Issues in Higher Education

Academic Bill of Rights

Academic Freedom

• Academic Freedom and Freedom of Information Requests (2011)
• Academic Freedom and the First Amendment (2007)
• Academic Freedom of Students and Professors, and Political Discrimination
• Academic Freedom and Professorial Speech (2004)
• Academic Freedom of Professors and Institutions (2002)

Academic Research

• Legal Issues in Academic Research (2003)
• Resources on Academic Research

Accreditation

• Resources on Accreditation

Appointments, Promotions, & Discipline

• Faculty Misconduct and Discipline (2005)
• Termination & Discipline (2004)
• Hiring and Promotion Legal Issues for Department Chairs (2000)
• Resources on Appointments, Promotions, & Discipline

Collective Bargaining

• Collective Bargaining Revised and Revisited (2001)
• Faculty and Management Rights in Higher Education Collective Bargaining: A Faculty Perspective
• Resources on Collective Bargaining

Conflicts of Interest

• Faculty Employment Outside of the University: Conflicts of Commitment (2004)

Contingent Faculty

• Resources on Contingent Faculty
• Background Facts on Contingent Faculty
• Campus Equity Week
• About the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor
• About the Coalition on the Academic Workforce

Copyright, Distance Education, & Intellectual Property

• Copyrights and Wrongs
• Intellectual Property Legal Issues For Faculty and Faculty Unions (2005)
• Faculty Rights and Responsibilities in Distance Learning (2000)
• Resources on Copyright, Distance Education, and Intellectual Property
• Sample Distance Education Policy & Contract Language

Defamation

Discrimination

• Tenure as Remedy for Discrimination (2003)
• Resources on Discrimination

Diversity & Affirmative Action

• How to Diversify the Faculty (2006)
• Diversity and Affirmative Action Update (2005)
• What Now? The Michigan Cases (2004)
• Poised on the Precipice: the Michigan Cases (2003)
• Resources on Diversity and Affirmative Action

Ethics

• Resources on Professional Ethics

Faculty Compensation

• Compensation and Workloads (2003)
• Resources on Faculty Compensation

Faculty Work & Workload

• Resources on Faculty Work & Workload
• What Do Faculty Do?

Family & Work

• Domestic Partner Benefits on Campus (2005)
• Workshops
• Professional Associations and Work/Family Issues
• Leave Policies
• Stopping the Tenure Clock

Governance of Colleges & Universities

• Some Legal Aspects of Collegial Governance (2003)
• Resources on Governance
• Evaluation of Shared Governance
• Introduction to "Indicators of Sound Governance"
• Presidential Search Committee Checklist

Grading

• Who Grades Students? (2001)
• Resources on Grading

Graduate Students

• Resources on Graduate Students

Indemnification of Faculty and Educational Malpractice

International Issues

• International Organizations
• Resources on International Issues
• Scholar Rescue Fund

Minority Serving Institutions

• Resources on Minority Serving Institutions

Post-Tenure Review

• Post-Tenure Review: Some Case Law (2005)
• Resources on Post-Tenure-Review

Privacy Rights

Retirement

• Resources on Retirement
• 2000 Survey of Retirement Programs
• Participants in 2000 Survey on Retirement Policies
• Tables for 2000 Survey on Retirement Program

Sexual Diversity & Gender Identity

• Resources on Sexual Diversity and Gender Identity

Sexual Harassment

• Sexual Harassment Policies (2002)
• Resources on Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment In Higher Education: Current Issues And Trends

Sovereign Immunity

Students

Teaching Evaluation

Tenure

• Managing Faculty Productivity After Tenure (2005)
• De Facto Tenure (2005)
• Tenure: Perspectives and Challenges (2002)
• Resources on Tenure
• Some Implications of Tenure for the Profession and Society

Women in Higher Education

• Resources on Women in Higher Education
• AAUP Legal Cases Affecting Women in Higher Education
• Fair Pay Legislation (1999)
• Gender Equity Guidelines for Department Chairs
• Organizing Women Faculty