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Peter Lake and Darby Dickerson, A Blueprint for Collaborative Risk Management Teams, Campus Activities Programming (2006)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Jaclyn Lopez, Supreme Court Plurality Decision Muddies “Navigable Waters”, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association (2006)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Tim Kaye et al., Criticizing the Image of the Student as Consumer: Examining Legal Trends and Administrative Responses in the US and UK, 18 Educ. & L. 85 (2006)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
There is widespread concern that higher education is being compromised by being turned into a 'commodity' to be 'consumed'. This article represents an initial attempt to explore the trends in both the UK and US, and considers how the law has responded to them. It argues, however, that there is an important distinction to be drawn between 'commodification' and 'consumerism'. Education has always been a commodity to be bought and sold; the true danger lies in the move to a 'rights-based' culture where students (and politicians) see education merely as something to be 'consumed' rather than as an activity in which to participate. Whilst the law seems thus far to have been something of a bulwark against this movement, it remains an open question as to whether this will continue to be the case if higher education institutions do not themselves act more proactively in challenging this damaging view of higher education.
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Brooke J. Bowman and Darby Dickerson, Teacher’s Manual, ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (Aspen Publishers, 2006)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.