Review
Despite Professor Olivas's caution about making comparisons between this work and the acknowledged standard treatise in the field (William Kaplin's Law and Higher Education), these two volumes should be viewed by attorneys, academicians, and administrators as complementary. Unlike a treatise, the Olivas casebook gives the reader a comprehensive array of cases and court decisions on these subjects. Professor Olivas writes overviews to provide contextual detail and history.... [Chapter 2 is] an excellent example of the prudent use of cases... [Chapter 3] contains a panoply of material taken from a variety of sources about fascinating episodes, disputes, and court cases... This is rich material.... --Bimonthly Review of Law Books, review of the first edition
The Law and Higher Education . . . has become not merely a reference, but an archive in its own right. --Scott Chafin, Media Reviews, review of the second edition
[T]he author's sense of humor, knowledge of popular culture, and breadth of knowledge about higher education come out clearly and loudly. Olivas is an attorney who knows both administrative practice and the law and is effectively able to pass that knowledge on to his readers. --NASPA Journal, 2007, Vol. 44, No. 4
The Law and Higher Education . . . has become not merely a reference, but an archive in its own right. --Scott Chafin, Media Reviews, review of the second edition
[T]he author's sense of humor, knowledge of popular culture, and breadth of knowledge about higher education come out clearly and loudly. Olivas is an attorney who knows both administrative practice and the law and is effectively able to pass that knowledge on to his readers. --NASPA Journal, 2007, Vol. 44, No. 4
The Law and Higher Education . . . has become not merely a reference, but an archive in its own right. --Scott Chafin, Media Reviews, review of the second edition
[T]he author's sense of humor, knowledge of popular culture, and breadth of knowledge about higher education come out clearly and loudly. Olivas is an attorney who knows both administrative practice and the law and is effectively able to pass that knowledge on to his readers. --NASPA Journal, 2007, Vol. 44, No. 4
About the Author
The late Michael Olivas was the William B. Bates Distinguished Chair of Law (Emeritus) and former Director of the Institute of Higher Education Law & Governance at the University of Houston Law Center.
