The American Education Policy Landscape

In today’s complex educational environment, it’s critical for educators to understand the policy landscape. Research-based and grounded in a non-ideological perspective, The American Education Policy Landscape is an essential guide for educators, graduate students, and policymakers alike. This accessible resource unpacks complex concepts and provides a comprehensive overview of early childhood, K-12, and higher education policy issues, including governance structures at the local, state, and national levels; the process of policymaking; issues of educational finance; and the impact of stakeholders. The American Education Policy Landscape provides aspiring and practicing educators, analysts, researchers, and policymakers with the foundational knowledge and context for understanding education policy, enabling them to make effective decisions, provide informed advice, and craft critical research questions on education.

Education & Teaching

Rippner, Jennifer A.

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law, 4th Ed., offers a convenient and user-friendly text that addresses the full range of key subjects in higher education law. This fourth edition features a new team of editors, authors, and chapters on international/global issues and race and the law, plus expanded coverage of the higher education topics that are growing in importance. This practical, all-in-one guide covers higher education law as it affects students, faculty and non-faculty employees, and administrators. The new edition updates earlier editions and is now even more accessible for all students, including those with or without a legal background. 
Chapters and Authors 
Ch. 1 — Introduction to the American Legal System by Susan Bon and Jennifer Rippner 
Ch. 2 — Higher Education Governance by Neal Hutchens and Frank Fernandez 
Ch. 3 — Private and Religious Schools by Charles J. Russo 
Ch. 4 — Faculty Employment and Tenure by Kevin Brady 
Ch. 5 — Faculty Speech and Expression by Jeffrey Sun and Neal Hutchens 
Ch. 6 — Legal Rights of Non-Academic Personnel by Luke Cornelius 
Ch. 7 — Employment Discrimination and Title VII by David H. K. Nguyen 
Ch. 8 — Sexual Harassment by Suzanne Eckes and Martha McCarthy 
Ch. 9 — Federal Disability Laws by Susan Bon and Janet Bubert 
Ch. 10 — Liability for Negligence by Scott Bauries 
Ch. 11 — Defamation and Intentional Torts by Richard Fossey and K. B. Melear 
Ch. 12 — Student Rights to Due Process by Richard Fossey 
Ch. 13 — Student Speech and Expression by Jennifer Rippner and Mark Paige 
Ch. 14 — Students’ Residential Privacy Rights by Richard Fossey 
Ch. 15 — Campus Safety by Robert Cloud 
Ch. 16 — Equal Protection Clause by Philip T. K. Daniel and Christopher Thomas 
Ch. 17 — Legal Issues in Business Management by R. Craig Wood, John Dayton 
Ch. 18 — Intellectual Property by Philip T. K. Daniel and Patrick D. Pauken 
Ch. 19 — Intercollegiate Athletics by Joy Blanchard 
Ch. 20 — International and Global Issues by Amelia King-Kostelac and David Nguyen 
Ch. 21 — History, Race, and Law by LaWanda Ward, Delia Allen

Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law 4th Edition

Bon, Susan C.

Higher & Continuing Education

Education Law Association

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