A content analysis of pretrial crime news stories in a national probability sample of newspapers found a rate of violation of American Bar Association guidelines of 1.13 per story, with violations occurring in 67.7 percent of the stories. (Author/GT)

The role of industry in the planning and management of research is discussed. It is suggested that university research should be ahead of industry and industry should not try to influence academic programs in the basic sciences. (Author/SF)

An analysis of the coverage by ten newspapers of 20 United States Supreme Court decisions concerning freedom of the press and 20 decisions concerning freedom of speech revealed that the newspapers gave significantly greater coverage to the press decisions. (GT)

Presents a survey of academic freedom indicators which helps clarify five areas to consider in establishing an academic freedom policy: instruction, curriculum, controversy, outside speakers, and student publications. Ways of dealing with censorship are suggested. Available from: Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies, P.O. Box 6637,…

Firing, censorship, sexism--understand the contracts and laws that affect you. (Editor)

Recent court decisions have diminished First Amendment protection by rejecting the appropriateness of the "New York Times" doctrine regarding privacy and private and public citizens. (KS)

The Grolier Award honors librarians who make unusual contributions "to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people." An interview with the 1997 winner covers client trust, special literature programs, sharing versus testing, parental involvement, gender differences in reading, library environment, librarian as…

The availability of objectionable material on the Internet creates a conflict between the rights of computer users and universities. This article examines free speech and censorship; highlights responses by Carnegie Mellon University, University of Oklahoma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of Pittsburgh; and proposes a…

Discusses whether public college and university faculty have the right to choose the textbooks for their courses or whether the choice can be dictated by administrative decree. Concludes that tenured professors should have an absolute right to choose the texts for their courses, as long as the text assists in fulfilling the stated institutional…

Examines four postmodern forms of thought that are posing fundamental challenges to modern assumptions about knowledge; all reject absolute foundations of knowledge, which are rooted in the notion that legitimate intellectual activity is the discipline-based pursuit of knowledge of entities that exist before and independent of inquiry. Offers a…

Since World War II, American higher education has cultivated a culture of skepticism and detachment rather than one of affirmation, and that the current sense of crisis in America is due more to the perception that we have developed than to objective reality. Paralleling this is an unprecedented capacity for thinking, communicating, and changing,…

Discusses the impact of a report on tenure and academic freedom at medical schools by the American Association of University Professors' special Subcommittee on Medical Schools. The report calls for adequate faculty consultation, consistency with general academic standards, and scrupulous observance of fairness and due process in regard to tenure…

Reviews legislation and regulations affecting libraries and the publishing industry, including the Museum and Library Services Act; Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI); copyright; access to electronic government information; telecommunications and technology; electronic surveillance and privacy, including the USA Patriot Act;…

Analyzes federal case involving suspension of New Jersey high school student for wearing a T-shirt listing top 10 reasons for being a "redneck" in violation of district's racial harassment policy. Court upheld the policy with a minor exception, but ruled its application to the student's "redneck" T-shirt violated his First…

Summarizes some of 2001's more interesting and important court cases regarding disciplinary and academic decisions by higher education institutions, commenting on their effects on case law. (EV)