This paper suggests that, based on certain rhetorical theories and on one instructor's experience, writing structures--both deep and surface--potentially serve three positive purposes: facilitation of thought, foundation for growth, and voice validation. The paper contends that the ultimate effect of these attributes is freedom. Concerns of some…

Most universities claim to own at least some faculty-created works. This paper explores ownership of faculty-created intellectual property by examining copyright cases that have touched on faculty ownership of their work, the teacher exception to the work-for-hire doctrine and its relationship to academic freedom, and university copyright…

This report maps the myriad American efforts to develop and support journalism around the globe with fellowships, exchanges, training, grants, loans, equipment, infrastructure, staff, conferences and other means. This study, commissioned in the fall of 2001 by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, tries to identify where money was spent and…

Highlights a recently reported national survey of what young Americans (ages 9-35) know and understand about their constitutional rights, the political process, the role of government and basic democratic principles. Findings indicate that many Americans are unfamiliar with the political functionings of the country or their rights guaranteed under…

Discusses the case law dealing with students' rights to prepare and distribute nonschool and school sponsored written materials, i.e., "underground" and official newspapers. (JF)

Discusses 10 cases of nonreappointment of faculty at colleges and universities in the United States. (PG)

Five articles by newsmen who have been jailed for refusing to answer questions regarding news sources are given. Each article describes the circumstances of these confrontations between individual freedoms and state laws. (KM)

Author feels that educators should work to oppose censorship or at the very least work to assure that any textbooks or curriculum changes are, as much as possible, in accord with sound learning theory and teaching method. (GB)

The procedure for selecting books for literature courses in the student-centered curriculum of Rochester, Michigan, public schools consists of ten primary steps. (SJ)

The in loco parentis concept conflicts directly with the intellectual freedom concept, which provides for free choice, regardless of age, in matters concerning the mind. This basic conflict has reached new proportions in recent years because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition of youths' rights in the First Amendment area. (4 references)…

Comparison of the cases of H. Bruce Franklin, a professor relieved of his duties at Stanford University because of his political actions, and Ernest Mandell, a professor at the Free University of Berlin who was denied appointment on the grounds of his political activities. (HS)

Author compares today's colleges with psychiatric hospitals. (HS)