Based on A Legal Guide for Student Affairs Professionals, Second Edition, this indispensable resource offers guidance on recent legal developments affecting higher education institutions and programs. The Supplement provides analysis, commentary, and resources especially for student affairs practitioners and graduate students in student affairs administration courses.
The Supplement covers developments from mid-2008 through December, 2010. It includes discussions of court opinions, statutes, regulations, and related developments, as well as bibliography entries and text citations to selected law journal articles, books, web sites, and other new resources. Topics covered include: the Higher Education Opportunity Act; litigation involving online courses and programs; the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Christian Legal Society case on student organizations' membership policies; new cases involving students with disabilities; new federal rules on federal student loan programs; student academic dismissals and codes of professional ethics; new developments in student discipline; institutional liability for student suicide; guidelines for searching residence hall rooms; and campus security issues.
