Those who come in contact with students at the post-secondary level face a myriad of potential legal challenges in their interactions with students and others. All members of the academic community should be familiar with the more common legal issues and to plan accordingly to avoid future problems. This article explores FERPA in the classroom, reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities, concerns about the transferability of course work, the syllabus and related issues, copyright violations, document retention, and situations involving student and faculty misconduct. An annual professional development seminar addressing these legal concerns should be provided to those new to the academy and for higher education veterans.
The school year may have just begun, but students in Lawndale High School's Marine Science Academy are already looking ahead to next September. The program, one of six curriculum-specific academies in the Centinela Valley Union High School District, was formed five years ago with funding from a state grant. Although the program focuses primarily on a natural science-based curriculum model, students receive a rounded education by taking required courses in English, math and SAT prep.
Two friends of mine (one of whom was my colleague for several years) - Matthew Woosner and April Kelly-Woosner - have published an exhaustively researched book. "The Still Divided Academy," and several thoughtful essays on higher education. Although it is impossible for me to present their detailed work in a few short paragraphs, I would like to mention some of their findings that may be of general interest.
The University of Central Oklahoma plans to buy the Oklahoma Hardware Building in Bricktown for $6.5 million to expand its Academy of Contemporary Music program. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved the purchase on Friday.
The "traditional" 18 - 22 year old, residential college student makes up only 16% of the students enrolled in public and private two- and four-year institutions. More than half of today's students are older and are taking classes part-time. Over a million attend for-profit institutions and millions more participate in postsecondary education experiences offered by corporate universities. Most work full or part-time, have little interest in out-of-class activities, and are very savvy about computer-based technologies. These are the "newer students" of higher education and represent the largest market segment of those who will attend college in the foreseeable future. It would seem the drastic shift in market characteristics would be accompanied by strategic shifts in university planning....
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