Demonstrations, Dismissals, Due Process, and the High School: An Overview

Abbott, C. Michael

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“…1 It had a gentler side that compelled empathetic faculty and administrators to care for their students as though they were their own children. This was not a legal mandate given that the common law limited "natural affection" to relations between biological parents and their children (Abbott, 1969;Shaw, 1981). 2 Rather, the forging of sturdy bonds of affection between teachers and students-between "parents" and "children"-was a consequence of the college's role as an alma mater, or nourishing mother.…”

Section: The Two Sides Of In Loco Parentismentioning

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Institutionalizing in Loco Parentis after Gott v. Berea College (1913)

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Background/Context The institutionalization of in loco parentis in the wake of Gott v. Berea College (1913) marked a major turning point in the evolution of student management theory and practice. Focusing on the crucial decade of the 1920s, when American higher education first became a mass enterprise, this study explores the interaction of ideas and institutions by retracing the constitutive relationship between in loco parentis and the development of student services and programs targeted to keeping students in school. Purpose/Objective Scholars have tended to think of in loco parentis as primarily a tool of social control used to discipline misbehaving students. This study offers a different interpretation by taking seriously the doctrine's basic terms—namely, administrators’ and faculties’ role as “parents” and students’ role as “children”—and by highlighting the enduring institutional transformations created in the 1920s to help reduce student attrition. Research Design This study offers a historical analysis of the changing meanings and widening jurisdiction of in loco parentis during the 1920s. Conclusions/Recommendations This study finds that changes in the legal definition of in loco parentis following Gott v. Berea College (1913) triggered a revolution in student services that helped lay the foundation for the creation of the modern undergraduate experience and for the education of the whole student.

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Section: The Two Sides Of In Loco Parentismentioning

confidence: 99%

Institutionalizing in Loco Parentis after Gott v. Berea College (1913)

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2014

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Demonstrations, Dismissals, Due Process, and the High School: An Overview

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Institutionalizing in Loco Parentis after Gott v. Berea College (1913)

Institutionalizing in Loco Parentis after Gott v. Berea College (1913)

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