The purposes of the academic tenure system are examined, and an alternative system using two types of appointment, a permanent fellowship and a term contract, is proposed. Under this plan, all faculty would retain traditional rights, and retirement would be overriden by contracts. Institutions would also be given considerable flexibility. (MSE)

Current research-funding trends are not a threat to academic freedom in Canadian universities, as long as the universities carefully guard the institution of tenure. (CJB)

Innovative arrangements for collaboration between universities and industrial firms are discussed, and benefits for each sector are identified. Problems inherent in these relationships because academe's and industry's values and expectations differ significantly are described. (MLW)

Traces the public interest concept in libel to the time of "Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.," which supposedly rejected the concept, and beyond, demonstrating that the problem many free press advocates associate with the decision is really a consequence of the public interest test those same advocates cherish. (FL)

Outlines some of the threats to higher education and issues a series of challenges to counselors to take education off the firing line. Discusses verbal, programmatic, and budgetary attacks on education, the Solomon Amendment, and commitment to minorities. (JAC)

Explains control techniques used to limit the freedom of the scholastic press. (CRH)

The traditional values held by academicians concerning individual academic autonomy, authority, comparison among colleagues, and the source of policy are viewed from the perspective that the liberal ideal of autonomous rationality may ultimately undercut the effectiveness of the institution. (MSE)

Academic dentistry is experiencing financial austerity and must be able to reallocate its resources in order to provide the optimal level of service within a given budget. Dental college faculty will need to develop procedures and criteria for program restructuring that will increase educational flexibility and link budgeting with planning.…

Notes that the courts have specific sanctions under the "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" to ensure discovery in libel and invasion of privacy cases. Examines media-related cases in which courts have used these sanctions and relates them to nonmedia cases. (FL)

This statement includes discussion of such topics as social sciences and general studies requirements, screening candidates, professional study, conditions for teaching and learning, academic freedom, and inservice professional development. Includes a checklist for both elementary and secondary teachers on these subjects. (CS)

Materials selected for instruction should be concerned and sensitive to the self-concept of all children. (JH)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) on the legal status and role of the secondary level publications adviser. (Author)

A conceptual clarification of the constitutionally protected right of fair use, a resultant reformulation of some basic copyright law principles, and a contribution to the survival of the copyright system itself are discussed. (LBH)

With some reflections on the management culture of higher educational institutions in China, this paper presents that it is not adequate to make analyses of rules and regulations from the mere perspective of institutional economics to get rid of short-term, which can be accounted for on a deeper level by the absence of management culture in the…

In its empirical part this paper establishes a general weak understanding of the process of applying a mathematical model. This is also evident in the way teachers regard the application of alternative sharing in their own problem solving and in relating to children's answers. The theoretical part analyses problems that are considered as…