This page contains a non-exhaustive list of various resources pertaining to higher education law that are available through WCL's Pence Law Library.  To search for additional resources located at Pence, visit LEAGLE. 

Use the following subject headings to quickly locate higher education law resources using either library catalog. Select "subject" from the dropdown box in front of the search field and enter a subject heading (see below) in the search box. You can also narrow your search by including terms in the additional search boxes. Narrow your search further by choosing to search for materials held by the law library (Library Catalog), the University library and consortium (WCL & Consortium), or just Articles using the radio buttons above the search fields. The facets on the right hand side of the catalog also can help you narrow and tailor your search.

• "Discrimination in Higher Education--Law and Legislation--United States"
• "Education, Higher--Law and Legislation--United States"
• "Education, Higher--Economic Aspects--United States"
• "College Students--Legal Status, Laws, Etc.--United States"
• "Affirmative Action Programs--Law and Legislation--United States"
• "Universities and Colleges--Law and Legislation--United States"
• "College Teachers--Legal Status, Laws, Etc.--United States"
• "Federal Aid to Higher Education--United States"
• "Academic Freedom--United States"
• "Technical Education--Law and Legislation--United States"
• "Higher education and state -- United States"
• "Discrimination in Education -- Law and legislation -- United States"
• "Educational Law and Legislation"
• "Federal Aid to Education -- United States"
• "Universities and Colleges -- Law and Legislation"
• "Educational law and legislation -- United States"

Additional print resources are also available through American University's Bender Library; to search the Bender catalog, visit ALADIN. All WCL users have equal access to the University Library databases and materials as well. 

The Pence Law Library and the Bender Library have subscriptions to many periodicals that frequently examine higher education issues, and the most recent volumes of these periodicals are available in Pence's Reserve Room.  To view excerpts from volumes no longer available in the Reserve Room or to find additional articles, locate the resource using HeinOnline's Law Journal Library, the JSTOR database, or the LEAGLE catalog.  (Note: Some of the periodicals listed below may not be available through the Pence Law Library but may, nonetheless, prove useful in higher education legal research.)

Journals:

• Journal of Law & Education
• Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal
• Journal of College and University Law
• The Journal of Higher Education
• The Review of Higher Education
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Journal of College Student Development
• ASHE Higher Education Report
• Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
• Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
• Women in Higher Education

Law Journals & Reviews

• College & University (The Journal of the American Association of College Registrars)
• Journal of College & University Law

Magazines:

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• About Campus
• Academe
• Change
• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Higher Education Advocate
• Education Week

The following treatises will help researchers develop an understanding of important background issues in education law.

• Education Law by James A. Rapp (available on Lexis)
• Education Law: First Amendment, Due Process, & Discrimination by Ronna Greff Schneider (available on Westlaw Next
• The Law of Schools, Students and Teachers in a Nutshell, by Kern Alexander; M. David Alexander, F. King Alexander (available on West Academic)