Especially since the Second World War, an increasingly diverse university student body and advocacy for student rights have affected how universities understand a duty of care for students.
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Parents have a general right to know about their children’s activities in school, but that can be limited by students’ rights to privacy and personal safety.
The Supreme Court has yet to rule on whether school dress codes are protected under the law.
A Supreme Court ruling about a student’s free-speech rights won’t stem the torrent of crude, disrespectful speech in American society.
The Mahanoy v. B.L. ruling did not give schools or free-speech advocates the clear lines they may have wanted, but it did attempt to address some of the complexity of modern-day speech.
Campus police have been in existence for only about 40 years or so. But they are taking on an ever bigger role.
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Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Michigan State University
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Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Policy and Educational Leadership, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Student in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan
