Assignment 2: Intersection of Legal and Policy Issues

Assignment 2: Intersection of Legal and Policy Issues

This module provided you with an overview of postsecondary law and policy. Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, choose, investigate, and discuss one of the postsecondary education policy issues and laws.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate the ability to understand and explain basic legal concepts.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 200 words, respond to the following points:

    Analyze and apply common law and administrative law to the development of higher education law.

    Explain the basic concepts and contexts of public policy in the postsecondary setting.

    Analyze the pros and cons of the Tenth Amendment and the federal jurisdiction over the restriction schools face in providing indirect support.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Articulated key points in a clear, logical, and professional manner with supporting evidence wherever required and actively contributed to the discussion by providing points of view with rationales, challenging points of the discussion, or drawing relationships between points of the discussion.

8

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in the accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

4

Total:

12