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ERIC Number: EJ559963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-3997
The Legal Context of Sexual Harassment in Education.
Shoop, Robert J.
Mid-Western Educational Researcher, v11 n1 p8-17 Win 1998
Discusses legal aspects of sexual harassment in educational settings: definitions, the central issue of impact on the educational environment, questions about consensual sexual relationships, the concept of welcomeness, rights of the accused, issues of academic freedom, and successful defenses. Overviews relevant legislation, court cases, guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and role of the Office for Civil Rights. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Due Process, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education, Legislation, Sexual Harassment, Teacher Student Relationship, Work Environment
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII; Civil Rights Act 1991; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Office for Civil Rights; Sexual Relationships; Title IX Education Amendments 1972
Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association (Chicago, IL, October 1997).