Disciplinary Sanctions and Due Process Rights

Due process is a central concept in American jurisprudence, rooted in the U.S. Constitution and elaborated in numerous cases involving the discipline of students in higher educational settings.

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Disparate Impact

The theory of disparate impact, also known as “adverse impact,” allows challenges to employment or educational practices that are nondiscriminatory on their face but that have a disproportionately negative effect on members of legally protected groups.

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Distance Learning

Distance learning is defined as any formal instructional approach in which the majority of instruction occurs when educators and students are not in the physical presence of one another.

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Drug Testing of Students

As officials in colleges and universities seek ways to discourage and eliminate drug use on campus, testing students for drugs has become increasingly common.

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Due Process, Substantive and Procedural

Affording persons or organizations “due process” basically means to conduct legal proceedings with fairness in both content and procedure.

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Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA)

The struggle for equality and nondiscrimination in education at all levels has a long history in the United States.

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Equal Protection Analysis

Although the concept of equal protection of the laws is not mentioned in the original U.S. Constitution as drafted and ratified, this idea has become an important constitutional concept, especially in the world of higher education.

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