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Peer reviewedWillits, Bob – CUPA Journal, 1994
A combination of economic and societal stresses contributes to workplace violence in higher education. College human resources professionals must become knowledgeable about its causes, implications, prevention, and appropriate responses. A three-tiered plan includes a preventive program, threat-management plan and team, and crisis management team.…
Descriptors: College Environment, Crisis Management, Emotional Disturbances, Employees
Block, Burel – School Business Affairs, 1993
Discusses the legal phenomenon of negligent hiring, what it is, how it has evolved, and where it will probably go. Lists ways to avoid a negligent-hiring lawsuit and provides 12 steps for reducing negligent hiring and defamation lawsuits. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews, Employment Practices
Peer reviewedWright, Thomas H. – Journal of College and University Law, 1985
Teaching, research, and the basic relationship between faculty and their institutions take place in a climate more affected by law than ever, depriving faculty of an environment for effective teaching and research. But the impact has been indirect, marginal, and both positive and negative thanks to college administrators and lawyers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation
Lee, Barbara A.; Ruger, Peter H. – 1997
This pamphlet discusses the legal protections for employees with psychiatric disabilities, and analyzes the decisions of federal and state courts in cases where employees who claimed a psychiatric disorder challenged an employment decision under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or state law. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavior Disorders, College Administration, College Faculty
Download full textSandler, Bernice Resnick, Ed. – About Women on Campus, 1994
Four issues of a quarterly newsletter address programs, issues, and concerns of women students, faculty and administrators in higher education. Each issue contains many brief reports on events, news, litigation, legislation, and campus programs on the following topics: sexual harassment, working in academe, news from around the campus, sexual…
Descriptors: Campuses, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
