Questions and answers are given concerning the role of government regulation in telecommunications. (KM)

The function of education is to affirm the promise of human life, not to improve managerial efficiency. (Author/MF)

Academic freedom has come to represent a rallying cry for at least four conflicting sectors of the university community and in the process the concept for which it stands has been rendered increasingly powerless. (Editor/CB)

The director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom discusses recent developments in the children's rights area and restates the ALA stand on intellectual freedom. (SP)

Librarians of our time have unilaterally broken the covenant that existed between the community and the library. In the name of intellectual freedom we defend materials that perpetuate attitudes that hinder the growth of individuals who are intellectually free. (14 references) (Author)

Colleges and universities must be free from outside controls if they are to accomplish their educational purposes. (HS)

Report of the investigatory committee of the American Association of University Professors on the dismissal of sixteen faculty members from the Indiana Institute of Technology in March 1969. (PD)

The question of legal versus moral tenure is examined in a study of state universities and land-grant colleges. (Editor)

Describes the conflict between the University of Texas student newspaper and the former Chairman of the Board of Regents. (HS)

A brief account of laws put on the books of the federal government by Congress concerning censorship and the creation of a National Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. (NH)

Review of the events and summary of the findings in the case of Dr. William Wickersham, in which the Columbia College Board of Trustees disapproved Professor Wickersham's appointment. (HS)

At this Midwinter, the Intellectual Freedom Committee confronted a number of threatening apparitions--both past and present, facing them with strong resolve and bringing in the most decidedly affirmative action" of an otherwise refer-and-postpone week. (Author)

Describes the retirement practices of a large number of institutions of higher education and examines twelve Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association plans which have flexible-age provisions. (Editor)

Provides an analysis of Supreme Court votes on 47 press-related cases showing that they form a scalable universe that is unidimensional. Suggests that that dimension is political predisposition. (FL)