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HED 540G - Higher Education Law and Policy

Credits: 4
What is the role of American higher education in a democracy? This course will seek to locate this inquiry in the major developments of educational law and public policy, with a particular emphasis in 20th and 21st century case law and its implications for colleges and universities. Major case law pertaining to educational access, academic freedom, college and university liability, and campus civil unrest will be the emphasis. Public policy and college/university practice implications of case law will be explored.