• Socratic Dialogue
• Is America on a collision course with dumbness?

• Dorm Ruling Appealed
• The United States Judicial System (State and Federal Courts)
• The Supreme Court of the United States
• The Frog In the Pot
• Michigan Constitution
• Haas Appoints Smoking Committe
• GV Untouched by Smokefree Ottawa
• City Tosses Brick at Dorm Plans
• Builders Help Get Dorm Approved
• Aquinas Appeal Pulled

Recommended Readings:

• SmokingAllSites
• Michigan Constitution
• ACEHEAAnalysis
• The U.S. Constitution
• National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution

• Who Was Responsible for Elizabeth Shin
• When Students Kill Themselves, Colleges May Get the Blame
• Virginia Tech Families Settlement Offers
• The ABCs of Liability Waivers
• Should Colleges Be Sued
• School Closing Policy Gets Adjusted
• Purdue Pays
• Preventive Law How Colleges Can Avoid Legal Problems
• Minors on Campuses Can Pose Many Liabilities
• McDonald's Lawsuit- You Decide
• knox college
• Independent Review
• Illinois Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal
• Illinois Jury Rules Against Knox
• Higher Education Called to Account
• Families of Virginia Tech Victims Reach Settlement
• Families of Virginia Tech Victims Mull Settlement Offered By State
• EMU Dorm Death Deal Se
• tCritical MassBad Lighting
• 28 families

Recommended Readings:

• Stetson Suicide Article
• Negligent Liability Issues Involving College Students
• Michigan Governmental Immunity Law and Exceptions
• College and University Liability for Campus Attacks
• Anticipating Legal Issues in Higher Education
• 31_jcul_621_Lake
• Michigan Legislation
• GVSU Organizational Flowcharts
• GVSU Board of Trustees
• GVSU Board of Trustees' Bylaws
• Aquinas College Board of Trustees
• GVSU Emergency Notification System

• Adviser Liability
• Are Advisers Risking Lawsuits for Misadvising Students2
• Are you hosting a party for your employees
• College Presidents Take on 21
• Despite Alcohol Crackdown
• Dram Shop Laws
• Employment At Will
• For Liability Purposes
• For MADD
• Grant Strenghtens
• Haas Drinking Age
• Taking on 21
• Texas Courts Ruling
• The Importance of Enforcing

Case Study/Roundtable:

• Group Case Study1
• A Wide World of Risk
• Violence in Kenya Affects Universities and Study Abroad Programs
• United States Department of State- International Travel Information
• Risk & Responsibility Workshop

• Web post
• University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Reeducation
• University of Delaware Abandons Sessions on Diversity
• TIME Magazine- The Imus Fallout Who Can Say What
• Meekhof Letter
• Is Hate Taught
• Is Gay the New Black
• In Jena and Beyond
• Hate Crime Plague Schools, GVSU in the Clear
• Hangman's Noose Targets Columbia Professor
• GVSU Benefits
• GVSU Benefits Controversy
• Gay Marriage Through a Black and White Prism
• Election 2006 Michigan Overwhelmingly Adopts Ban on Affirmative-Action Preferences
• East Grand Rapids Man Finds Noose in Front Yard
• Deleware Approves New Diversity Program
• Colorado No
• Color Blind or Just Plain Blind
• Campus Noose Sparks Hate Crime Probe
• Ballot Initiatives
• Atheist Students on Campus
• A Politically Correct Lexicon
• 5 More States May Curtail Affirmative Action

Recommended Readings:

• I Have A Dream (Full-Text Transcript)
• BiasIncidentProtocol
• Propsal 2 Ballot
• Federal Bureau of Investigation: Hate Crimes - Overview
• African American Lives 2

• Are Legacy College Admissions Racist
• When Legacies Are a College's Lifeblood
• UNC Law School Application Asks
• The Use of Race in Postsecondary Student Admissions
• Students, Parents, Colleges Drawing the Lines
• Should College Applicants Get Background Checks
• New Twists Mark Debate
• NACUANOTES Criminal Background Checks
• Loco_Parentis
• Judge Upholds U
• Judge Upholds Denial of Aid to Drug Offenders
• How Colleges Perpetuate Inequality
• Educating Parents About College Life
• Bakke
• Affirmative Action, Relatively Speaking
• Affirmative Action for Gay Students

