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In Loco Parentis: Recent Developments in this Legal Doctrine as Applied to the University-Student Relationship in the United States of America, 1965–1975. – doctoral dissertation submitted to the Kent State University Graduate School of Education, 1976, summarizing the origins and development of the doctrine from ancient times to the 1970s.
Dixon v. Alabama, 294 F.2d 150 (5th Cir. 1961) was a landmark 1961 U.S. federal court decision that spelled the end of the doctrine that colleges and universities could act in loco parentis to discipline or expel their students. [1] It has been called "the leading case on due process for students in public higher education". [2]
White, B. (2007). Student rights: From in loco parentis to sine parentibus and back again? Understanding the family educational rights and privacy act in higher education. Brigham Young University Education & Law Journal, (2), 321-350. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. 93 Special Message to the Congress on Protecting the Consumer Interest. March 15 ...
In the English-speaking world, the right of teachers to discipline children is enshrined in the common-law doctrine in loco parentis (Latin for "in the place of the parent"), which places a legal responsibility on authority-holders to take on the functions of a parent in some instances. [10]
Gott v. Berea College, 161 S.W. 204 (Ky. 1913), [1] was a case heard before the Kentucky Court of Appeals wherein J. S. Gott—a restaurant owner—sued the private institution of Berea College when they issued a new policy in their 1911 student manual that forbid their students from patronizing establishments not owned by the college.
The schools act in loco parentis to the children, and have "such a portion of the power of the parent committed to his charge... as may be necessary to answer the purposes for which he was employed." Therefore, in the public school context, the reasonableness inquiry "cannot disregard the schools' custodial and tutelary responsibility for ...
Gerald contested the claim, and argued that he had severed his in loco parentis role to Jessica, and therefore was not responsible for supporting the child. An interim order ruled Gerald pay child support to both daughters and suspended his access to them pending a report from Consiliation Services.
Specifically, between the 1960s and 1970s, deans acting in the role in loco parentis, were focused on orientation, transition and retention programs that soon became fundamental to higher education institutions. [19] In 1948, directors, administration, and presidents met for the first time to discuss the student orientation.