawsuit.
What is a plaintiff?
This Latin term refers to the legal doctrine that allows educational institutions to act in place of parents in certain circumstances, particularly in regards to student discipline and care.
What is in loco parentis?
This federal law guarantees that students' education records are protected from unauthorized disclosure.
What is FERPA?
NCAA
What is the National Collegiate Athletic Association?
The Fisher case was based on a policy from this state.
What is Texas?
It is a written or spoken agreement, including an agreement concerning employment or other business transactions, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
What is a contract?
This is a protected employment status given to faculty who meet certain predefined standards.
What is tenure?
This two-word phrase should be used when removing a faculty member's tenure or when disciplining a student for a conduct code violation.
What is due process?
AAUP
What is the American Association of University Professors?
The Grutter and Gratz cases were based on a lawsuit that initiated here.
What is Michigan?
This cornerstone document lays out the basic rights of citizens and the relationship between the central government and state governments.
What is the constitution?
Between appeal courts, municipal courts, traffic courts, and trial courts, this level is the highest.
What are appeal courts?
This act requires colleges and universities to disclose information about crime on campus and to provide safety programs.
What is the Clery Act?
BFOQ
What are Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications?
In S.F.F.A., a public southern school was at play in this state.
What is North Carolina?
It isn't a cake or pastry. Instead, it is a legal term referring to a wrongful act causing harm or loss, leading to civil legal liability.
What is a tort?
This two-word phrase is used in constitutional law cases involving matters of a compelling state interest that is narrowly tailored to achieve a certain outcome.
What is strict scrutiny?
The president-elect has put forth this person, a former WWE executive, as a nominee for the role of Education Secretary.
Who is Linda McMahon?
FERPA
What is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act?
In S.F.F.A., a private Northeastern school was at play in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
This doctrine protects state government and government actors, and in some states, nonprofit institutions, from liability for negligence.
What is immunity?