Enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 acknowledged a history of sex discrimination and sought to redress its impact in the educational sphere. The 1978 HEW proposed policy interpretation, designed to provide guidance to higher education institutions in complying with Title IX and athletic regulations, is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Announces the final rules published by the Environmental Protection Agency requiring that generators, transporters, and disposers of hazardous wastes report exactly where the wastes will be taken. (Author/SA)

The first of several installments that address the complex issues and questions related to implementation of the requirement that persons should have equal educational opportunity despite handicap. (Author)

Too much legislation and government regulation, combined with the tendency of some trustees to put other goals ahead of their institution's best interests, threaten to significantly erode the power of governing boards of institutions of higher education. (Author/JMD)

The president of the University of Georgia, Athens, discusses the legislative history of Title IX and HEW's investigation of his school's athletic programs. He considers this as part of the trend toward increasing federal control of higher education. (SJL)

Examines the changing realities that require new policies to promote the First Amendment, to evaluate existing government programs designed to promote the First Amendment, and to propose affirmative actions designed to protect First Amendment values. Available from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA 95817; reprint…

Because freely accessible resources allow searching without the constraints of costs for connect times, the Internet resources profiled in this article are intended for browsing. Includes references for some valuable patent information but not for extensive patent searching. (AEF)

Educators today have access to technologies that provide both new information sources and new methods of copying, adapting, and transporting information into the classroom. The purpose of this article is to help educators properly interpret and apply copyright law to the use of video as an instructional tool. (38 footnotes) (MLF)

Reviews the case law that has developed in litigating the rights of parents and students who have either been denied access to student records or whose records have been released in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Considers some implications under FERPA for educational institutions involving issues of both…

A survey of 500 large colleges and universities shows campus drug arrests rose 18% in 1995, the fourth consecutive year with a double-digit increase. Alcohol arrests increased 1%, and forcible-sex offenses increased 2%. Other crimes dropped, in line with national trends. Colleges receiving federal funds are required to report crime statistics, but…

Data from the National Organizations Study corroborated prior research showing strong negative effects on earnings in female-dominated occupations. Neither government regulation, firm size, nor formalized job policies and structures mediated this earnings penalty. (SK)

This parable is presented in the form of news items and excerpts from jury testimonies in three fictional malpractice suits against physicians and adult care workers in group homes. Key issues at stake are the roles of Interdisciplinary Treatment Teams and Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded regulations. (PB)

Examines the historic and continuing conflict between academic freedom and national security. Topics discussed include regulation and enforcement, restricted technologies, international committees, statutes, Executive Orders, and the Corson Report on scientific communication and national security. A list of recent events in which academic…

The first article discusses issues relating to copyrights in America, including domestic and international organizations formed to protect copyrights, court litigation, international piracy, responsibility toward developing nations, and information technology. The second and third articles describe the Berne Convention for the Protection of…

The background, content, and implications for the practitioner of the National Labor Relations Board's rule on appropriate bargaining units in the health care industry are discussed. (MSE)