College and universities deal with a myriad of issues that impact students, faculty, and administrators. Mattie (2007) asserts “risk can be defined as any issue that impacts an institution’s ability to meet its objectives” (p. 3). Issues like sexual harassment, student discipline, free speech, academic misconduct, tenure, race and religion are risk but how they are managed can impact institutions. This review will examine Carol L. J. Hustoles 2012 dissertation Through the Eyes of Higher Education Attorneys: How Department Chairs Are Navigating the Waters of Legal Issues and Risk Management. The dissertation discussed what institutional risk management is and the role of department chairs in relation to legal issues as well as their role …show more content…
Hustoles (2012) asserts the manner in which higher education administrators deal with legal matters can greatly impact their departments, colleges, institutions, and students in numerous ways. Institutions try to reduce or eliminate legal matters through risk management. Kaplin and Lee (2007) states risk management “stabilize the institution’s financial condition over time but it can improve the morale and performance of institutional personnel by alleviating their concerns about potential personal liability” (P. 63). Chairpersons are administrators that have an important role in risk management on campus. Hustoles (2012) asserts chairpersons are middle level management that is often involved in conflict, controversy, and debate. He also states chairpersons should understand their role as department heads to permit certain conduct, promote institutional rules and understand their legal …show more content…
Based on some of the findings from the study, it is suggested that institutions should: be proactively providing training for their department chairs on legal and risk management issues while involving legal counsel in training, increase the amount of training chairpersons receive, continuously involve campus attorneys in issues that arise, and chairs should become familiar with the provisions in collective bargaining. The study conducted by Hustoles provides great insight into how attorneys view the role and performance of administrators. Although risk management is the task of everyone on campus, attorneys have to deal with all legal issues on campus. Hustoles (2012) study also sought to fill in the literature gap as there is no literature that discusses the attorneys view in risk management. According to Hustoles this is the only study that offers that data. The study can be beneficial to institutions as they train administrators to deal with risk
Criminal Justice Administrators must be analytical and creative while looking at the needs of the people from the public’s perspective. Administrators can use corrective tools to identify objectives to meet and improve on. For example, Visual management allows Criminal Justice Administrators to realize that waste will always be present allowing room to improve performance. Administrators must take time to understand what creates a defect and what creates an opportunity. It is the responsibility of the Administrator to provide opportunities and incentives for employees. This will cause employees to become energized about hearing the voice of the customers. The presence of quality provides an opportunity for all employees to become knowledgeable and involved in meeting the needs of
In relation to the management of conflict the College has several inter-related procedures. The first and most important to this area is the Anti-Harassment procedure. This procedure deals with the steps, first informal and then formal, that a member of staff who feels they are being harassed can go down to resolve this conflict. Linked to this is the Disciplinary procedure under which action may be taken upon a successful Anti-Harassment complaint. For managers there is also the Poor Performance procedure should the conflict be in relation to the performance of a staff member. For conflicts in relation to employment matters, pay and grading issues the College has a Grievance procedure.
This case brings up to the administrators who are known as a legal representation that strive to create positive changes in educational policy and processes, that they have rights and power protected by law, but also have a duty to comply with the laws established by the district.
The office I currently work in is the financial aid office at Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). CNM is a two-year institution. After reviewing the seven inventories, I have discovered that there is so much outside the financial aid office that takes place to insure student success. A common misconception is that all learning outcomes are the responsibility of faculty. All departments can use these principals across the institution. As stated by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators [NASPA], (n.d.), “They are intended to shape how we think about our responsibilities, communicate our purposes to others, and engage students” (para. 14).
Universities across America are figuring out how they are going to move forward in result to the recent change in the Title IX’s policies.
As students embark on the journey that is college many new obstacles are bound to come their way, but yet, safety and security should never be the reason for fear in a student. It is becoming more clear that college campus shootings can happen and Gary Pavela and James Alan Fox have outlined the reasons why previous shootings have caused problems within college administration in modern times. Due to research on capmus shootings college administration has increased their safety measures in the wrong ways. College campuses have hindered the well-being of students then and now because administrative teams are attempting to make safety their first priority, , but in turn actually enlisting fear into student’s minds.
