ERIC Number: ED182843
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 106
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Students.
Gehring, Donald D.; Young, D. Parker
Educational consumerism continues to be the major focus of litigation involving students. Disputes over admissions practices, grades, academic terminations, and financial aid comprised the largest proportion of cases reported this year. The section on academic affairs is the largest single section. As the job market gets tighter and the cost of education continues to increase, students' interests seem to be shifting from issues of due process and demonstrations to economic concerns. Within the framework of these consumer issues, a large number of cases have arisen at the graduate and professional school level. The proliferation of federal and state laws affecting higher education has also given rise to a relatively new area of litigation as institutions and students challenge regulations administered by bureaucratic agencies. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Athletics, College Students, Contracts, Court Litigation, Due Process, Freedom of Speech, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Professional Education, State Colleges, State Universities, Student Financial Aid, Student School Relationship
Not available separately; See EA 012 471
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, Topeka, KS.
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Note: Chapter 6 of "The Yearbook of Higher Education Law 1979" (EA 012 471); For related documents, see EA 012 471-476


