Reports findings and recommendations of the Special Review Board set up by the president of Purdue University to determine administration's legal responsibility as publisher and other questions arising from controversy between Senior Editorial Board and the Editor of the "Purdue Exponent. (PD)

Catalogs the evolution of the theory that the opportunity to attend college was a "privilege revocable at will by those in authority to the concept that college attendance is a "right of the student. Various court cases are cited which rule against the "privilege and in loco parentis doctrines and favor the idea that college attendance is a…

Students and faculty in freedom of speech classes are asked to evaluate the concept of the marketplace of ideas, articulated fifty years ago by Oliver Wendell Homes. (Editor/MB)

Concerned with the complexity and the inherent paradoxes of the idea of intellectual freedom as applied to young people of high school age (13 to 18 years). (NH)

A comparison of the educational institution in the Soviet Union and the pre-Vatican-II Catholic schools. (HS)

Argues that internal factors, resulting from the "manic sense of commitment" of some faculty and students, are as dangerous to universities' intellectual freedoms as external influences from society and controlling agencies. Emphasis on "relevance" may result in graduates having difficulty "recognizing new problems or developing new techniques."…

Discusses college student rights under the following headings: (1) First Amendment applications to outside speakers on campus at the request of student organizations, (2) extent of freedom of the student press, (3) disciplinary rule stringency, and (4) the application of State criminal statutes in campus disruption cases. (JF)

Social and political pressures prevent academic growth of this College and survival" seems the accepted status. (IR)

The advantages of centralized school systems are presented. (CK)

The prominent professor and author seeks to clarify when intervention should take place in preservation of academic freedom. (LN)

A preliminary activity helps students learn that there are situations that require restrictions on freedom of speech. Students are then asked to imagine themselves as members of a Library Selection Committee charged with reviewing library materials which will be purchased by their school for the next year. (RM)

Examines the background of and the issues raised by the Supreme Court case "Pico v Island Trees Union Free School District." Presents both the Court's majority opinion that a school board's authority to remove library books on ideological grounds is subject to constitutional limits and the views of dissenting justices. (MM)

Evaluates definitions of sexual harassment adopted by undergraduate institutions for use in grievance procedures and policy statements and analyzes their purpose, range, and effect. Explores ways of improving these definitions and suggests that a definition must be flexible and should reflect the victim's perspective. (Author/MJL)