In fact, sound decision making is the cornerstone skill of any competent citizen administrator. Some citizen administrators are in charge of collecting taxes, organizing trash collection, or auditing other state agencies. For other citizen administrators, their job entails safety – literally these citizen administrators are in charge of people’s lives. The stakes go up considerably, when assessing an administrator’s responsibility, when people’s safety is at stake.
The underlying and predominant institutional layout for higher education has recently been redefined over the last 20 to 30 years. Traditionally, higher education institutions were created, maintained, and lead by one and only one goal; the pursuit of academic excellence. Intellectuals and scholars formed together in a decentralized framework in order to collaborate, propagate knowledge, and conduct research. All aspects of a university where based around the goal of education and research. The institution consisted of individuals with the same mission and formed into different departments that agreed and elected two individuals, who exhibited the best qualities of an academic, to act as the president and vice chancellor. The president and vice chancellor were responsible for making and communicating decisions as they related to furthering the development of academic goals. The president and vice chancellor were supported by several committees that encompassed all aspects of the university.
This essay argues that universities have gone too far in suppressing unpopular, even distasteful, speech that is accorded the highest degree of First Amendment protection and that is vital to facilitating the robust exchange of ideas and viewpoints among students and faculty. As discussed below, university administrators have censored faculty members and, in some cases, adopted policies that discourage core political speech, discriminate against speech on the basis of its content, and deter faculty and students from expressing controversial views.
The deaths of 32 Virginia Tech students, gunned down in 2007 on their own campus, incited the crucial need for the reevaluation of the threats against public universities. In response to this horrific event, the United States Department of Education and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) analyzed the factors associated with violence in institutions of higher education (par 1). In their findings, it was revealed that the open campus policy of most public colleges has a 50% increase in being targeted than other higher institutions (par 4). Why are public colleges becoming an acclimating target for violence on campus? According to Behavioral Science and law professors J. Reid Meloy and Mary Ellen O’Toole, the open campus policy makes schools
The prosecutor represents the general public, and is accountable for organizing and staging the state’s case against offenders in criminal and civil cases. The prosecutor’s responsibilities are such as arranged and organize the investigation of criminal and civil cases, prepare the case, and respond to the disputes linked to appeals. Some of the stimulations for a prosecutor to pursue a case consist of the condition of the evidence, advantages of the case and deliberations of justice, the strategies of the prosecution’s office, the accessibility of court assets, and community attitude. Prosecutors initiate charges by filing a document, where officially lists the allegations against the defendant, or by displaying the evidence to a grand jury and in the hunt for an indictment.
A growing propensity among policymakers is to engage more actively in more dimensions of higher education (Association of Governing Boards, 2015). There is a partnership between states and the federal government that provide access and quality in higher education. It is a check and balance system that is to design to benefit students in higher education. On the level of institutions of higher learning, governing boards have been established where they follow the guidelines set forth by the state and federal government to deal with ongoing issues in higher
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At Indiana University, there are many conflicts between students and faculty that cannot be resolved. There are concerns that students and faculty both have to which they have differing views on. The problem is that there is no clear-cut way to resolve this issue; but, with an ombudsman program, it may be easier. The Ombudsman program can regulate disputes between two parties and also differ any responsibility on the university. The fact of the matter is that students want to voice their concerns but they feel that they will not get exactly what they want out of it. For example, if a student feels that a certain race is getting discriminated on more than others, he/she will have to try and find a way to voice this; which can be hard at a large
In 2007, Gubernatorial Task Force for University Campus Safety (2012) suggested that each college have a team that could handle any crisis that would arise. This crisis team would be the go between of law enforcement, the university, campus security, housing, counsels, health centers, all these organizations reporting any “at-risk” behavior (Justice 2012).