Discusses facts concerning the M.L. Michael Kay case, a professor released from duty because of his political beliefs and actions. (HS)

Four arguments against tenure: it works against the interests of nontenured faculty; it retards the academic quality of an institution; it inhibits rather than preserves academic freedom; it generates conflict by dividing the faculty. (HS)

Glimpse of several Supreme Court Cases concerned with obscenity laws. (NH)

In South Africa today there is a complex structure of laws and regulations which impose a variety of restrictions on individual liberties including the freedom to publish and read literary material. The successive steps by which this state of affairs has been reached are briefly described. (NH)

Students were given the opportunity to learn self motivation or fail in a secondary English class. Twelve out of 225 failed academically, but felt they had gained more self-knowledge. (AF)

Spirit of place educates more than any of the separate parts of the college environment. (Editor)

The issue of intellectual freedom as it came up at various meetings during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting (Chicago, January 18-24, 1970). (JB)

Points out that Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan's invocation of A. Meiklejohn's theory in the case of the "New York Times v. Sullivan" has turned out to be largely in vain as a means of protecting "cherished values encased in the First Amendment." (FL)

Provides a rationale for private sector free speech. Reviews federal cases dealing with free speech in private organizations and assesses the chances of future free speech expansion via state action. Concludes that legislation and not the Constitution is the most viable means of obtaining free speech in the private organization. (PD)