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The article discusses a court case wherein a police incident at a dormitory in Michigan State University (MSU) led to a request for detailed information by the student-run periodical, "State News," invoking the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In State News v. Mich. State Univ., the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's determination that an MSU police report was exempt from disclosure under Michigan's FOIA. The court of appeals found the arguments of both parties to be weak.

The article presents the decision of the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) regarding the case of the student right violation through the plagiarism service of a university. FPCO has received an inquiry if the university who require the students to pass their papers in a plagiarism screening violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). FPCO ruled that the university has the right to employ the screening service to avoid piracy.

The article discusses the case Florida Carry, Inc. v. University of North Florida (UNF) wherein student Alexandra Lainez and Florida Carry, Inc. contested UNF's policy which prevents the carrying of secured firearms on campuses. Topics discussed include Lainez's and Florida Carry's arguments regarding the 2011 Florida Statutes Section 790.115 before the appeals court, the exceptions of the legislature and the waiver provision. Also discussed is the case Beauchene v. Mississippi College of Law.

The article discusses the court cases Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo, U.S. v. Miami University and State ex rel. ESPN v. Ohio State University, which involve court decisions based on the Federal Educational Records and Privacy Act (FERPA) that establish guidelines for a university's admissions policy. Topics discussed include a school's practice of peer grading, the coexistence between the Ohio Public Records Act and FERPA and the disclosure of records based on FERPA.

The article discusses a court case wherein the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) advised the St. Thomas Aquinas College registrar on how to deal with an anti-plagiarism service. In Letter to: St. Thomas Aquinas College, the need to follow the standard procedures of the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was explained by FPCO to the college's registrar. Some basic principles were outlined by FPCO that the college should adhere to when using a Web-based service offered by a company.

The article discusses several court cases involving U.S. universities as of January 2016. In Milam v. Commonwealth, a court ruled that the hallways of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity at the University of Kentucky are not public areas for Fourth Amendment purposes. In Monnat v. State University of New York at Canton, the court ordered a university disciplinary board to explain code of conduct violations. In Smith v. Utah Valley University, an online student fails on grade discrimination claim.

Case name: Dopp v. State University of New York, No. 522691 (N.Y. Ct. App. 01/07/17). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case name: Letter to: Georgetown University, No. 11-13-2307 (OCR 01/05/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses the academic fraud scandals at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Topics include details on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) inquiries into the university's work to keep at-risk athletes eligible, details on the effect of the scandal on moral aspects related to the school's graduation rates and diplomas, and a history of academic and athletic scandals at the university.

Adult Learner: Former student's claim flatlines; essential requirements not met, Accommodations: SSI application doesn't stop suit about reasonable accommodations, Disability: Failure to request accommodations undercuts former student's suit, Termination: Former employee's disability claim hits a brick wall [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on Devon Ramsay, the former fullback and graduate of North Carolina State University, and his involvement in the academic scandal between the university, its football team, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Topics include Ramsay’s former dream of playing in the National Football League (NFL); Ramsay’s role in the documentary "Schooled"; and the damage to Ramsay’s reputation caused by allegations of academic dishonesty.

Case name:Thompson v. The Ohio State University, et al., No. 2:12‐cv‐1087 (S.D. Ohio 02/20/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a court case in which the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Philosophy was accused of discrimination due to a student's disability. A professor reportedly denied a student of a reasonable accommodation by denying a request for a grade of "Incomplete" and a request for submission of papers beyond the semester's end. The student's civil action against the university was later dismissed.

The article discusses court case concerning plagiarism. It mentions that the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana has refused in part and granted in part Purdue University's motion to terminate Junhyuk Park's 14th Amendment equal protection and due process claims. It notes that Park who is doctoral student has passed a required paper only to be detected to have several instances of plagiarism.

The article discusses several court cases in the U.S. It mentions a case of an international graduate student who received an "F" in two of his classes which indicates that most of his term papers were plagiarized. It also examines the case death of two students Kristine Hansen and Joshua Rau following an accident that involves a snowmobile on the lake at Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences wherein the college claimed that the property was outside their jurisdiction.

