http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog Copyright 2010 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:03:48 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=462 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=462#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:32:49 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=462 Proposed Rule re ADEA and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age Complete text (7 pages) of proposed rule issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and published in the February 18 Federal Register. The proposed rule seeks to define the term "reasonable factor other than age" as used in the ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=462 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=461 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=461#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:14:11 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=461 Johnson v. North Idaho College, (C.A.9 (Idaho)) The Ninth Circuit held that a state college did not violate Title IX in responding to a female student's complaints of harassment by a male professor. Once the college was on notice of the complaints, it promptly investigated the student's allegations and forced the ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=461 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=460 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=460#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:57:48 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=460 Association of Christian Schools Intern. v. Stearns, (C.D.Cal.) A federal district court in California has held that the refusal by state university officials to take a religious school's high school biology course into consideration in deciding whether to admit its students did not violate the Free Speech Clause. There was no ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=460 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=459 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=459#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:00:04 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=459 For more than 30 years, the National Conference on Law and Higher Education has brought the nation's best higher education experts together to share their insights on higher education law and policy. Our speakers will present a comprehensive schedule of topics such as: Dilemma of prescription drugs on campus Legacy ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=459 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=458 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=458#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:10:44 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=458 The New York Times reports: "The investigation's 99-page report showed how a lack of oversight from the university's president and athletic director allowed the basketball program to spin out of control. One player who transferred to Binghamton received credit for courses like Bowling I and Theories of Softball, according to the ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=458 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=457 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=457#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:05:25 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=457 Title IX: Mansourian v. Regents of the University of California U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holds that plaintiffs alleging failure of a university to effectively accommodate the interests and abilities of female athletes under Title IX were not required to provide a pre-litigation notice and opportunity to cure ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=457 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=456 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=456#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=456 Segal v. St. John's University, (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept.) A swim team member could not prevail on negligent hiring and supervision claims regarding her coach's training methods. Allegedly negligent actions of a university swim team coach were within the scope of his employment, thus defeating negligent hiring and supervision claims ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=456 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=455 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=455#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:27:15 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=455 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board which refused registration of the University of South Carolina's Carolina Baseball logo mark and granted the University of Southern California's motion for summary judgment on South Carolina's counterclaim for cancellation of ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=455 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=454 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=454#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:25:40 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=454 Governance: Attorney General of New Jersey v. Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology Complete text (19 pages) of Final Consent Judgment in settlement of civil complaint brought against defendant institution by the Attorney General of New Jersey alleging that the institution, its president and board chairman mismanaged the institution's finances ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=454 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=453 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=453#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:14:05 +0000 http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/index.php?p=453 University of Rhode Island students fight for their right to party . . . and lose Despite the long-held belief that American college students have a constitutional (perhaps even God-given) right to party, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled on January 22, 2010, that no such right exists. Party-loving students that ... http://www.nkms.com/collegeblog/blog-commentsrss2.php?p=453