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Higher Education Law: A Handbook for Faculty in Professional Programs will be the essential reference tool for all faculty teaching in and administering professional programs. The book will:
¿ Help faculty identify and understand the legal implications of their everyday interactions with students.
¿ Enable faculty to prevent costly, time consuming and emotionally draining legal actions by students.
¿ Make the connection between good teaching pedagogy and the laws that govern higher education.
¿ Enable faculty to participate in the drafting of policies that will honor students' legal rights and protect their programs from avoidable legal actions.
¿ Help faculty identify when specific legal advice is needed, ideally before a legal challenge has been lodged in response to a faculty action.
¿ Integrate case narratives to bring legal concepts and practices to life and make principles memorable to the reader by linking them to stories.
List of contents
- Foundations of the Law for Higher Education
- Gatekeeping: Academic Program Admissions & Dismissals
- Managing Student Behaviors
- Managing Faculty/Student Interactions
- Managing Internship Sites
- Managing Student Internship Issues
- Program Level Concerns
- Graduation-Related Issues
About the author
Raymie Wayne, M.S.W., J.D., Ph.D., is associate dean for the school of graduate and professional studies at the University of Saint Joseph.
Robert Madden, LCSW, J.D., is Professor and Chair of Social Work and Latino Community Practice at the University of Saint Joseph.
Summary
Higher Education Law: A Handbook for Faculty in Professional Programs will be the essential reference tool for all faculty teaching in and administering professional programs. The book will:
• Help faculty identify and understand the legal implications of their everyday interactions with students.
• Enable faculty to prevent costly, time consuming and emotionally draining legal actions by students.
• Make the connection between good teaching pedagogy and the laws that govern higher education.
• Enable faculty to participate in the drafting of policies that will honor students’ legal rights and protect their programs from avoidable legal actions.
• Help faculty identify when specific legal advice is needed, ideally before a legal challenge has been lodged in response to a faculty action.
• Integrate case narratives to bring legal concepts and practices to life and make principles memorable to the reader by linking them to stories.
