This paper has several interrelated themes: (1) broad intellectual freedom is basic to the cultural advancement of society; (2) academic freedom is an essential ingredient of academic excellence; and (3) public philanthropy is the foundation of intellectual and academic freedom. (Author/PG)

Discussion of means to ensure freedom of expression by college students. Areas of expression noted are student newspapers, lectures by off-campus speakers, freedom to assemble peaceably and freedom to associate. (EK)

Tells how Geroges Clemenceau, once a journalist, was seen as a main advocate of censorship while representing France in peace negotiations to end World War I. (RB)

Part one of this report describes a serious political restraint on communication regarding government affairs: Executive Order 11652, which provides for the classification and declassification of national security information. Although this order was originally intended to guard against "unauthorized disclosure (which) could reasonably be…

Discusses practical resources available to high school administrators, teachers, and students through the ERIC system concerning freedom of speech for students involved with school-sponsored publications. (Author)

Discusses the school policy of one high school that requires prior approval from the building principal or a designated staff member before student publications may be printed and distributed. (RB)

Describes the steps taken by the University of Southern Mississippi in a recent confrontation with the local district attorney over the contents of a story appearing in the student newspaper. (RB)

COMMITTEE A ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS INVESTIGATED THE CASE OF THE DISMISSAL OF A DEPARTMENT HEAD IN HIS NINTH YEAR IN SUCH A POSITION. THE COMMITTEE FOUND THAT THE STATED REASONS FOR HIS TERMINATION, WHICH WERE RELATED TO HIS REMOVAL AS DEPARTMENT HEAD, WERE INSUFFICIENT AND THAT THE…

The right of privacy versus the public's right to know as protected by the First Amendment is discussed in this paper. A formula is suggested based on Alexander Meiklejohn's interpretation that information about any individual, either a public official or a private person, would be protected as part of the public domain of knowledge if it is…

This discussion summarizes the general principles that may be applied in determining the limits of free expression and proposes new criteria based on libertarian values. Among the general principles summarized are the bad-tendency test, the clear-and-present-danger test, the balancing test, the incitement test, and the hypothetical absolute test.…