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Opinion: Punishment Fit the Crime? Laying Down the Law: Handling Harassment Cases Noted: Demanding Resources or a Lawsuit Liability Tip: Computer Users Need Basic Security Just Ask: reference letter risks Follow-up: Judgement in Dorm Fire Deaths Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use Opinion: Scared of the Big Judgments?
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Focus On… GLBT Rights Demonstrations
This month, a look at a series of incidents on college campuses, related to gay and lesbian rights. Has “Soulforce” visited your campus yet? As the civil rights group sent buses east and west this spring, their arrival on college campuses challenged free speech and assembly standards.
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Cross Examination: A Tale of Two Orders
To what degree are college disciplinary records accessible to the public? The federal government protects them from release to third parties without consent, under terms of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). But some states take a very different view, under their open records acts.
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Cases of the Month: Curbing False ID Use
This month, a review of recent efforts, on and off campus, to curb the use of false identification for the purchase of alcohol. With concerns over the underage use of alcohol still rising, colleges and universities continue to look for ways to address the “supply” side of the problem.
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Cases Noted: Dealing with Death Threat The student told the counselor that he had planned to return to the college and shoot everyone who had accused him of sexual harassment..
Out of the Courts: Guiding Study Abroad Management
A new approach to guiding international programs has been developed for American colleges and universities, suggesting ethical principles and guidelines, as well as key questions to improve decision-making in study abroad.
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