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Comments on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on two University of Michigan affirmative action cases over the use of race in college admissions. Impact on higher education; Stance of justices on the cases; Criticisms on affirmative action programs.

The article focuses on the significance of the federal judge ruling against a legal challenge to the vaccine mandate of the Indiana University system in August 2021. Topics discussed include the system's policy of requiring all students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus, exemptions to the vaccine mandate of the system such as religious, ethical and medical reasons, and reason behind the decision of other universities not to require the vaccine for students.

Reprints the text of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision barring the law school of the University of Texas from using race in admissions decisions.

The article reports opinions on the judgment in the case of Allan Bakke versus Regents of the University of California concerning affirmative-action programs. Opinions about the effects of the ruling, and about the concept of legitimized preferential treatment of minorities, are polarized as was the U.S. Supreme Court itself.

The article reports that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia remanded the current ruling on the standing and the satisfaction of the other Article III requirements regarding discrimination. It contains the reasons regarding the requirements in the Article III. Thus, the Court of Appeals granted the defendants' motion to dismiss.

Presents the text of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) versus Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, in which the Court terminated the control of televised college football by the NCAA. Decision of the Court of Appeals to uphold the District Court's ruling that the NCAA violated §1 of the Sherman Act; Basis of a conclusion that a restraint of trade is unreasonable; Role of the NCAA in the maintenance of a revered tradition of amateurism in college sports.

Excerpt from the four U.S. Supreme Court opinions in the Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight case are presented.

Discusses the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Arizona v. Norris concerning insurance plans and pensions. Details of the case; Opinion of Justice Thurgood Marshall on the case; Gender difference in retirement benefits.

Presents the text of the decision released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit mandating the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) to pay equal retirement benefits to men and women faculty members. Violations of the TIAA and CREF to the equal employment provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Details of the case; Method used by TIAA and CREF in calculating the retirement benefits of their members.

The article reports on a ruling issued by district court Judge Herman Jones on a case filed by the University of Texas in Austin challenging the authority of the National Collegiate Athletic Association to control the television broadcasts of the football teams of its member institutions. The university has claimed that the authority violates its property rights. Ronald Brown, vice president for student affairs at the University of Texas, comments on the court decision.

Focuses on the proliferation of retaliation lawsuits filed by employees against colleges and universities in the U.S. Relevance of retaliation to whistle-blowing; Possible ruling of the court in such cases; Cause of retaliation; Tips on how to manage the problem.

Discusses the issues surrounding the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to permit the use of affirmative action in college admissions in 2003. Significance of the decision to universities; Reaction of several organizations to the decision; Decline in the enrollment of Michigan State University .

Reports on the ruling on a trademark-infringement lawsuit filed by Trinity University (TU) in San Antonio, Texas against Trinity College and University in the British Virgin Islands on the use of Trinity in its institution name. Facts of the case; Action taken by TU regarding an error made concerning a scandal committed by a Trinity University.

Reports on the decision issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit which crippled the ability of the recording industry to seek the names of those who illegally share music online. Demand of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); Background of the case filed by Verizon Communications Inc., from which the RIAA had sought names; Implication of the decision on the recording industry group.

Comments on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court to upheld the use of affirmative actions in the admissions program of the University of Michigan law school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Impact of the rulings on the case Grutter versus Bollinger; Principles of social progress affirmed in the decision of the court; Constitutional issues related to the rulings.

The article reports on a United States Supreme Court's decision to block a desegregation plan that would have required the reorganization of public higher education in Louisiana and the merger of the Southern University and Louisiana State University law schools. The Supreme Court has responded to requests from the state's Attorney General that it overturn the desegregation order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

The article reports that many legal historians are soliciting the support of hundreds of their colleagues to oppose an attempt by the U.S. Justice Department to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. In January 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case brought by the Justice Department asking the court to overrule the landmark decision. A group of historians organized under the title "An Ad Hoc Group of Historians in Support of Privacy," are hoping to collect some 200 signatures from fellow historians is support of a friend-of-the-court brief which argues that for much of the country's history, abortion was neither illegal nor counter to national traditions.

The article reports on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit's ruling in a case involving the Justice Department and Alabama's higher education system. The agency contended that the state's universities and colleges had violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination by recipients of federal aid. The judgment overturned a U.S. district judge's decision that the state's institutions were illegally segregated.

