Higher Education Administration: A Guide to Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues / Edition 1

by Rachel S. Blechman, Norma M. Goonen

Overview

Goonen and Blechman provide an analysis useful as a desk reference or as a text for practicing and prospective administrators and university counsel. They examine the legal points, ethical questions, and practical steps an administrator or university counsel should be aware of in dealing with some of the most frequently encountered issues in the administration of a college, university, or other postsecondary institution.

Each chapter targets a selected area of academic affairs, and the format includes four sections—legal parameters, ethical considerations, practical suggestions, and an illustrative case. Hiring issues, compensation and employment issues, promotion and tenure, terminations, non-renewals, and reductions in force, academic freedom, student disputes on academic matters, and transcript and degree issues are all analyzed. Goonen and Blechman provide a general guide that can be readily utilized and understood by those without specific prior training in the law or in higher education administration. The discussions and information the guide contains will be valuable to current and prospective practitioners as they seek to balance the legal, ethical, and practical issues that surface in every decision in the increasingly complex higher education arena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313303043
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/1999
Series:	The Greenwood Educators' Reference Collection
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1690L (what's this?)

About the Author

NORMA M. GOONEN is Dean of the Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Studies at Nova Southeastern University./e An academic administrator whose experience in higher education spans two decades, Dr. Goonen previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs at St. Thomas University and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Florida International University. Dean Goonen has taught on the high school and university levels and written extensively on education topics.

RACHEL S. BLECHMAN is a partner in the Miami office of the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP./e Since 1982 she has focused a portion of her legal practice on the representation of colleges and universities. Ms. Blechman has provided legal services to public and private institutions in matters involving governance, student affairs, academic matters, administration and finance, and employment law.

Table of Contents

Preface
A Delicate Balance: Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues
Hiring Issues
Compensation and Employment Issues
Promotion and Tenure Issues
Terminations, Non-Renewals, and Reductions in Force
Academic Freedom
Student Disputes on Academic Matters
Transcript and Degree Issues
Appendices
Selected Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Provides an overview of the legal parameters, ethical questions, and practical suggestions applicable to the most frequently encountered areas of academic decision making. Gooden (Dean of the Farquhar Center for Undergraduate Students, Nova Southeastern U.) and Blechman (partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP) provide eight chapters that discuss the delicate balance between legal, ethical, and practical issues; hiring, compensation and employment, and promotion and tenure issues; terminations, nonrenewals, and reductions in force; academic freedom; student disputes on academic matters; and transcript and degree issues. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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