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The Colleges and the Courts 1946-50 : Judicial Decisions Regarding Higher Education in the United States /

Chambers, M. M.

The Colleges and the Courts 1946-50 : Judicial Decisions Regarding Higher Education in the United States / M. M. Chambers. - 1 online resource (202 p.)

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: Some Trends of 1946–50 -- Part I. University and College Personnel -- I. Higher Education as a Right -- II. Students: Admission, Segregation -- III. Students: Voting Residence, Indemnification for Personal Injuries, Other Matters -- IV. Testamentary Trusts for Student Aid -- V. Faculty Members and Other Employees: Contracts and Salaries -- VI. Tenure, Retirement, Workmen’s Compensation, Civil Service Statutes -- Part II. State and Municipal Institutions -- VII. The Legal Position of State Colleges and Universities -- Part III. Privately Controlled Institutions -- VIII. Some Relationships of Privately Controlled Institutions to the States -- Part IV. Fiscal Relationships with Governmental Units -- IX. State Appropriations and Institutional Expenditures -- X. Exemption from Property Taxes -- XI. Some Tests of Exemption from Property Taxes Under Various State Statutes -- XII. Property Tax Exemption of Various Types of Institutions -- XIII. State Taxes Other than Property Taxes -- XIV. Federal Taxation -- Part V. Financial Support from Private Sources, Institutional Property, Other Matters -- XV. The Creation of Charitable Trusts -- XVI. The Execution of Educational Trusts -- XVII. Some Applications of the Judicial Doctrine of Cy Pres -- XVIII. The Tort Responsibility of Colleges and Universities -- XIX. Institutional Real Property -- XX. Self-Liquidating Building Projects at State Institutions -- XXI. Accessory Educational Corporations and Associations -- Table of Cases -- Index

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Analyzes and interprets, for a five year period, the numerous judicial decisions regarding institutions of higher learning in the United States.  Represents a time period when college admission grew at an unprecedented level.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780231932189 9780231892605

10.7312/cham93218 doi


LAW / Educational Law & Legislation.