This article presents 11 concrete policy guidelines to help school districts avoid some of the most common problems associated with the implementation of minimal competency testing. (Author/SJL)

Surveys empirical research with regard to cohabitation. The major consequences of cohabitation are identified for five groups: (1) never-married cohabiting couples; (2) children of cohabitants; (3) society; (4) previously married cohabitating couples; and (5) elderly cohabitants. Current legal trends are also discussed and recommendations for…

Judicial institutions are shown not to believe that the NCAA and the various regional conferences administering school-related sports have unlimited discretion to regulate. Some of the antitrust issues in the regulation of college sports are explored, along with some of the concerns facing the NCAA, regional conferences, and individual schools.…

The article analyzes the proposed Maine Settlement. It also looks at a viable alternative to the settlement based on the premise that Indian tribes can survive only as nations, not as state municipalities or United States landowners. (Author/SB)

The following legal issues were chosen to illustrate the issues presently before the courts: those surrounding White flight and the proper extent of remedial desegregation, the neighborhood school, new definitions of equal educational opportunity, and the treatment of Hispanics. (Author/IRT)

The authors answer questions regarding due process procedures, particularly in relation to P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (SBH)

Studies Miami University's adaptation to demands of federal mandate Title IX concerning anti-discrimination in higher education. The gatekeeping process deals with subtle organizational changes and has implications on equity in higher education. Demands on policy systems can be filtered in intital adaptation, interpreted as adaptation to external…

Two theories of hospital liability--respondeat superior and corporate negligence and the legal intricacies of the physician-hospital-patient relationship--that affect hospital liability are examined. The impact of Darling vs Charleston Memorial Hospital as a medicolegal precedent is emphasized. (BH)

Discussed are the conflict-of-interest provisions of the Federal Ethics in Government Act of 1978 that limit the activities of high level officials after they leave government service. Designed to deal with officials with inside information who return to private positions of influence, the law's brovisions are seen as much too broad. (JMP)

Examines the salient arguments posited by the pro-BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and pro-RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) sides during Ireland's second television channel debate and ultimate decision. (Author/GT)

The licensing for public performance of copyrighted musical compositions by a performing rights society to the television industry is examined. Focus is on the antitrust problems of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the most recent litigation, CBS vs ASCAP. (JMD)

Examining the legal and quasi-legal constraints which nontraditional programs, particularly experiential programs, must face if they wish to attain or maintain visibility, this article points to the need for recognition and monitoring of relationships among various legitimizing agencies and suggests the implications of these relationships for…

Michael T. Rose's book, "A Prayer for Relief," examines the due process standards pertinent to the adjudication of student offenses at military academies. This article discusses the issues raised by Rose and concludes that many of his criticisms and suggestions for reform are still viable and worthy of serious attention. (LBH)

The concept of symbolic speech emanates from the 1967 case of United States v. O'Brien. These discussions of flag desecration, grooming and dress codes, nude entertainment, buttons and badges, and musical expression show that the courts place symbolic speech in different strata from verbal communication. (LBH)

Discusses the Privacy Act of 1974, noting that it "establishes minimal standards for the protection of individual privacy. By contrast, educational researchers and the social science community generally have a far more restrictive attitude toward the protection of individually identifiable data pertaining to research subjects."…