Arizona State philosophy professor Morris Starsky continues court battles for reinstatement to his position lost in 1970 when the state board of regents terminated his teaching contract following his involvement in various campus political protests. The author traces events before and since the dismissal. (JT)

Presents the concerns and ideological agenda of Accuracy in Academia (AIA). Argues that there is a real threat that professors' rights to textbook selection are endangered by such groups. (MS)

Presents a brief overview of both the common law and constitutional privileges protecting the expression of opinion. Notes that, although the case of "Ollman v. Evans" provides a four-factor test to make the fact-opinion distinction, ambiguity is still evident in many cases. (MM)

"Accuracy in Academia" (AIA) is a new lobby organized for recruiting student volunteers to monitor university courses and expose anti-American teaching. Hard science and journalism courses will be omitted from scrutiny with emphasis on political science, economics, history, and sociology courses. University groups feel that AIA's tactics threaten…

Contends that organizations such as the ACLU ignore basic structural features of the U.S. public schools and make incorrect assumptions about the nature of values and religion in arguing against recent censorship efforts, thereby promoting secular humanism at the expense of other religious beliefs and strengthening the censorship role of the…

The author discusses what he sees as a decline of democratic values caused by the dominance of cultural relativism in the teaching of social studies for the last 50 years. (SK)

Argues that an April 20, 1983, United States Supreme Court decision upholding the discharge of a former New Orleans assistant district attorney may have negative consequences for the free speech rights of public employees, including teachers. (JBM)

Nine faculty associations in Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States have approved the preliminary draft of an International Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure. The statement was developed in response to "existing and potential threats to higher education and to principles which are fundamental to the…

Discusses an incident in Drake, North Dakota where the school board banned certain books an English teacher had requisitioned and burned the books. (GB)

The author presents evidence that indicates that what is perceived as an erosion of academic freedom is not imagined, but that this threat comes from within the university rather than from without. (Author/PG)

Reviews the case of Michael L. Bottino who was denied reappointment without justifiable reason. (HS)

Discusses the effect of the Warren Court's rejection of the theory that public employment, which may be denied altogether, may be subjected to any conditions, regardless of how unreasonable; and the effect this rejection has had on the development of the constitutional rights of teachers. (JF)

Discusses political correctness (PC) on the college campus. Argues that what objective evidence exists suggests that PC does not pose an imminent threat to the academy or to society as a whole. Suggests that political correctness is mostly hyperbole and that both the left and the right play a significant role in regard to PC. (PA)

Current efforts to place new limits on freedom of expression on campuses, however well intentioned, are incompatible with the mission and meaning of a university and send exactly the wrong message from academia to society. Universities should exhibit more, not less, freedom of expression than prevails in society at large. (MSE)