The article reports on the decision of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit not to uphold the ruling of a lower court that Saint Francis College did not discriminate against an Iraqi-born professor when it denied him tenure. The lower court originally accepted the college's contention that Iraqis are not a protected minority under federal law.

The article presents several excerpts from the opinions of several judges of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the lawsuit DeFunis v. Odegaard.

Presents an excerpt from the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the validity of regulations on sex discrimination in employment promulgated by the Department of Education pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Provisions of the legislation on gender discrimination; Statutory language of the law in determining the scope of Title IX; Evidence of the coverage of school employees under the title.

The article presents the text of the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Geraldine G. Cannon versus The University of Chicago, as to right to file a private lawsuit under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. It includes that petitioner's acceptance of the truth of the allegations for the purpose of its decision, the Court of Appeals held that the petitioner has no right of action against respondents that may be asserted in federal court.

The article reports on the difficulties that universities experience in translating the implications provided by the U.S. Supreme Court decision on the reverse discrimination case involving student Allan Bakke. A report released by the joint committee of the American Council on Education and the Association of American Law Schools revealed that the difficulties lie in understanding what the decisions mean for other special programs designed to aid minority groups.

A panel of state judges ruled on Monday that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wasn't liable for the suicide of a student, but that doesn't mean universities are off the hook, law professors say. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has ruled in August 2016 that graduate-employee students at Columbia University have the right to organize. Topics covered the expected increase in organizing among graduate students at private universities, the decision of the board to let the regional director determine how long graduate students need to have worked at the university to be eligible to vote in a union election, and the statement of Columbia on the ruling.

The article discusses a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a case regarding a student's name that was published in a crime alert issued by Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island. The student, Christopher Havlik, was later expelled from the school for his role in an incident involving members of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Havlik sued the school for defamation but lost the case. Schools must, according to the U.S. Clery Act, alert students to potential harm and the university, the court found, did nothing wrong in naming Havlik in the alert.

This article reports that a judge has decided that 40 white, male professors who brought a discrimination suit against Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff 11 years ago are entitled to $1.4-million in back pay and raises. The professors alleged that the university had discriminated against them in a pay-equity plan by giving raises of up to $3,000 each to certain minority and female professors, but giving no raises to them. By overcompensating women and members of minority groups, Judge Robert C. Broomfield ruled, the university had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of race or sex.

The article reports that the federal jury in Boston, Massachusetts had ruled that Eli Lily and Co. is liable for infringing a patent that was granted in June to the Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and was licensed to a company called Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. The case, involving a patent on a technique for identifying the role of a messenger protein in regulating how cells function, has been widely watched in academic sectors and throughout the pharmaceutical industry because the technique may play a part in many drugs on the market or in development. The verdict could lead to a multi-million-dollar payout to the academic institutions from Lily and, eventually, additional millions from other companies, too.

The article reports on the rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 involving lawsuits against the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The cases involves affirmative actions prohibiting colleges to use racial quotas but allowing them to give some extra consideration to minority applicants to promote campus diversity. The Supreme Court's decision upheld the use of race-neutral means of promoting diversity. Such cases were seen as significant that more than 300 organizations joined in submitting friend-of-the-court briefs to the justices.

Excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic Rights, are presented.

The article reports that a plan to settle Mississippi's long-running college-desegregation case overcame a final legal challenge in October 2004. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal that sought to overturn the $503-million settlement. The Legislature did set aside $20-million in special funds, to be generated by a change in the state's unemployment-tax formula, for job-training programs at community and junior colleges. The article also provides statistical information related to the demography of the state.

The article focuses on the debate of colleges over the impact of court decision on file sharing. College officials are divided over the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that commercial producers of file-sharing software can be sued for copyright infringement. Some college officials say the decision will have little impact, either on colleges' policies regarding music and movie downloading or on whether they decide to sign deals with companies that offer legal downloading services. The court's decision was a disappointment to scholars and technology developers who had tried to persuade the justices that a decision in favor of the entertainment industry could stifle technological innovation and prevent scholars from legally trading data, video, music and literature using peer-to-peer networks.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to review the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that would allow colleges to restrict military recruiting on their campuses in the U.S. Remarks from acting U.S. solicitor general Paul Clement on the ruling; Claims of the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights on the Solomon Amendment which supports military recruiters in campuses; Compliance of law schools on the law.

