How Liable Are Trustees in Affirmative-Action Suits?.

Hebel, Sara

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ERIC Number: EJ582042

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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How Liable Are Trustees in Affirmative-Action Suits?

Hebel, Sara

Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n24 pA35-A36 Feb 19 1999

With legal threats against them mounting, trustees of public and private colleges alike are hearing mixed and vague messages about how much they personally have at stake in lawsuits aimed at their institutions' affirmative-action policies. Few cases in either federal or states courts provide guidance on trustees' potential individual liability. (MSE)

Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Governance, Higher Education, Legal Responsibility, School Policy, School Responsibility, State Courts, Trustees

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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