This article addresses the thorny question of military discipline vs. academic freedom, demonstrating that the military academy is the perfect proving ground if you want to test the value of academic freedom. The authors, who are also Air Force officers, embarked on a two-year quest to determine what place academic freedom has at a military…

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 has brought faculty lower tax rates, but they have lost many tax deductions to which they were accustomed. The impact on higher education, the 80% limitation for meals and entertainment, travel, and the 2% adjusted gross income (AGI) floor for miscellaneous itemized deductions are discussed. (MLW)

Changes in fund raising because of the implementation of the 1986 Tax Reform Act are discussed. The impact on individual and corporate donors is described. Universities and colleges must increase their efforts on the state level to assure themselves a fair share of any windfall revenues and bond-issuance authority. (MLW)

Past restrictions on his travel in the United States after the author was classified an "undesirable alien" under the provisions of the McCarran-Walter Act are described. (Author/MLW)

Serving the public interest is the basis for most state open meeting laws (sunshine laws). To education administrators, the public interest lies in allowing public officials freedom to make decisions according to procedures they determine best meet the needs of their institutions. The conflict among viewpoints is discussed. (MLW)

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made changes with negative implications for scholarships, fellowships, and grants for study or research. The Act also affects three fringe benefits available to academics: tuition remission plans, educational assistance plans, and the provision of faculty housing for no rent or a nominal rent. (MLW)

Copyright branch of American law is summarized and two copyright issues of interest to academics are discussed. Ownership of copyright in works produced in the university and what "fair uses" of copyrighted works may be made by teacher-scholars are discussed. The Salinger v. Random House, Inc. case is described. (MLW)

Catholic colleges and universities are seen as not Catholic institutions but American institutions of higher learning legally chartered to purvey first-rate education to American citizens. They are subsidized by the federal government and are also philosophically committed to the exploration of the Judeo-Christian-Catholic religious traditions.…

The potential impact of the new nondiscrimination requirements of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 in faculty pension plans is devastating for faculty. The faculty's pension program's ability to survive in a form that serves the mutual interests of both faculty and institution is now in question. (MLW)

Four issues of interest in the AAUP Office of Staff Counsel are examined including the First Amendment and "Matters of Public Concern," the Supreme Court's latest ruling on affirmative action, collective bargaining in church-related institutions, and faculty liability for institutional attorney fees. (MLW)

The effects of government restraints on the process of free interaction between scientists is discussed. The careless application of export control laws to the transfer of information is described. Applicable statutes include: the Atomic Energy Act, the Invention Secrecy Act, the Arms Export Control Act, etc. (MLW)

Erotica (love or a creative principle) and thanatica (death or a destructive principle), two sexually explicit forms of speech, are discussed in the context of fighting pornography in the courts. Antipornographers are urged to reexamine their political alliances, legal theories, and philosophical assumptions. (MLW)

The practice of excluding aliens because of their beliefs, political utterances, or party affiliations is discussed. The historical use of immigration law to stifle dissent is described, along with a bill that would repeal the ideological exclusion provisions of the McCarran-Walter Act. (MLW)