Reports on the civil case filed against the owner and residents of the Le Chateau, a cooperative student-housing complexes near the University of California in Berkeley. Background of the civil case; Description of the student-housing; Information on the ruling of the court.

Reports on the ruling of the court which broadens the interpretation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination by institutions that receive federal funds in the U.S. Scope of the amendment; Background of the case filed before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding sex discrimination; Basis of the ruling of the court.

Discusses the issues surrounding the judgment given by the U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the enforcement of a federal statute known as the Solomon Amendment. Terms of the amendment; Rationale behind the judgment; Reactions of several colleges towards the judgment.

Focuses on the decision of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania appellate court in November 2004, preventing the federal government from enforcing restrictions in colleges and universities receiving federal support, also known as the Solomon Amendment. Terms of the Solomon Amendment; Arguments made by several Solomon Amendment supporters; Effect of the September 11, 2001 event on the views of the government towards the Solomon Amendment.

Reports on the decision of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to uphold several colleges' ban on military recruitment. Rights given to military recruiters stipulated under the Solomon Amendment; Response of dean Elena Kagan to the decision; Impact of the court's decision on the ability of the U.S. Department of Defense to recruit talented lawyers.

Reports on the anniversary celebration of the 1979 court ruling that kept Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania from closing. Facts disputed in the ruling; Effort of Wilson to revive itself by adapting to a shifting student market; Historical background.

Reports on the decisions of a state judge in Michigan and the State Senate in Colorado, rejecting petitions and measures to prohibit racial preferences in college admissions. Efforts of Ward Connerly, a University of California regent who led the ballot initiatives in California and Washington State that ended racial preferences, to conduct an anti-affirmative campaign in Michigan; Remarks of Michigan State Attorney General Mike Cox on the ruling; Sponsor of the bill in Colorado that would have banned affirmative action in the state.

Reports on the ruling of a Georgia statecourt judge in a lawsuit over the appropriateness for the Mercer University Police Department to turn over crime records. Information on a U.S. law governing campus police documents; Reasons of the university for refusing to release detailed police records; Details of a similar lawsuit filed against Harvard University.

Features the story of a survivor of a massacre in Greensboro, North Carolina in November 1979. Number of death and injuries in the massacre; Government complicity in the massacre; Amount paid by the City of Greensboro for the judgment of the trial involving the Greensboro police, the Ku Klux Klansmen and the neo-Nazis.

Explains that the case Locke versus Davey which the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on December 2, 2003 has become an ideological struggle for religious and civil-liberties groups. Information on the Washington state ban on aid for college students who major on theology; Facts of the case; Ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on the case; Importance of the case.

Discusses the consequences of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to upheld the use of racial preferences in U.S. university admissions in the Grutter versus Bollinger case. Importance of Grutter decision to universities; Examples of court rulings that have no educational effect.

Reports on assaults against the affirmative action policies of colleges in the U.S. Implications of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to upheld the consideration of race in admissions; Actions taken by higher education organizations; Impact of the issue on Michigan voters.

Discusses the implications of court rulings of the use of race-conscious admissions on the financial aid of students in the U.S. Effect of Michigan rulings on the enrollment of minorities; Criticisms on the rulings; Recognition of the need for options in the implementation of financial aid.

Discusses author Cass R. Sunstein's views that the United States Supreme Court should leave certain issues undecided and let the American people debate them. His book `One Case at a Time: Judicial Minimalism on the Supreme Court'; Examples of cases that should have been left alone; Suggestion that the Supreme Court rulings are too quickly decided and justice is denied.

Reports that a federal judge regarded an Ohio college's affirmative action contracting policy as unconstitutional, making a ruling stating that the institution's leaders were personally liable for damages. Factors which influenced the judge's decision; Identification of ruling judge; Reaction of officials to the liability decision; Comments from Eric Schnapper, a law professor at the University of Washington.

Reports on the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court over the Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association. Role of the case in determining how professors' union fees should be allocated among national unions and their local affiliates; Claim of justice Harry A. Blackmun that money from fees paid by a non-union member to finance political lobbying, public relation efforts or litigation that does not concern the individual's bargaining unit could not be used by unions.

Reprints the text of the concurring opinion of Judge Jacques L. Wiener Jr. to the judgment made by the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit barring the consideration of race in admissions decisions at the University of Texas law school.