The article presents the decision of the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) regarding the case of the degree candidacy of the students. FPCO ruled that a university could give a directory information about the application of the students to graduate. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) permits the university to inform the public regarding the degree status of their students.

The article discusses the lessons that can be learned about American businessman and 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump by examining the consumer-fraud litigation involving Trump University which was in operation between 2005 and 2010. According to the article, Trump University offered adult-education classes dealing with Trump's real estate investing methods and secrets. Deceptive advertising and marketing lawsuits are assessed in relation to course curricula design.

Case name: Letter to: Georgetown University, No. 11-13-2307 (OCR 01/05/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the court case Michael McAdoo vs. University of North Carolina (UNC) which deals on plagiarism. McAdoo obtains his former tutor's help regarding the footnotes in a paper for a Swahili class in July 2009. The UNC has sanctioned McAdoo to be prohibited on playing the football season for 2010 and 2011 as a punishment for his violation in school rules. The trial court's decision is in favor of UNC.

Case name: Thompson v. The Ohio State University, et al., No. 2:12-cv-1087 (S.D. Ohio 02/20/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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.

The article discusses a court case wherein the Supreme Court of New York, Madison County dismissed a fraternity's action for failure to state a claim. In Delta Kappa Epsilon Alumni Corp. v. Colgate Univ., a court order annulling the decision of Colgate University to withdraw recognition of the local Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter was sought by the Delta Kappa Epsilon. The withdrawal of recognition was prompted by the refusal of the fraternity to transfer title of the fraternity house to the university.

The article talks about cardiac stem cell scientist Piero Anversa who is suing Brigham University claiming that the evidence of misconduct uncovered in an investigation by the university and Women's Hospital has wrongfully damaged his career. The investigation into the laboratory of Anversa was driven by the retraction of a 2012 paper published in the journal "Circulation." Anversa blames Jan Kajstura, a former member of the lab and first author of the paper, on the retracted paper.

A student with attention deficit disorder enrolled in the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston's physician assistant program. At the time of her enrollment, she took medication to control the ADD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case name: Dopp v. State University of New York, No. 522691 (N.Y. Ct. App. 01/07/17). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the McAdoo v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill court case. It states that Michael McAdoo, student at the university, took help from his former tutor regarding footnotes in a paper. It mentions that he was found guilty of plagiarism by the university's court. It highlights that appeals court of North Carolina ruled that the plaintiff didn't suffer from a sanction which didn't allow him to play football.

The article discusses a court case filed to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Purdue University related to discrimination. A university student filed a complaint alleging that Purdue University discriminated him based on his disability, as he is suffering from multiple sclerosis, when the university dismissed him from his doctoral program in chemistry. The decision of the university officials were reasoned in deliberation and consistent with the applicable regulatory requirements.

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]

Case name: Letter re: Cardinal Stritch University, No. 05‐15‐2024 (OCR 04/24/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that the University of California has won the right to distribute on the World Wide Web the internal documents and memos from cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson suggesting that the company was aware of the addictive and cancer-causing nature of cigarettes at least 30 years ago. Brown & Williamson's legal action to get the papers back, claiming that they had been stolen; Web site address.

The article reports on the violation of the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act committed by the university publishers in New York University (NYU) in New York City. It reveals that the nine major U.S. publishers have sued NYU wherein nine faculty members and an off-campus copy center have been charged with copyright infringement. It also notes that the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is hoping that the news of the suit would shock other schools and professors into compliance.

The article discusses a court case in which Jaffar Vossoughi, a scientist, filed a complaint in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals against the University of the District of Columbia for damages. Vossoughi accused the university of destroying his personal property, while the defendant appealed a jury's verdict. The court decided that the plaintiff has sufficient testimony to support the jury's verdict and the university must pay 1.65 million dollars for the said damage.

