Higher Education Law : The Faculty.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1The Lay of the Land -- Constitutional, Statutory, and Regulatory Requirements -- Case Law -- State Action -- First Amendment Principles -- Contractual Obligations -- Immunity from Suit -- 2 Scholarship -- Selection of Research Topics -- Obtaining Support for Scholarship -- Ownership and Exploitation of Scholarly Work -- Dissemination of and Access to Scholarly Work -- Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment -- Concluding Thoughts -- 3 In the Classroom -- Foundations of Academic Freedom -- External Attacks on Faculty Classroom Autonomy -- Intra-University Disputes about Faculty Teaching -- Copyright and Teaching Materials -- Concluding Thoughts -- 4 Faculty as Institutional Citizens -- Faculty Involvement in Institutional Governance and Operations -- Conferences and Symposia -- Academic Freedom at Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities -- Concluding Thoughts -- 5 Faculty as Public Citizens -- Faculty Extramural Speech -- Faculty Membership in Controversial Organizations -- Concluding Thoughts -- 6 Faculty as Employees -- Hiring, Promotion, and Job Security -- The Overlay of Nondiscrimination Law -- Terms of Employment -- Faculty Discipline -- Concluding Thoughts -- Final Observations on Faculty Law -- The Risk of Personal Liability -- Basic Sources of Legal Tension -- Assessing the Law's Impact -- Notes -- Index.

"Describes clearly, for both lawyers and non-lawyers, the central legal principles governing the activities of faculty and the routine academic affairs of colleges and universities." -- Academe.

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