This fourth edition of the indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education provides a revised and up-to-date reference, research source, and guide for administrators, attorneys, and researchers. The book is also widely used as a text for graduate courses on higher education law in programs preparing higher education administrators for leadership roles. This new edition includes new and expanded sections on laws related to: religious issues alternative dispute resolution the college and its employees collective bargaining at religious and private colleges whistleblower and other employee protections personal liability of employees nondiscrimination and affirmative action in employment campus technology and computer networks disabilities student academic freedom freedom of speech and hate speech student organizations' rights, responsibilities, and activities fees athletes' rights USA patriot act and immigration status public institutions and zoning regulations regulation of research coverage of retaliatory and extraterritorial acts federal civil rights statues