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ERIC Number: EJ312055
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Legal Challenges to Academic Decisions in Higher Education.
McCarthy, Martha M.
College and University, v60 n2 p99-112 Win 1985
Litigation is discussed in which courts have established principles of law governing student academic assessments relating to course grades, admission to degree programs, and expulsion from programs for academic deficiencies and whether these academic decisions impair student's constitutional and/or contractual rights. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Due Process, Higher Education, Legal Problems, Student College Relationship, Student Evaluation, Student Rights
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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