The study compares the background and characteristics of administrators and faculty, and their perceptions of what the goals of the university are, what they should be, and what persons or groups are in positions of real power. An attempt was also made to ascertain how the global characteristics and power structure of the university are related to…

This statement of student rights summarizes Monterey Peninsula College policy regarding classroom conduct, student records, student affairs, off-campus freedom, and discipline procedures. It was adapted from the text of the "Joint Statement on Student Rights, Freedom." The types of misconduct for which students are subject to college…

Data on entering freshmen at 358 institutions of higher education including the University of South Carolina (USC), were obtained in the fall of 1968 on a questionnaire prepared by the American Council on Education. This report, the third in a series drawn from analyses of these data, focuses on what USC freshmen consider as the major influences…

To undertake a comprehensive study and review of educational programs at Stanford University, President Sterling in 1967 appointed the Steering Committee for the Study of Education at Stanford. This report, the first of a series of 10 to be issued by the Committee, discusses the background, premises, and purposes of the study. Later reports will…

As public use of school facilities increases, legal questions concerning their use can also be expected to increase. Such increases in litigation are most likely to involve the constitutional rights of students to use school facilities. Anticipating this increase, this paper reviews some cases dealing with constitutional issues of freedom of…

This book explores the effect of the mass media on individual and social consciousness and discusses how the present conflicts evident in the media reflect new values needed for the future. The opening chapters deal with the amount and kind of information emanating from the mass media ("The World Ends Tommorrow, Details After This Message"), the…

Presented in this booklet are (1) a question and answer article regarding the June 1973 U. S. Supreme Court decision to change the First Amendment Law concerning works with sexual content; (2) a memorandum from the vice-president and president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA) regarding the Supreme Court obscenity decisions of June…

This three part volume surveys the history and present state of the conflict between the public's right to know and other, often conflicting, goals of government and society. The first part, containing an introduction by Senator Sam Ervin, deals with the evolution of the concept of free expression and the present condition of newspapers and other…

The selected annotations in this bibliography were compiled from articles in college and university law reviews and journals, other specialized law journals and from educational journals and periodicals. Topics covered include student discipline, academic freedom, faculty tenure, political speakers, collective bargaining, student rights, financial…

This book is a collection of syllabi, attitude surveys, and essays relating to free-speech issues, compiled by the Committee on Freedom of Seech of the Speech Communication Association. The collection begins with a rationale for the inclusion of a course on free speech in the college curriculum. Three syllabi with bibliographies present guides for…

Since the "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan" decision in 1964, courts have debated the degrees of protection from defamation that should be offered to individuals and the concomitant degree of freedom that the press should have to report on matters of public concern. Most recently, the Supreme Court has attempted to balance these competing…

Reviews Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding right of school boards to adopt "reasonable" regulations governing teacher dress or hairstyle. Case offers the most exhaustive judicial examination of the issue to date. (Author/PKP)

The effects on universities of different kinds of accountability mechanisms are examined, and ways are suggested in which higher education institutions can discharge their obligations to society while preserving their intellectual and fiscal integrity. (Author/LBH)

A university philosophy department chairman considers some of the elements of the faculty union movement and argues that the autonomy ("the rule of autonomous reason") of the professoriate is necessary to avoid a greater loss of academic freedom than collective bargaining might gain. (MF)

This paper addresses the following two questions: (1) What historical events led to the conflict between the Chinatown community and the larger political system? and (2) What caused the creation and demise of this separate school system? (Author/AM)