Loco Parentis Essay

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In loco parentis translated from Latin to English means “in lieu of parents.” With the direct translation this should mean that the school is functioning in the role of the parent. The term was derived from British common law in the late 1700’s (Lee, 2011). Ideally the role of in loco parentis is to protect the student as a parent would while the student is at college. However I think we are slowly starting to move away from in loco parentis in today’s colleges. A parent’s primary responsibility is to keep their child safe and healthy while also offering guidance and help as the child grows into a young adult. In today’s colleges we begin to see less examples of a college acting as a parent. One of the reasons for this could be that we are …show more content…

In the early 1900’s it was universally considered taboo for unmarried men and women to share the same room, or suite. In today’s society, some guardians may still be uncomfortable with their son or daughter sharing a residence with someone of the opposite sex; however other parents may not be bothered. This leads to the question of how can in loco parentis successfully obey the 14th amendment and promise equal protection, when one student may have been raised in a stricter atmosphere than …show more content…

The newfound voting rights gave these young students more autonomy and changed the landscape of the college (Sweeton, 2012). As students became more politically involved, activism and student political clubs were seen widely on college campuses. There were also a lot of anti-war movements that happened on campuses due to the suffrage movement. Since a lot of these young students were enlisted or fought in Vietnam, they were already very independent and politically active even before coming to college. According to historians the political involvement of college students in the 1970’s was the beginning of the downfall of in loco parentis (Sweeton,

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