LDRD 654 Legal Issues in Higher Education

Higher education leaders around the world need to have a clear understanding of the legal and ethical obligations that their institutions have to their students and other stakeholders. Emphasis will be placed on human resource issues including faculty employment decisions, issues relating to student protections, institutional obligations, and due process. Students will identify the legal and ethical issues involved in academic and institutional administrative matters and be able to factor due process and defensible solutions into decisions. 

Credits

3

Outcomes

1. This course will prepare students to:
2. Assess legal and ethical issues regarding human resources, faculty employment, and student protections in higher education.
3. Examine the legal obligations a higher education institution has to its various stakeholder groups.
4. Evaluate legal issues involved in academic and institutional administrative matters and the implications of these issues.