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Higher Education Law

The Faculty

Steven G. Poskanzer

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"Do we need to talk to our lawyers about this?"

"What do the attorneys say?"

"Why didn't you get the lawyers involved before now?"

Just about every department chair and dean, certainly every provost and president, and an ever-increasing number of faculty find themselves asking—or being asked—such questions. Dealing with issues ranging from academic freedom to job security and faculty discipline, lawyers, legal requirements, and lawsuits has become an established part of the apparatus of American higher education.

Higher Education Law was written to help faculty and administrators navigate...

"Do we need to talk to our lawyers about this?"

"What do the attorneys say?"

"Why didn't you get the lawyers involved before now?"

Just about every department chair and dean, certainly every provost and president, and an ever-increasing number of faculty find themselves asking—or being asked—such questions. Dealing with issues ranging from academic freedom to job security and faculty discipline, lawyers, legal requirements, and lawsuits has become an established part of the apparatus of American higher education.

Higher Education Law was written to help faculty and administrators navigate critical legal issues and avoid potential legal pitfalls. Drawing on his experience as university counsel, administrator, and teacher at a number of institutions, Steven G. Poskanzer explains the law as it pertains to faculty activities both inside and outside the academy, including faculty roles as scholars, teachers, and members of institutional communities, as well as employees and public citizens. In each of these areas, he expands his discussion of cases and decisions to set out his own views both on the current status of the law and how it is likely to evolve.

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Welcome, useful and readable.

An interesting, informative, and very useful book that works both as a teaching tool and as a guide to understanding the legal land mines that are part and parcel of what we as faculty believe we do.

Amidst all of the books and publications relating to the legal issues for colleges and universities, it is amazing that this is the first book to provide deans, department chairs, and general readers with a clear, concise, thoughtful and well-written overview of the legal principles that govern what colleges and universities can and cannot do. Steven Poskanzer's book is long overdue and very, very welcome.

This book succeeds in introducing provosts, deans, and departmental chairs to legal issues having to do with the faculty—and it offers faculty a useful guide for understanding their own rights and responsibilities under the law. Poskanzer explains the relevant concepts in a comprehensive and accessible manner that serves his intended audience well.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Lay of the Land
Chapter 3. Faculty Scholarship
Chapter 4. Faculty in the Classroom
Chapter 5. Faculty as Institutional CItizens
Chapter 6. Faculty as Public Citizens

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Lay of the Land
Chapter 3. Faculty Scholarship
Chapter 4. Faculty in the Classroom
Chapter 5. Faculty as Institutional CItizens
Chapter 6. Faculty as Public Citizens
Chapter 7. Faculty as Employees
Chapter 8. Final Thoughts on Faculty and the Law

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