LEADER 03685nam 22005174a 450 001 9910460206403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-05386-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040420 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430080 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11314403 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430080 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10452757 035 $a(PQKB)10333188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300828 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300828 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402491 035 $a(OCoLC)648760638 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040420 100 $a20090529d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe trials of academe$b[electronic resource] $ethe new era of campus litigation /$fAmy Gajda 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (x, 334 p.) 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-674-03567-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAn introduction -- A world apart : a short history of the rise of academic deference -- Battles over bias : anti-discrimination law on campus -- Free speech free-for-all : the First Amendment on campus -- Prerogative and profit : battles over intellectual property -- Privacy in peril : peer review meets judicial review -- War of the words : the rise of academic defamation -- Of injuries and insults : tort law on campus -- Promises, promises : contracts on campus -- Looking forward. 330 8 $aThis title explores the origins and causes of the litigation trend, its implication for academic freedom, and what lawyers, judges, and academics themselves can do to limit the potential damage.$bOnce upon a time, virtually no one in the academy thought to sue over campus disputes, and, if they dared, judges bounced the case on grounds that it was no business of the courts. Tenure decisions, grading curves, course content, and committee assignments were the stuff of faculty meetings, not lawsuits. Not so today. As Amy Gajda shows in this witty yet troubling book, litigation is now common on campus, and perhaps even more commonly feared. Professors sue each other for defamation based on assertions in research articles or tenure review letters; students sue professors for breach of contract when an F prevents them from graduating; professors threaten to sue students for unfairly criticizing their teaching. Gajda's lively account introduces the new duo driving the changes: the litigious academic who sees academic prerogative as a matter of legal entitlement and the skeptical judge who is increasingly willing to set aside decades of academic deference to pronounce campus rights and responsibilities. This turn to the courts is changing campus life, eroding traditional notions of academic autonomy and confidentiality, and encouraging courts to micromanage course content, admissions standards, exam policies, graduation requirements, and peer review. This book explores the origins and causes of the litigation trend, its implications for academic freedom, and what lawyers, judges, and academics themselves can do to limit the potential damage. 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xLaw and legislation 676 $a344.73/074 700 $aGajda$b Amy$0935053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460206403321 996 $aThe trials of academe$92105715 997 $aUNINA