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Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law, 4th Ed., offers a convenient and user-friendly text that addresses the full range of key subjects in higher education law. This fourth edition features a new team of editors, authors, and chapters on international/global issues and race and the law, plus expanded coverage of the higher education topics that are growing in importance. This practical, all-in-one guide covers higher education law as it affects students, faculty and non-faculty employees, and administrators. The new edition updates earlier editions and is now even more accessible for all students, including those with or without a legal background. Chapters and Authors Ch. 1 — Introduction to the American Legal System by Susan Bon and Jennifer Rippner Ch. 2 — Higher Education Governance by Neal Hutchens and Frank Fernandez Ch. 3 — Private and Religious Schools by Charles J. Russo Ch. 4 — Faculty Employment and Tenure by Kevin Brady Ch. 5 — Faculty Speech and Expression by Jeffrey Sun and Neal Hutchens Ch. 6 — Legal Rights of Non-Academic Personnel by Luke Cornelius Ch. 7 — Employment Discrimination and Title VII by David H. K. Nguyen Ch. 8 — Sexual Harassment by Suzanne Eckes and Martha McCarthy Ch. 9 — Federal Disability Laws by Susan Bon and Janet Bubert Ch. 10 — Liability for Negligence by Scott Bauries Ch. 11 — Defamation and Intentional Torts by Richard Fossey and K. B. Melear Ch. 12 — Student Rights to Due Process by Richard Fossey Ch. 13 — Student Speech and Expression by Jennifer Rippner and Mark Paige Ch. 14 — Students’ Residential Privacy Rights by Richard Fossey Ch. 15 — Campus Safety by Robert Cloud Ch. 16 — Equal Protection Clause by Philip T. K. Daniel and Christopher Thomas Ch. 17 — Legal Issues in Business Management by R. Craig Wood, John Dayton Ch. 18 — Intellectual Property by Philip T. K. Daniel and Patrick D. Pauken Ch. 19 — Intercollegiate Athletics by Joy Bl