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The article discusses the court case Thompson v. The Ohio State University wherein a student's racial discrimination lawsuit against a professor was dismissed by the U.S. District Court in Ohio. The judge gave summary judgment favoring the professor because the student failed to explain why or how the statistic about referring blacks for misconduct had rebutted the professor's testimony.

Discrimination: Former student's suit allowed to continue, Student Affairs: Former student's suit dies on the vine, Campus Security: Former student's accommodations were reasonable [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Disability: Failing to inform about limitations proves fatal to former student's suit, Academic Affairs: OCR approves changes to academic withdrawal policy, Disability: Former student's claim dismissed [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the court case Dickinson v. University of North Carolina wherein a motion to dismiss claims brought pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was denied by the U.S. District Court in North Carolina. The judge found it sufficient that the complainant had pled that her disability was the reason she was required to sign a probation agreement without basis in university policy. The judge also refused to dismiss the ADA claims.

The article discusses the case Letter to: University of San Francisco. It mentions an agreement of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights with the University of San Francisco to resolve a student's disability discrimination complaint. It adds the allegations by complainant that the university failed to provide him with his approved accommodations. It also adds the university expressed an interest in resolving the complaint.

Dismissal: Disability may have factored into readmission denial, Cheating: Failing to produce evidence sinks student's suit, Disability: Unreasonable request undermines former student's accommodation suit [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Student Affairs: Failure to request accommodations kills former student's suit, Breach of Contract: Speculation dooms former student's suit, Termination: Failure to request accommodations undercuts former student's suit, Disability: Former student's claim flatlines [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the Family Policy Compliance Office case Letter to: Anonymous student which deals with finding the probable cause in investigating the college student's complaint of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act violation.

The article discusses the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois court case David v. Board of Trustees of Community College District which deals with the justification of differences in salaries according to the educational qualifications.