This book addresses the legal problems faced by nonpublic schools. It is intended to help teachers and administrators recognize potential legal difficulties and to assist educators in developing preventive strategies to resolve problems before the legal system becomes involved. The text is divided into six chapters: (1) "Tort Liability";…

Attitude toward marijuana shifted from strongly negative to strongly positive as frequency of marijuana use increased. With frequency of use controlled, attitude toward marijuana was even more favorable when other drugs had been tried, and also among students who were religiously inactive. (Author)

Discusses the role legal services play in public health care delivery in disadvantaged communities in relation to such socio-medical problems as lead poisoning, child abuse, involuntary mental commitment, and housing code violations. Recommends a legal advocacy program to ensure adequate public health care. (Author/SF)

If intercollegiate athletics are to be recognized as a part of the educational program, they must receive their direction from educational purpose. Recruiting, admission, eligibility, status, conduct controls and disqualification of the student-athlete are discussed. (Author/PG)

Discusses the suit of an unsuccessful white applicant to a state university who discovers that black candidates with lower test scores and grades are being accepted for the entering class for which he has been rejected. His suit against the university alleges a denial of equal protection, contending he was denied admission because of his race.…

Discusses the fiscal burden of the property tax exemption and analyzes alternative responses to the problem. Suggests that subsidization of private universities through the property tax exemption should be accompanied by direct state payments to local governments that host educational institutions. (Author)

Financial support for The Campus Echo, a student publication at North Carolina Central University, was withheld following the circulation of the first issue advocating a strong segregationalist policy. The court held that justification had not been shown for the suspension of funds. (Author/PG)

In the past the durational residence requirement in colleges and universities has been subject to constitutional challenge under the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. The durational residence requirement in this case displays a further fourteenth amendment vulnerability--the contravention of procedural due process. (Author/PG)

Tells of a young man's experience in teaching. Despite social change and liberalized views, the public will not accept a rehabilitated drug addict as a teacher. (DS)

Study questions treatment services offered to children in trouble and suggests mental health services be specifically strengthened. Excerpted from Juvenile Justice Confounded: Pretensions and Realities of Treatment Services'' published in 1972 by National Council on Crime and Delinquency. (DS)

Pilot study compares characteristics of forty students who committed misdemeanors with a control group, in hopes that understanding them better will lead to more effective counseling practices. Chi-square analysis tables included. Study basis of paper presented at APGA, Detroit, 1968. (CJ)

From a paper presented at annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, December 27, 1969. (IR)