1961-+Dixon+v.+Alabama+State+Board+of+Education


 * __Summary__** -

Six students were part of a demonstration outside a court proceeding involving another student. The president of Alabama State College advised the student body that the demonstration was disrupting the orderly conduct of the college. After another demonstration, the president reported the incident and names of the six students to the State Board of Education. The Board expelled the six students. The students were then notified by the Board of the expulsion decision.

**__Impact on Education__** -

Students have due process rights (prior notice and some opportunity for a hearing) in public higher education.

[|Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education]

[|Wikipedia]