Presents the case justifying U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO. Discusses the range of support for this action among U.S. groups of various political orientations and other Western nations, the lack of any attempt at reform at UNESCO during the one-year waiting period before finalization of withdrawal, and circumstances under which the United States…

Discusses "private censorship" as it relates to car dealers and television advertising. Defines "private censorship" as that which occurs when a broadcaster suppresses or alters a news story that affects commercial clients (advertisers). Makes recommendations for a freer press. (JOW)

Provides school administrators and school districts without clearly defined policies for handling censorship cases with 10 steps by which to deal with such cases. Details how censorship cases should be dealt with by school boards and administrators. (HB)

Recounts the experiences of a former middle school English department head during a heated battle concerning the censorship of reading materials within the department. Critiques the conventional wisdom regarding cases of censorship, and provides tips for dealing with the issue. (HB)

Despite de Beauvoir's language of bifurcations in her writings, she actually initiates a process of deconstructing Cartesian distinctions between the individual and society, past and present, present and future, means and ends, and ethics and freedom. The paper reconceptualizes her book, "The Ethics of Ambiguity," proposing a movement…

This essay examines the origins of academic freedom in the nation's higher education institutions and explores the current debate about academic freedom. It suggests that postmodernist thinking that questions the existence of any truth may be a threat to the academic freedom valued by the professoriate, who are described as a "quarrel of…

Describes the American Library Association (ALA) Convention in New Orleans from a teen's perspective, particularly the Intellectual Freedom Teen Panel. Topics include barriers to information, including Internet filters; censoring and the First Amendment; and general impressions of the convention, including meeting authors. Sidebar includes notes…

Considers attacks on the Newbery Award-winning "Bridge to Terabithia" and the implications of those attacks for adolescent literature. (RS)

Asserts that there are ways in which the religious commitments of colleges and universities can and do serve their academic aspirations: through providing a framework for integration of knowledge and a foundation for a spirit of truth-seeking and free inquiry. (EV)

Addresses the relationship of technology, power, and liberty during the formative years of the United States. Discusses the values associated with technology use and the dangers that technological illiteracy poses to freedom as dependence on technology increases. (SK)

Explores the educational role of the campus newspaper as an open forum for ideas and opinions from diverse sources and its legal restraints and responsibilities in so doing, as reflected in a review of recent court cases related to the issue. (RS)

Claims poststructuralism offers vocabularies and arguments that might help administrators analyze academic practices. Argues the theory (1) offers a critique of faith in immutable truths that is usefully remembered in practicing administration; (2) provides an important reminder of the waywardness of language; and (3) is useful in its…

Discusses 10 cases of censorship that have affected the author personally as a student and as an educator. (RS)

Presents an edited letter to an archbishop from a professor resisting the mandating process for Catholic professors outlined in the church's "Ex Corde Ecclesiae." The letter offers an analysis of theological and legal flaws in the guidelines. (EV)

Discusses how Sami Al-Arian, of the University of South Florida, may become the first tenured professor to lose his job for his views in the aftermath of September 11. Many faculty members say academic freedom will take a beating. (EV)