Argues that while the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 appears to reverse the "Zurcher v. Stanford Daily" decision, loopholes may permit some newsroom searches. (FL)

Reading habits as private or public affairs are discussed in this essay concerning the application of the right of privacy to library circulation records. Several related court cases and library exemptions granted by state legislatures in 17 states are noted. Twenty-six references are cited. (EJS)

This essay discusses the Moral Majority's tactics, political goals, and textbook and reading material viewpoints with regard to their effect on public and school libraries. Twelve references are provided. (EJS)

A group of higher educators is beginning to assume their intellect grants them moral superiority in political controversies. At Franklin and Marshall College, these educators attempted to prevent Ambassador Jeane Kirpatrick from receiving an honorary degree. (AM)

Presents annotations of 21 documents in the ERIC system on the following subjects: (1) theory of freedom of speech; (2) theorists; (3) research on freedom of speech; (4) broadcasting and freedom of speech; and (5) international questions of freedom of speech. (PD)

The government of West Germany has interfered with academic freedom in a limited number of cases. The practice of checking political profiles of university appointees is being abandoned. The real dangers to academic freedom are to be found within the academic community. (AM)

Discusses the Unesco Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials (the Florence Agreement), enacted in 1953, which facilitates the free flow of information among countries and cultures. (FL)

Describes some of the problems high school journalists face and suggests a series of safeguards that can be built into a system composed of a policy statement, a publications board, and an appeals process. (JL)

Relates Fred Friendly's thoughts about First Amendment rights and responsibilities and his book, "Minnesota Rag," which examines the First Amendment against the backdrop of the "Near v. Minnesota" case. (HOD)

Notes that although it has been cited in numerous cases, state and federal courts have been reluctant to adopt the neutral reporting doctrine since its announcement in 1977. (FL)

Explores complexities of book controversies in Canadian schools. Canada lacks clear guidelines for addressing issues of schools and religion and an authoritative codification of fundamental human rights; thus Canadians fighting censorship must do so ad hoc. (WD)

An informal survey of university editors on the question of whether they have editorial freedom--within their own definitions--is described. They were asked whether they had complete editorial freedom, how extensive pressures were from constituents, and what protection they had if their editorial freedom were threatened. (MLW)

The freedoms guaranteed to citizens by the U.S. Constitution have encouraged creativity, untrammeled thought, communication, and experimentation. Freedom has also contributed to many developments in science, technology, the arts, and human relations. (Author/GC)

Reports the experience of a faculty journalism adviser who was dismissed from his position because of a controversial editorial that appeared in the high school newspaper. (RL)

Explores the lack of political participation by Canadian university professors in the 1960s and 1970s. The experiences of academics who belonged to the League for Social Reconstruction, the first organization of left- wing intellectuals in Canadian history, are used as the chief means of illustrating and analyzing the state of affairs in Canadian…