Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Thro, William E.
(2026)
"Distrust Requires Due Process: Goss v. Lopez and Public Higher Education,"
University of Dayton Law Review: Vol. 51:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udlr/vol51/iss3/3
Publication Date
7-7-2026
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Comments
William E. Thro: B.A. (1986), Hanover College; M.A. (1988), the University of Melbourne; J.D. (1990), the University of Virginia. General Counsel of the University of Kentucky, former Solicitor General of Virginia, Chair of the Association of Public & Land Grant Universities Council on Legal Affairs, and past President of both the Education Law Association and the National Education Finance Academy. Mr. Thro, a Fellow of both the National Association of College and University Attorneys and the National Education Finance Academy, is the recipient of both Stetson University’s Kaplin Award for Higher Education Law & Policy Scholarship and the Education Law Association’s McGhehey Award for contributions to education law. This Article is adapted from Mr. Thro’s presentation to the University of Dayton School of Law’s Education Law Symposium: Goss V. Lopez at Fifty, on October 11, 2025. Mr. Thro writes in his personal capacity, and his views do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Kentucky. Mr. Thro thanks Professor Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, who jointly developed the idea of the American Proposition with him. Mr. Thro also thanks Linda Speakman for her editorial assistance.