There is general consensus among men and women in attributing systematic meaning to behaviors alleged to be sexually offensive and to constitute sexual harassment. This consensus has implications for university policy including stressing education, providing assistance to victims, and not jeopardizing offenders' rights. (Author/ABB)

Reviews the lack of student suspension research and defines due process. Presents statistical data on racial, gender, and social class discrimination in relation to suspensions. Schools need to review policies on due process, fair warning, proportionality and equal application, and nondiscrimination in relation to student suspensions. (MD)

Discusses student rights in the areas of dress codes, freedom of speech, and due process. (JF)

Examines the procedural due process challenge to short-term suspensions. (Author)

Seeking to inform hearing officers in Oregon of due process procedures in cases involving handicapped students, this handbook describes the rights and obligations of parents and school districts, the legal basis for such hearings, and the steps involved in the conduct of hearings. The handbook affirms the rights of parents to inspect and copy…

This annotated bibliography of more than 300 titles of the most recent books on civil liberties was selected and reviewed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Books that are dated or contain highly technical information are excluded from this collection intended for general readership; however, there are titles directed and identified for…

In the development of judicial criteria apparently governing the constitutional rights of students, the question arises as to what causes the various judges to select a particular precedent, as well as criterion, to resolve a student-school authority conflict. The answer might be mitigating and enhancing judicial observations that could be, in…

Examines each of the four arguments aginst the North Carolina competency testing program: that the test will result in denial of equal protection of the law, in a violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and in a denial of both procedural and substantive due process. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the implications of an international instrument now awaiting ratification by U.S. and other governments in the Western Hemisphere--the American Convention on Human Rights," negotiated in 1969 by 19 members of the Organization of American States. (JM)

Court litigation involving the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' transfer rule denied procedural due process to a student declared ineligible, assuming that the privilege of competing is not a property right. Students' interest in the system is not adequately protected, and ways must be found to ensure this minimal protection.…

Argues that the overwhelming importance of the employment relation to the individual employee, coupled with the arbitrariness of a rule that permits termination of that relationship without cause, necessitates re-examination of that rule. Available from Ohio State Law Journal, Ohio State University, 1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210; sc…

This article is concerned with the constitutional guarantee of equal educational opportunity and describes the federal statutes that form the core of a growing body of civil rights legislation on behalf of handicapped people's rights to appropriate and equal education. Available from Idaho Law Review, College of Law, University of Idaho, Moscow,…

Reexamines the common law precedent on student expulsions and suspensions and seeks to formulate a comprehensive doctrinal basis for common law judicial intervention that will realistically protect the rights of public and private university students alike. (Author)