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The court invalidated a state statute that compelled public school and college teachers to reveal all organizational affiliations or contributions for the previous five years.
What is Shelton v. Tucker?
Employees have a right to be affiliated with any political party of their choice, including community groups like the NAACP.
What is Freedom of Expression?
The First Amendment primarily protects faculty in this institution type.
What is public?
This case involved a medical student who struggled academically and failed a mandatory national exam - his request to retake the exam was denied by the medical school, despite the fact that other medical students were permitted to retake the exam in the past.
What is Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing, 1985?
Four nursing students were suspended after posting a picture on social media of themselves with the placenta of a patient.
What is Byrnes v. Johnson County Community College, 2011?
When a government body external to the institution has allegedly impinged upon the institution’s academic freedom or that of its faculty or students
What is External Academic Freedom?
Students at this institution type may challenge a dismissal under a breach of contract theory, which would require showing either that the institution did not follow its own policies and procedures or that the policies and procedures themselves were unfair.
What is private?
This case was when a student was denied a degree in education due to problems with her performance in a required teaching internship. She did not maintain “professional distance” from her students.
What is Snyder v. Millersville University, 2008?
SUNY faculty member refused to sign a certificate stating that they were not and never had been communists.
What is Keyishian v. Board of Regents?
When the institution or its administrators have allegedly impinged up on the academic freedom of one or more of the institutions faculty members or students.
What is Internal Academic Freedom?
Courts do not require this institution type to provide the type of procedural due process required for disciplinary sanctions to sanctions based upon academic performance.
What is public?
When students are denied a degree or dismissed for academic reasons, they may claim this by the institution for failure to follow its policies.
What is contract breach?
University dismissed a student, who received excellent grades on written exams, for deficiencies in clinical performance, peer and patient relations, and personal hygiene. Student argued that while she was provided communication to change and did not, she should not be dismissed since there was no former hearing panel.
What is Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz, 1978?
A faculty member was denied entry into the US because of his political views.
What is International Freedom?
This institution type may face challenges to academic dismissals under either the ADA or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
What is public and private?
This university was named in a lawsuit because an African-American woman argued that all African-American students were funneled into a special program that provided academic support for the “socioeconomically disadvantaged” regardless of their SES status.
What is Temple University?
The verse that tells Hokies, "we're off to never never land" is from what popular Metallic song?
A tradition dating from 1934 beginning with the Corps of Cadets, this Virginia Tech event symbolizes the transition from junior to senior and the presentation of the highly anticipated class ring.
What is Ring Dance?
The name of the only local public international food market in Blacksburg.
What is Oasis World Market?
The name of the waterfall that students hike to in Pembroke, VA.
What is the Cascades?