Understanding Education in the United States: Its Legal and Social Implications
This conference, organized by Jake Gersen and Richard Epstein, will deal generally with the legal, economic and social issues that surround education in the United States. The conference and papers will cover a wide range of topics that run the gamut from K-12, college, and graduate education, both in the private and the for-profit sector. The proceeds of the conference will be published in the January 2012 volume of the University of Chicago Law Review. The event is sponsored by the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics and the University of Chicago Law Review.
Friday: June 17, 2011
8:50 a.m. | welcome Richard A. Epstein |
9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. | "Freedom to Fail: The Keystone of American Federalism" |
9:50 a.m.–10:40 a.m. | “Teaching Patriotism: Love and Critical Freedom” |
10:50 a.m.–11:40 a.m. | “Do Amish One-Room Schools Make the Grade? The Dubious Data of Wisconsin v. Yoder" |
11:40 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | “A Critique of the Obama Administation's New Gainful Employment Rules” |
2:00 p.m.–2:50 p.m. | “The Economic Future of Higher Education” |
2:50 p.m.–3:40 p.m. | “What Is ‘Education’?” |
3:40 p.m.–4:40 p.m. | “The Role of Accreditation Commissions in Higher Education: The Troublesome Case of Dana College” |
Saturday: June 18, 2011
9:00 a.m.–9:50 a.m. | “Religion, Schools, and Judicial Decisionmaking: An Empirical Perspective” |
9:50 a.m.–10:40 a.m. | “Catholic Schools, Charter Schools, and Urban Neighborhoods” |
10:55 a.m.–11:45 a.m. | “Special Education: Its Ethical Dilemmas, Entitlement Status, and Suggested Systemic Reforms” |
11:45 a.m.–12:35 p.m. | "Making Courts Matter: Politics and the Implementatoin of State Supreme Court Decisions" |