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Higher Ed Law Prof Blog

By James Ottavio Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon

Post Frequency: 6.5/day

Last Entry: May 09, 2008 at 06:55:13

Publication: An article by Prof. Darby Dickerson of Stetson Law School on background checks of prospective students

Posted on April 14, 2008
Good evening, I regularly read your higher-ed law blog and thought you might be interested in a new article I've written and that will be published in the spring 2008 issue of the Journal of College & University Law. The...

Law: Kids who cut themselves

Posted on April 13, 2008
New book documents when they write about it in their English Comp classes.Read about it in Inside Higher Education. A Generation of Fragile Fighters By Jim Castagnera Attorney at Large They fight with one another. They mutilate themselves. Sometimes they...

Law: New alcohol policies offer amnesty to Good Samaritans

Posted on April 13, 2008
Under-age drinkers will do almost anything to stay out of trouble. Sometimes they won't even call 911 in an emergency, says Meghan Hanrahan, a junior at Ohio University. That's why she believes administrators should waive judicial punishments when intoxicated students...

Opinion: From the Chronicle of Higher Education

Posted on April 13, 2008
To the Editor: Administrators at Emory and Cornell Universities and other institutions should be praised for enacting lifesaving Good Samaritan policies, which grant amnesty to students who call for help during overdose emergencies ("More Colleges Offer 'Amnesty' for Drinking Violations,"...

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Law: Ex-student settles with family of deceased frat boy

Posted on April 13, 2008
The former president of the... fraternity where a pledge drank a fatal amount of alcohol last year has settled a civil lawsuit with the pledge's parents and will cooperate with them as they sue the university and others, a lawyer...

Law Primer: Liability for Alcohol Use by College Students

Posted on April 13, 2008
Although recent studies have shown that the number of students who drink and binge drink has stayed about the same since 1993, according to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in New York City, the...

Law: Double Whammy--- Congress tries to tackle student-loan problems while grappling with the mortgage crisis

Posted on April 12, 2008
In spring 2007 the U.S. was awash in liquidity. Abundant credit fueled a housing boom as well as M and A deals. For student loans, financing was readily available, both for existing lenders and the new entrants who sought to...

Law: My kind of field trip!

Posted on April 12, 2008
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Nicki Amouri hands her camera to a friend, throws her arm over another and smiles wide as she leans in for a shot with the monument her class came to visit. It's a typical field trip...

Law: Traumatized lab monkeys in Georgia said to need saving

Posted on April 12, 2008
SUKHUMI, GEORGIA -- They languish in the yard of a war-crushed research center, rattling against the rusting metal of their cages and staring down at the distant blue smudge of the Black Sea. The inbred clans of traumatized monkeys have...

Law: Is profiling a practice worth considering to counter campus shootings?

Posted on April 12, 2008
The Profile of a Potential Killer By James Castagnera When the police use profiling, it?s condemned as racist. When the customs service does it, it?s similarly assailed as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Still, it?s being done. Travel & Leisure magazine reported...

Publications: New from NACUA

Posted on April 11, 2008
This updated and significantly expanded compendium is an excellent resource for attorneys, human resources professionals, and others involved in higher education employment law. Its content ranges from the pre-hiring issues of affirmative action and background checks to separation agreements and...

Law: VTU victims and families settle with state

Posted on April 11, 2008
Survivors of the shooting at Virginia Tech and families of those who were killed there have reached an $11-million settlement with the Commonwealth of Virginia that precludes lawsuits against the university and the state.Read more in the Chronicle of Higher...

Law: Records peeking has a history at UCLA Hospital

Posted on April 11, 2008
Though UCLA Medical Center has portrayed recent privacy breaches as the rare actions of rogue employees, the hospital has known since at least 1995 that staffers were peeking into the medical records of such prominent patients as Tom Cruise and...

Publication: Six Dumb Ways to Kill Employee Morale

Posted on April 11, 2008
Why do some organizations hum along like a well-oiled machine while others have rampant negativity, plummeting morale, or low productivity? Time and again the answer lies in the effectiveness of frontline managers. Avoiding dumb mistakes that destroy teamwork and efficiency...

Law: NJ Guv signs paid family leave act

Posted on April 11, 2008
The New Jersey Senate on Monday voted 21-15 to pass a bill (S 786) that would provide workers with partial wage replacement for six weeks while the worker is on leave to care for a newborn, newly adopted child or...

