Legal Primer for New Academic Administrators

Some days, it seems as though our society has gone lawsuit crazy.

Open any given issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education and you will see examples of institutions facing legal challenges.  

It’s enough to make any new academic administrator anxious.

The fact is, higher education practice now carries numerous legal responsibilities for faculty administrators.

There are issues of academic freedom and the First Amendment in the classroom. There are the challenges of managing faculty employees and disciplining and terminating faculty when necessary. There is the ongoing problem of sexual harassment in academia.

For new administrators, it can be nerve-jangling to consider the legal ramifications of slipping up when going about your daily duties of faculty management.

Brett Sokolow, Esq. and W. Scott Lewis, J.D., both of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM), offer an overview of the essential knowledge required to function appropriately in the current higher education legal climate in this 90-minute seminar.

This seminar covers:

• Legal basics that apply to college administration
• Title IX implications
• Employee discipline and termination
• Academic freedom and the First Amendment
• Sexual misconduct law and expectations
• Recommended policy review practices
• Syllabi review recommendations
• Appropriate complaint response
• Preventive law techniques
• The court system’s increasing willingness to review internal policies and practices
• Evolving management and disciplinary procedures for a new generation

During the seminar you'll examine actual cases illustrating preferred ways to handle challenging administrative situations.

Who will benefit from this seminar?
This seminar is essential for college officials responsible for supervising or overseeing employees and faculty members, including:

• Provosts/Vice Provosts
• Deans and Assistant/Associate Deans
• Department Chairs
• Senior Academic Administrators
• VPs andAVPs for Academic Affairs
• Section/Department Managers
• Directors and Assistant/Associate Directors
• Faculty Association Chairs/Representatives
• Faculty Senate Chairs/Representatives
• Assistant/Associate/Full/Adjunct Professors
• Union/Collective Bargaining Representatives for Faculty

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