EDLF :: Scott Ferrin

Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise

Educational policy and social change
Law and education
Politics and education
Second language acquisition & cross-linguistic communication

Research

The focus of my research is already somewhat specialized because of my interest in educational law and policy, which is already a narrow focus. However, I continue to develop a broad but logically related research platform on all aspects of school and Constitutional law, including church & state issues, politics and policy, language policy, leadership issues, including relationship of higher education to primary and secondary education and governance issues in higher education. Also because of my assignment in the department, I am also focusing on rural education issues, especially as they relate to the topics above, and again, at the suggestion of my department, I am beginning to include international issues in my research interests.

Education

Ed.D., Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1996
M.Ed., Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1989
Juris Doctorate, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU, 1984
B.A., English, Brigham Young University, 1980

Affiliations

Education Leadership - Primary
Education Policy and Social Foundations - Primary

Selected Publications

"2009 Updates on Tort Principles in Education:", Education Law, Scott Ellis Ferrin, Lawyers Media Press, New York City, Charles Russo, 2009
"Cases Affecting Higher Education Institutions in 2007", The Yearbook of Education Law, Scott Ellis Ferrin, Education Law Association, Dayton, Ohio, Charles Russo, October, 2008
"English Language Learners: Costs, Benefits, and Challenges", School Business Affairs, Scott Ellis Ferrin, Volume 2008 vol 74, Issue MayOctober, Pages pp. 12-15, Association of School Business Officers International, Reston, Virginia, May, 2008 View Abstract
"Updates on Tort Principles in Education: State-related Danger Claims to Video Surveillance of Employees, in Education Law, Russo, C. (Ed.) NYC: Lawyers Media Press. (2008).", Education Law, Ferrin, S. E., Lawyers Media Press. (2008)., New York City, Russo, C, July, 2008 View Abstract
"State Constitutionality and Adequacy: Signposts of Concern on Utah's Path toward Developing Vouchers", Brigham Young University Law Review, Ferrin, S.E. & Hallam, P. R., Volume 2008, Issue No. 2, April, 2008 View Abstract
"Sociocultural Aspects of Russian-Speaking Parents' Choice of Language of Instruction for Their Children in Estonia: Parental Choice and Language of Instruction Policies and Practices in Estonia", Comparative Education Review, Volume 52, No. 1. Pp 93-120, Kemppainen, Raija, Ferrin, S. E., Hite, S. J., & Hilton, S., Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 93-120, University of Chicago Press, for CIES, Chicago, February, 2008 View Abstract
"Ferrin, S.E., Rural Education Legal and Policy Challenges, The Encyclopedia of Education Law", The Encyclopedia of Education Law, Sage Publications. (2007)., Ferrin, S.C., April, 2007 View Abstract
"Ferrin, S.E., English Language Learners' Rights and Issues,", Ferrin, S.E., English Language Learners' Rights and Issues, The Encyclopedia of Education Law, Sage Publications. (2007)., Ferrin, S.E., Sage Publications. (2007)., March, 2007 View Abstract
"Higher Education Institutions, The 2006 Yearbook of Education Law, Dayton, Ohio: The Education Law Association. ( 2007).", Scott Ellis Ferrin, The Education Law Association, Charles Russo, 2007
"Recent Updates in Tort Principles in Education", Education Law, Ferrin, S.E., Law Journal Press, Russo, Mawdsley, October, 2006
"Higher Education Institutions, in The 2005 Yearbook of Higher Education", SCOTT ELLIS FERRIN, Law Journal Press, Charles Russo, Ralph Mawdsley, July, 2006
"Educators' Duty to Meet the Needs of Language Minority Students", School Business Affairs, Ferrrin, S.E. & Gillette, N., Volume 71 Number 9 2005, Pages 6-10, International Association of School Business Officers, October, 2005
"The Principal's Legal Handbook", Ferrin, S. E., Education Law Association, Dayton, Ohio, April, 2005
"Higher Education Institutions", The 2004 Yearbook of Education Law, Scott Ellis Ferrin, Volume 2005, 2005
"Students in Higher Education, The Yearbook of Education Law", S. FERRIN, Volume The Yearbook of Education Law, The Education Law Association, Dayton, Ohio, Charles Russo, 2004
"Recent Updates on Tort Principles in Education: Immunities to Assumption of the Risk, Education Law", S. Ferrin, Lawyer's Media Press, Charles Russo, 2004
"Parental Views of Choice Rationales: Qualitative Data Re: Parental Choice and Language of Instruction Policies and Practices in Estonia", Bilingual Research Journal, Raija Kemppainen, Carol Ward, Julie Hite, Volume 28, No. 2, Pages 207-229, July, 2004
"Tasks and Strategies of In-house Lobbyists in American Higher Education", International Journal of Higher Education Administration, S. FERRIN, 2004
"Characteristics of In-house Lobbyists in Higher Education", Higher Education Policy, Pages 1-22, 2003
"Education-Related Cases, The 2001 Yearbook of Education Law", 2002
"Education Law", Lawyers Media Press, 2002
"Parental Choice and Language of Instruction Policies and Practices in Estonia", Education and Urban Society, Raija Kemppainen, Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 76-99, 2002
"Mexican American Parental Participation in Public Education in an Isolated Rural Rocky Mountain Community", Equity and Excellence in Education, T.C. Birch, Volume 35, Issue 1, Pages 70-78, 2002
"Education Related Cases, the 2000 Yearbook of Education Law", R.A. Griffin, 2001
"From Sectarian to Secular Control of Education: The Case of Newfoundland", The Journal of Research in Christian Education, S. Gibb, V. Randall, E. Stucki, Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 411-430, 2001
"Mexican American and Anglo Americal Parental Attitudes Towards Public Education in a Rural Community", The Rural Educator, T.C. Birch, Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 1-8, 2001
"Spiritually Committed Public School Teachers: Their Beliefs and Practices About Religious Expression in the Classroom", Religion and Education, C. Mayes, Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 75-94, 2001
"Current Fundamental Legal Issues Affecting American Public Education", R.A. Griffin, 2000
"Education-Related Cases, The 1999 Yearbook of Education Law", D. Sperry, 2000
"Seeing Through A Glass Darkly: The Supreme Court's Narrowed Definition of Disability", BYU Journal of Education and Law, Volume 2, Pages 221-224, 2000
"Education-Related Cases, The 1998 Yearbook of Education Law, Dayton Ohio: The Education Law Association", D. Sperry, 1999
"Moral Aspects of Bilingual Education", Bilingual Research Journal, Cutri, R, Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 31-44, 1999
"Reasserting langauge rights of Native Amertican students in the face of proposition 227 and other langauge-based referenda", Journal of Law and Education, Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 1-23, January, 1999

Experience

Adjunct Professor, Johnson & Wales University, 1997

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Law, Brigham Young University, 2000

Professional

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations, Brigham Young University, 1997
Executive Assistant to the President, Bryant University, 1995-1997

Languages

Aymara
Navajo
Spanish