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Leslie, David W. – 1984
The concept of institutional academic freedom is discussed. Attention is directed to how the concept confounds the distinct values and standards traditionally used in analysis of cases involving individual rights in higher education, and legal and practical problems it raises for the maintenance of traditional concepts of academic freedom. The…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLeslie, David W. – Journal of Law and Education, 1974
Points out an emerging confluence of apparently unrelated forces that eventually may join in a serious threat to the practice of selective admissions. Focuses on several paragraphs in the recent Newman Report on graduate education; the ruling in DeFunis vs Odegaard, a case decided by the Washington State Supreme Court; and certain provisions of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Court Litigation, Equal Protection
Leslie, David W. – 1978
Three areas of court litigation pose challenges to the administration of higher education. First, developments in equal protection and related areas promise reassessment of the distribution of educational finances. Both federal and state court cases suggest a shift from a requirement of equal educational opportunity to equal educational effects.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Due Process
Peer reviewedLeslie, David W. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1977
Individual interest in privacy is a multiple legal issue, roughly divided into four parts according to different types of law: constitutional, statutory, administrative, and common law. Policy implications of this issue for institutions are discussed. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Disclosure
Peer reviewedLeslie, David W. – Review of Higher Education, 1987
The academic common law may soon vanish, not as a result of court action but due to the American Association of University Professors's declining role in defending the common law of academic employment. The profession is challenged to maintain its independence from external control by reconsidering its own common law. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedLeslie, David W. – Review of Higher Education, 1986
The emergence of a concept identified as "institutional academic freedom" is explained and how it confounds the distinct values and standards traditionally used in analysis of cases involving individual rights in higher education is shown. Problems of maintaining traditional concepts of academic freedom are identified. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, Confidentiality, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedLeslie, David W. – NASPA Journal, 1973
This paper discusses two recent legal actions which begin to explore the limits of student power under the citizenship model. The author suggests that student government needs access to legal and advisory resources, that the university must create active review powers, and that the university should provide pluralization of decision-making…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Dormitories