The article discusses a court case wherein former doctoral candidate at Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Joseph Lewis, sued the college for breach of contract, racial discrimination, and violations of state law in Cleveland, Ohio. It notes that the Ohio Court of Claims dismissed Lewis' lawsuit against Cleveland State University. It stresses that payment of a stipend to a student-intern does not establish an employment relationship between a student and his university.

The article cites a plagiarism case decided by the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) of the U.S. Department of Education. It states that FPCO received an inquiry as to whether an institution would violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) if college teachers require students to submit their papers to a plagiarism prevention service. FPCO claimed that a university has the right to require students to submit their papers to the screening service before handling them in.

The article reports on a lawsuit being brought by conservative activist Edward Blum and a group of Asian-Americans against Harvard University, alleging that Harvard's admissions process discriminates against Asian-American applicants as part of its affirmative action effort to increase the number of disadvantaged minority students in its entering classes.

Discusses the decision of a group of women to sue Yale University in summer 1977 for condoning the sexual harassment of its women students. Determination of whether harassment constitutes discrimination; Yale's argument that Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 does not apply to Yale as a private institution; Plaintiffs' demand that Yale set up a specific grievance procedure for cases of alleged sexual harassment.

The article focuses on the lawsuit being filed by the family of a young college student who drowned after a night of drinking. Jared Dion, a student at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, Wisconsin, took one of the university's Safe Ride Program buses from the campus into the city's bar district where he apparently fell into the Mississippi River and drowned after a night of drinking. The family claims that the city is at fault for not taking preventive measures after the previous deaths at its Riverside Park. Dion's family also claims the university encouraged binge drinking by allowing the school paper to run advertisements from bars and by running the Safe Ride Program, which provides buses between the bars and the campus.

Case name: Davis v. Foothill College, et al., No. 14-cv-04459 (N.D. Cal. 02/09/15). [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.

Faculty Affairs: Absence of Factual Allegations Undermines Professor's Suit Disability: Part of Former Student's Suit Survives [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article comments on the trustee election at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in which the official nominee was defeated by an insurgent conservative candidate, John Steel. It explores the motivation and concerns of the alumni who nominated Steel by petition. An overview of the anti-traditional and questionable actions taken by Dartmouth College is provided. It offers information on the lawsuit filed by the college against the weekly paper launched by conservative students in the campus. Details of the struggle to challenge liberalism on the campus are also presented.

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.

Case name:Lyons v. Vaught, et al., No. 14‐1623 (8th Cir. 03/24/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case name: Grasty v. Colorado Technical University, No. 14-2880 (7th Cir. 04/07/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section discusses court decisions related to First Amendment rights. Cases discussed include Alves v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Oyama v. University of Hawaii and Garcetti v. Ceballos. It notes that the decisions made with these cases are giving schools their own discretion in terms of regulating the workplace and standards in the programs they offer.

Looks at how a lawsuit against the University of Michigan could end racial preferences in college admissions. How documents, which are in the possession of philosophy professor Carl Cohen are at the heart of the lawsuit; The documents as indicating the criteria for minority applicants; The representation of white students by Center for Individual Rights, who were turned down by the university, who, it contends would have been admitted under the standards applied to minority applicants.

The article discusses a court case wherein Allan Bakke had been excluded from University of California by "reverse discrimination." The U.S. Supreme Court presided by Chief Justice Warren Burger underlined the importance of responding to the charge and Archibald Cox is the one who presented the case of the university. The court is regarded as conservative and the general tide of relevant court opinions runs against Bakke and it has tended to take flexible view of the equal-protection clause.

The article discusses a court case wherein Tennessee's Department of Education requested the advice of Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) on how to respond to a newspaper's request for the database on weapons offenses on school campuses. The department was concerned on the risk that the students could be easily identified. FPCO explained that the aggregate statistical data on weapons offenses may be released if the disclosure has low risk of identifying individual students.

Case name:Davis v. Foothill College, et al., No. 14‐cv‐04459 (N.D. Cal. 02/09/15). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]