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ELAF 755 Law of Higher Education

ELAF 755 Law of Higher Education. July 10, 2009. Goals for Today. Recap: Employment issues: Probationary Faculty Employment issues: Tenure and post-tenure termination Financial exigency Academic Freedom. Basics on Employment Law. Employment-at-will principle Employment by contract

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ELAF 755 Law of Higher Education

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  1. ELAF 755Law of Higher Education July 10, 2009

  2. Goals for Today • Recap: • Employment issues: Probationary Faculty • Employment issues: Tenure and post-tenure termination • Financial exigency • Academic Freedom

  3. Basics on Employment Law • Employment-at-will principle • Employment by contract • Due Process – What is it and when does it apply?

  4. The Probationary Faculty Member • Reappointment process: An example - me • The litigation terrain around probationary faculty

  5. Tenure • What is it, why does it exist, and where does it come from? • Tenure process: An example - me • The litigation terrain around tenure

  6. Terminating a Tenured Faculty Member • Grounds for termination • Process and procedure for terminating a tenured faculty member • The litigation terrain around termination of tenured faculty

  7. Financial Exigency & Reductions in Force • Terms defined • Process, procedures, and good practice • The litigation terrain around financial exigency

  8. Academic Freedom • What is it and where does it come from? • Sources of law as applied to publics vs. privates • Academic freedom: Who owns it? • Limits of academic freedom

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