William A. Kaplin
Barbara A. Lee
Neal H. Hutchens
Jacob H. Rooksby
The Law of Higher Education
Sixth Edition
Student Version
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kaplin, William A., author. | Lee, Barbara A., author. | Hutchens, Neal H., author. | Rooksby, Jacob H- author.
Title: The law of higher education / William A. Kaplin, Barbara A. Lee, Neal H. Hutchens, Jacob H. Rooksby.
Description: Sixth edition : student version | San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley imprint, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019041168 (print) | LCCN 2019041169 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119271918 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119271963 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119271949 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Universities and colleges—Law and legislation—United States. | School management and organization—Law and legislation—United States. | Universities and colleges—United States—Administration.
Classification: LCC KF4225 .K375 2020 (print) | LCC KF4225 (ebook) | DDC 344.73/074—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041168
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019041169
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Notice to Instructors
The authors have prepared a compilation of teaching materials for classroom use (see below) that is available in electronic format free of charge for instructors who adopt this Student Version as a required text. In addition, we have a website supporting the Student Edition (as well as the full 6th Edition of The Law of Higher Education) that is accessible to both instructors and students; it includes new developments, clarifications, and errata that update and supplement the 6th Edition and the Student Version. We have also prepared an Instructor’s Manual that provides suggestions on using the Student Version as a course text and on organizing and teaching higher education law courses. It is available, only to instructors, on the website. This website is hosted by the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) and is available at https://www.nacua.org/resource-library/resources-by-type/the-law-of-higher-education-6th-edition. The teaching materials, Cases, Problems, and Materials for Use with the Law of Higher Education, Fifth Edition, Student Version, is for instructors and students in courses on higher education law or administration, as well as for leaders and participants in workshops that address higher education legal issues. These teaching materials include court opinions carefully edited by the authors and keyed to the Student Version, notes and questions about the cases, short problems designed to elicit discussion on particular issues, a series of “large-scale” problems suitable for role playing, and guidelines for analyzing and answering all the problems. Cases, Problems, and Materials (Student Version) is published by NACUA (which also hosts the website for the Student Version and the full 6th Edition) and is available both in electronic format that can be downloaded from NACUA’s website (https://www.nacua.org/resource-library/resources-by-type/the-law-of-higher-education-6th-edition) and in hard copies that may be purchased at cost from NACUA. Any instructor who has adopted the Student Version as a required course text may download a copy of Cases, Problems, and Materials, or selected portions of it, free of charge and reproduce the materials for distribution to the students in the course. No other reproduction, distribution, or transmission is permitted. For hard copies, direct inquiries and orders to:
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