Case Study/Roundtable:

• Grutter v
• Group Case Study 2
• Gratz v

Recommended Readings:

• THE MICHIGAN CASES

• University to Examine Housing Policy for Sex Offenders
• The Troubled Student
• Rape on College Campuses
• Preventing Disaster
• Michigan SOR
• Major Shootings
• Jeanne Clery- Murder Sparked Battle Against Campus Crime
• Jeanne Clery- LU Sophomore Charged in Coed's Homicide
• Jeanne Clery- Letter from Howard and Connie Clery
• Jeanne Clery- Henry Convicted of Clery Murder
• Investigation Questions Dorm Safety
• In Campus Crime Reports There is Little Safety in Numbers
• Hushing A Murder
• Fearing Our Students
• EMU
• Eastern Michigan University Faces Largest
• Court Backs a University on Reporting Campus Crime
• Counseling Centers
• Colleges Wade Into
• CBS
• Campus Shootings
• Campus Security1
• Blue Light Phones
• After Virginia Tech, Campuses Rush to Add Alert Systems

Recommended Readings:

• audit
• Clery Handbook
• ClerySummary08
• VATechComplaint
• VirginiaTechsummaryofkeyfindings
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: Complete Coverage of Virginia Tech Tragedy
• Clery Act: OCR Final Report Regarding Eastern Michigan University
• Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry (PSOR)
• Michigan Public Sex Offender Registry (PSOR)- Frequently Asked Question
• GVSU Executive Summary of Crisis Response Plan

• Wheelchair Tour Provides Insight to Architects
• University of Michigan to Increase Wheelchair-Accessible Seating at Stadium
• University of Colorado Settles Lawsuit Over Alleged Gang Rapes
• University of Colorado Ruling May Alter Enforcement of TitleIX
• The Question of Sex Between Professors and Students
• Sexual Harassment Pervades College Campuses and Injures Men as Well as Women Survey Finds
• Search and Seizure Considerations in University Housing
• Online Programs to Stop Sexual Harassment
• Notoriety Yields Tragedy in Iowa Sexual-Harassment Cases
• Michigan in the Hot Seat Over Wheelchair Access to Stadium
• Gender Power and Sexuality
• Education Department Accuses University of Michigan of Broad Violations of Disabilities Law in Stadium Changes
• Dating the Professor
• Attempts to Broaden Disabilities Act Concerns Some College Officials
• Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments

Recommended Readings:

• DO IT: Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
• U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights: Letter to the University of Michigan Regarding Stadium
• GVSU Anti-Harassment Policy
• Sexual Harassment
• University of Michigan Response Letter to U

• Dozens of Lacross Players Sue Duke University
• FERPA1
• Valdosta State University
• The MIP Hanging Judge
• Student Suspended for Threats Against GV
• Student Privacy Rules
• Running Back Pleads Not Guilty
• Rape Charges
• More Colleges Offer Amnesty for Drinking Violations
• Mandatory Leave
• In Scandals Damage Control is Elusive
• Hooking Up
• HIPAAatViginiaTech
• High School Drinking Becomes Growing Concern at GV
• Halloween Treats Minors with 30 MIPs
• GVSU Tailback Arrested After Running from Police
• Georgia Regents Reverse Student's Expulsion From Valdosta State University
• Former Student Arraigned for Threats Against GV
• Former GVSU Student Receives Probation Sentence
• FERPA and Campus Safety
• Criminal Charges Not Enough to Warrant Suspension
• Animal House at 30

Case Study/Roundtable:

• KEEP to the CODE

Recommended Readings:

• Valdosta Legal Complaint
• student_conduct_policies
• Student Handbook
• OCRComplaintBluffton
• Model Student Conduct Code
• Fire's Guide to Due Process and Fair Procedure on Campus
• FERPA- Department of Education Student Privacy School Safety
• College Student Suicide and FERPA
• AttyBrochure
• GVSU Student Code of Conduct
• Looking Back at the Duke Lacrosse Case
• U.S. Department of Education: OCR Complaint# 03-04-2041 Against DeSales University

