The pressures of women's liberation groups for revised rules of evidence in rape cases may swing the pendulum to a position of injustice to the accused. (Editor)

In this article author explored our freedoms and with hypothetical cases illustrated how the freedoms can be granted or denied based on an interpretation of the Bill of Rights. (Author/RK)

On January 22, 1974, the South Dakota State Board of Education, after a year's study and deliberation, adopted a resolution defining the nimimal standards for procedural due process guaranteed a public school student when he is suspended or expelled from school. Under the resolution the due process procedure adopted by each school district must…

This booklet was developed to assist education agencies and institutions in ensuring compliance with Title 9 of the Education Amendments of 1972. The elimination of sex discrimination in policies and practices relating to the admission and treatment of students and the operation of student programs is one of the requirements of Title 9. The…

Reviews a federal court ruling in Florida stating that minimum competency tests must be fair--that is, they must cover material that has actually been taught. Unfair tests used to determine eligibility for graduation violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (Author/WD)

Student and teacher materials are included in this book on Minnesota laws which directly affect the lives of high school students. The laws are grouped into six broad categories insofar as they are related to major areas of a student's life, i.e., civil law, home, school, marriage, the criminal justice system, and alcohol and drug laws. After…

Discusses and describes the development of academic grievance procedures at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, to provide a formal mechanism within the educational institution to ensure that students' rights are not abridged. Presents procedural stages, the hearing, deliberation phase, rehearing and appeals, and the ombudsman role. (MF)