In China, formal school groupings known as 'education collectives' have become one of the most common forms of school-to-school collaboration, promoted by policymakers to narrow the achievement gap between schools and optimise resource allocation. Previous research has focused on the purposes and achievements of education collectives rather than…

American public education, though historically rooted in Christian ideals, has long navigated tensions among denominational differences and, in modern times, secularism. The growing influence of Christian nationalism--a movement blending Protestant religious identity with political ideology--threatens this balance. Grounded in beliefs that the…

The confrontation techniques used by today's student protesters to bring about change have often proved damaging to higher education. (Editor)

This article presents the address delivered by Roger Bowen, American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) general secretary, last fall to the Coalition of Faculty Associations of Western New York. The AAUP's history could be rendered in a series of biographies about academic dissenters who dared to speak truth to power. His address centers…

This, the first of a series of three publications dealing with the junior college and the courts, summarizes 17 selected case decisions from 1929-70 relating to the authorization and control of the junior college. The cases, treated chronologically, involve private and public colleges. The legal aspects are complex and often in conflict, for the…

Abetted by the courts, the tide of anti-authoritarianism will not abate, and educators must devise strategies for dealing with it. Presents strategies consistent with the Madisonian concept of human rights. (Author)

Argues against government intervention in college and university governance to solve campus problems. Cites legal and other sources to support the position that the institutions, "in the preservation of its tradition and function, must be mater in its own household. (Author/WM)

The Yeshiva decision shows that several actions must be taken to clarify or resolve issues: several legal terms must be redefined, more comprehensive fact-finding is needed, and higher education collective bargaining must be better understood to distinguish faculty governance roles more clearly. (MSE)

As financial austerity and enrollment problems compel greater accountability from colleges and universities, administrators, and trustees are reasserting their former authority, students are forming lobbies, government agencies are increasing their controls, courts are influencing campus procedures, and faculties are joining unions. In this…

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's report on governance and institutional autonomy ("The Control of the Campus") is outlined, touching on issues in the government-college relationship, budgets and state and institutional prerogatives, litigation, anecdotal evidence of government interference, the schools' responsibilities,…

Governing and/or coordinating boards have specific legal authority to manage the affairs of the institutions within their areas of responsibility. Throughout the states, the specific powers of these boards are being tested constantly. However, in test after test, the courts hesitate to enter into the governing or coordinating affairs of the…

Two basic questions underlie school law battles: Who governs public education? What are the limits of the school board's power? Examples can be seen in litigation regarding questions such as State-local responsibility in school finance and assessment, the public release of district-wide test scores, the authority of arbitrators to make educational…

The attempted closing of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, a 110-year-old liberal arts college for women, is recounted. In 1978 the board of trustees voted to close the college and preserve remaining assets for other educational purposes. A movement evolved to save the college, and subsequent litigation resulted in rulings in May 1979 that: (1) two…

The 1973 court cases relating to school property continued a trend toward litigating constitutional issues. For instance, a larger number of cases dealt with the relationship between the location and construction of school buildings and school desegregation plans. This chapter reviews the status and development of case law relating to school…