Law: Read Castagnera's series on campus shootings

Posted on April 11, 2008
Legal liability for the Virginia Tech massacre: lessons of earlier mass shootings? Jim Castagnera April 2007 Part 1 in a series The April 16th Virginia Tech massacre sent editors and writers scurrying to their microfiche and video vaults, and lawyers...

Law: Congressman wants to mandate 30-munute response time in campus emergency

Posted on April 11, 2008
A requirement that colleges warn their campuses of emergencies within 30 minutes?a provision that is already in one bill pending in Congress?is the focus of another measure that was proposed on Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.Read the whole...

Law: Virginia's Guv signs new laws growing out of last year's VTU massacre

Posted on April 11, 2008
Virginia's governor, Timothy M. Kaine, signed more than two dozen bills on Wednesday that seek to improve communication among mental-health professionals who work at colleges and state agencies, and strengthen security on public-university campuses in the hope of avoiding another...

Publication: The new Greentree Gazette e-weekly

Posted on April 09, 2008
Read it here.

Opportunity: Participate in an IRB research study

Posted on April 09, 2008
Dear IRM Member, Recruiting and retaining participants for research trials is critical to the success of research projects. While offering payment to participants is common practice, little research is available about how and why participants are compensated...

Law: Senator sniffs around college endowments...has new bloodhound on payroll

Posted on April 09, 2008
After Dean A. Zerbe resigned his post as senior counsel to Sen. Charles E. Grassley in February, the nonprofit world breathed a collective sigh of relief. The man responsible for the government?s sharpest scrutiny of nonprofit organizations was gone, and...

Law: "Nosy" employee at heart of UCLA's confidentiality flap

Posted on April 09, 2008
The UCLA Medical Center employee who allegedly pried into the private medical records of the governor's wife and 60 others in a burgeoning scandal was a low-ranking administrative specialist who told The Times on Tuesday that "it was just me...

Law: More woes at Antioch... this time a computer breach

Posted on April 09, 2008
A computer server at Antioch University containing more than a decade of sensitive information on 60,000 people, some entirely unconnected with the university, was breached three times last year. The server contained data going back to 1996 on current and...

Event: Learn how to become an analytic competitor

Posted on April 09, 2008
Join Tom Davenport for a conversation about the process of becoming an analytical competitor "Executives at P&G view analytics as a competitive advantage in optimizing their business." Glenn Wegryn Procter & Gamble The research is in, and there is little...

Event: Webnar on the wireless campus

Posted on April 09, 2008
Join us on Tuesday, April 29th at 10:00 AM Pacific, 1:00 PM Eastern to hear Quinnipiac University discuss their existing state of the art wireless deployment and their transition to an all-wireless campus. Wireless has made a significant impact at...

Opportunity: EU offers "Centers of Excellence" Grants

Posted on April 09, 2008
Academic Resources, Fellowships & Grants Announcement of Grant Competition: European Union Centers in the United States 2008-2011 Application Deadline: June 16, 2008 The European Commission is pleased to announce a grant competition for the European Union Centers of Excellence program,...

Law: Bill would ease cell phone restrictions for higher ed

Posted on April 09, 2008
Washington ? A bill scheduled to be considered today by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee could provide major relief to colleges and others that provide their employees with cellphones and handheld devices like Blackberries.Read the rest of...

Publications: A new newsletter from NACUA

Posted on April 09, 2008
NACUA is pleased to distribute its first volume of NACUA New York Minute, a periodic newsletter intended to provide members with information on the 48th Annual Conference, which will be held June 22-25, 2008 at the Marriott Marquis at Times...

Events: Two companies combine to offer enrollment-yield enhancement product

Posted on April 09, 2008
Sterling College Partners with EducationDynamics to Develop Interactive Website to Improve Enrollment Yield and Communication with Prospective Students Newly-launched Site Incorporates Proven Tools of Engagement to Establish a Seamless Transition for Prospective Students During the Enrollment Process Hoboken, New Jersey...

JObs #3: NACUA seeks a variety of volunteers

Posted on April 07, 2008
April 7, 2008 Dear NACUA Colleagues: NACUA depends heavily on its volunteers to achieve its mission. NACUA committees are comprised of members who reflect the breadth and depth of the Association. As your President-Elect, I invite you to volunteer to...

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