Court rulings

Federal judge rejects Christian group's challenge to university's system of assessing which high-school courses are suitable as preparatory credits.

Case involving a suspended U. of Florida fraternity spurs questions about what opportunity student groups should have to respond to charges against them.

Federal judge, in first decision of its kind, finds that materials in "Safe Space" at Georgia Tech unconstitutionally evaluated different faiths.

Impact of decision by state's highest court is unclear on latest approach by universities to providing health insurance to gay couples and others.

If a university declined to renew a non-tenure-track professor's fixed-term teaching contract, is the professor then voluntarily unemployed? According to the Indiana Supreme Court last week, the answer is no, a decision that would make the former employee eligible for unemployment benefits -- just as if he had been terminated through no fault of his own.

Louisiana law gives donors and their heirs the right to sue to colleges and other nonprofit groups that fail to carry out terms of their gifts, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Ruling that forbade Washington State U. police from patrolling dorm hallways is upheld by appeals court, causing concern for law enforcement and housing officials.

In a major victory for religious colleges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Colorado may not distinguish between sectarian and "pervasively sectarian" colleges to deny state funds to students in the latter category. Such distinctions, the court ruled, amount to illegal state preferences for some religious groups over others.

A federal appeals court on Monday declared Temple University's now-abandoned sexual harassment policy unconstitutional -- and it did so in a way that legal experts agree could make it much more difficult for colleges and universities to defend nondiscrimination policies that limit the speech of students.

Supreme Court justice urges educators to respect their mission -- and also reflects on his early days, desegregation and affirmative action.