• UPDATE
• Ten Commandments, Other Displays, & Mottos
• Students Now Allowed to Post Signs in Dorm Windows
• Stopping the Presses
• Preacher Exercises Right to Speak
• Policy Gap Causes Stir
• Outspoken Preacher Sparks Controversy
• Only Speech Codes Should Be Censored
• Jewish Icon Shines Two Decades
• Guidelines for University Invocations and Benedictions
• Firespeechcodeseport2009
• Federal Judge Rules College Alcohol
• Campus Speech Codes Said to Violate Rights
• Campus Speakers
• Boston College Seeks a Balance in Airing of Views
• Aquinas Cancels Gay Rights Speaker
• ADF seasonal letter to municipalities

Case Study/Roundtable:

• 45 Words

Recommended Readings:

• Legislative Prayer
• FIRELetter
• Fire's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus
• FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus
• Americans United For Separation of Church and
• STUDENT THREATS

• Is Campus Activism Dead or Just Misguided

Bake Sale:

• YBBW Member Made Racist Comment
• What is Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
• The Price Is Wrong
• Students Can Do Better Than One Liners
• Stuck with Discrimination
• Resignations are Not Enough
• Opinions Should Be Expressed
• Office of Student Life in the Right
• Offenses Become Offensive
• Offended Students Find GOP Bake Sale Tasteless
• Lanthorn Liberal, Not Campus
• Help Michigan Learn About Affirmative Action
• Grand Valley Double Standard
• FIRE- Letter to GVSU President
• Encouraging Diversity
• College Republicans Receive Verdict
• College republicans Ask For Get Resignations
• Club Leaders Ousted Over Bake Sale
• Bake Sale Similar to Liberal Demonstrations
• Bake Sale Prices Violated GVSU Campus Rules
• Bake Sale Not First of its Kind
• Bake Sale Disgusting
• Bake Sale Discrimination Not Free Speech
• Bake Sale Causes Controversy
• Bake Sale Brouhaha Will Get Review
• Bake Sale Brings Probation for GVSU Group
• Bake Sale Brings Probation for GVSU Group_001
• Bake Sale Battles Continue
• Bake Sale Battle Continues
• Bake Sale Backlash Ridiculous

Case Study/Roundtable:

• Roundtable Discussion Points

Recommended Readings:

• Fire's Guide to Student Fees, Funding, and Legal Equality on Campus
• ACE- Political Activity Guidelines
• College Republicans at San Francisco State University v. Reed

• When Does Provocative Student Expression Become Too Threatening
• What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing Gender Equity
• University of Illinois
• Title IX Enforcement Called Deeply Troubling
• The Digital Limits of In Loco Parentis
• Regarding JuicyCampus
• Punishing Personal Fouls
• Prosecutor
• Pride or Prejudice
• NCAA Propsal Would Let Colleges Cash In on Players Images
• NCAA Eases Limits on Gifts to Football Players at Bowl Games
• Mascot
• Mascot Dispute Escalates
• Judging Roommates by their Facebook Cover
• In a Twist on Equal Opportunity
• How to Combat a Campus Gossip Web Site
• Guidelines for Movie Viewing on Campus
• Gossip Gone Wild
• Facebook and Other Social Networking SitesRaise Questions
• Cyberbullying Spreads to College Campuses
• CopyrightMovies
• Computer Searches in Public Labs are Legal
• Cheers, Profanity, and Free Speech in College Sorts
• Beware of Using Social Networking Sites to Monitor Students
• Backers of Title IX Hope Obama will End Stalemate Over Enforcement
• Athletics Participation Prevents Players From Choosing Majors They Want
• Athletes Question Effectiveness of Rule

Case Study/Roundtable:

• Case Study

Recommended Readings:

• THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE
• CSM_Recut_Reframe_Recycle_report
• The Motion Picture Association of America
• The Recording Industry of America

• EDG 654 Self Evaluation and Reflection of Class Project Form
• EDG 654 Class Presentation Evaluation Form