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Borrego, Anne Marie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Explores how the for-profit, computer training chain Computer Learning Centers continued to operate, enrolling thousands of students and qualifying for millions of dollars in federal student aid, despite three years of legal and regulatory turmoil. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Malpractice, Government School Relationship, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedCunningham, John; Zirkel, Perry A. – Educational Record, 1984
The legal situation of a college being sued by a group of students following elimination of a graduate program is outlined and analyzed in terms of other related court litigation, the possible directions of the case, and the college's possible legal defenses. (MSE)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Contracts, Court Litigation
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will not ask the Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to exempt the Michigan Education Trust from federal income taxes. The state college tuition prepayment plan was discontinued in 1991 due to legal challenges but promised to honor its commitments to 55,000 participants. The program may now be…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Higher Education
Brown, Valerie L. – 1992
This articles examines litigation which has been generated as a result of fiscal cut-backs at institutions of higher education and looks at the rights and obligations of college and university administrators and students as well as possible future trends. A first section details the effects of budget reductions at California state institutions…
Descriptors: College Students, Contracts, Court Litigation, Financial Exigency


