Asserts that Martin Michaelson's proposal in "Should Untenured as Well as Tenured Faculty Be Guaranteed Academic Freedom? A Few Observations," despite its good intentions, is seriously flawed and if adopted in preference to existing standards will weaken rather than strengthen academic freedom. (EV)

Responds to the articles in the issue's Academic Freedom and Responsibility Symposium by Robert M. O'Neil, J. Peter Byrne, and Richard T. De George, including critiques of the author's proposed "Academic Freedom Policy and Procedures." Concludes that academic freedom can only thrive when it is subject to rigorous analysis by many scholars. (EV)

Discusses Internet access in public libraries, filters, censorship issues, First Amendment rights, and intellectual freedom. Suggests that the Internet is a resource, and that the level of library service is dependent on what it can afford to provide, consistent with its mandate to serve the community's information needs. (Author/LRW)

Argues that using mandatory fees to fund political speech violates college students' rights if they object to that speech. Cases from two states highlight arguments on both sides of this question. Rejects the Supreme Court's decision upholding such fees, arguing that forced contributions to political groups violates the First Amendment and the…

This article uses excerpts from Jean-Paul Sartre to examine the meaning of being human and also what it means to be free as a human being. It discusses how Sartre's thoughts on freedom and responsibilities may be usefully applied in science and social studies instruction for gifted students. (CR)

States that the pervasive atmosphere of distrust and hostility toward the professional press is just as "virulent" with the scholastic press. Argues that today's student journalists need and deserve the same rights and protections as their professional counterparts. States that the First Amendment is the country's first liberty. (PA)

Shows how to go about accessing the plethora of material on the Internet about First Amendment rights, both text and video based. (TB)

Reviews the most important cases in 1998 involving First Amendment rights in higher education. Notwithstanding the importance of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the mandatory student activity fees case, the issue with the most lasting importance is likely to be that of the regulation of Internet speech by colleges and universities. (SLD)

Refers to Ernest Boyer' work, Campus Life: In Search of Community, to discuss six principles of building campus community. Boyer's principles guide community building initiatives on a campus-wide level. This paper highlights the six principles, which emphasize the creation of a purposeful, just, open, disciplined, caring, and celebrative…

Discusses a 1998 article on the effects of child sexual abuse, which created considerable controversy in the media, conservative organizations, and Congress. The incident raises questions about authors' responsibilities in reporting controversial findings, academic and scientific freedom, the American Psychological Association's role in disabusing…

Discusses how Johns Hopkins University Press agreed to publish a dissertation on Bryn Mawr School, a top private academy for girls--until school officials complained. (EV)

Takes a transtheoretical approach using ideas from cognitive behavioral, existential, Gestalt, psychodynamic, and multicultural therapies to describe both new and established strategies for relationships building with defiant youth. Arranges strategies in three categories: reaching, accepting, and relating. Suggestions for counselors when working…

Reports that adjunct faculty, which accounts for half the professoriate, does not have academic freedom and can lose jobs for such usually protected activities as teaching controversial material, fighting grade changes, or organizing unions. Accounts of such activities are offered from Jefferson Community College (Kentucky), Chestnut Hill College…

The recent "Urofsky v. Gilmore" decision considerably narrows the scope of academic freedom by rejecting arguments that faculty members in public colleges and universities have a constitutional right to academic freedom. In "Urofsky" the court ruled that professors do not have a constitutional right to view sexually explicit material on computers…

Discusses the status of human-rights education in Hong Kong, including efforts to implement the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education. Calls for focus on human rights as part of efforts to reform the education curriculum in Hong Kong. (Contains 37 references.) (PKP)