Two issues related to dental health policy are examined: the contribution of dental education to the process by which dental health policy is established, and the nature of dental education's response to established policies. (MLW)

Advisors to student-run publications should be professionals with knowledge of journalistic ethics. The author outlines responsibilities and concerns, pointing out that administrators need to treat journalism as a legitimate academic subject. (MD)

Some Jewish students at the University of Toronto protested its library's inclusion of certain books (which the students felt were anti-Semitic and not historically based) in its collection of Holocaust literature. The questions of academic freedom, and various ways to deal with the problem, are discussed. (CJB)

Reports that beliefs about truth and anxiety over the Cold War period shaped the art of political cartoonists of the 1950s. (FL)

Argues that by shunning university-industry cooperation in the name of academic freedom, academics may ensure the absence of that freedom--at least in the rapidly expanding area of rhetorical research and teaching. (HOD)

Reviews challenges facing Black professionals committed to further promoting civil rights. Focuses on the Federal government role, particularly regarding racial discrimination in employment. Warns against the acceptance of orthodoxies, and calls for new action and the exercising of intellectual freedom. (KH)

Threats to the freedom to teach and to learn are examined; what can be done to counter these threats is discussed. The threats or problems are of two kinds: (1) internal, i.e., self-censorship of professional educators; and (2) external pressure from individuals and groups outside the schools, e.g., book banning. (RM)

Discusses the legal issues involved in controlling student behavior. Indicates that school officials must establish compelling reasons for controls and establish fair procedures for implementing their actions. (JOW)

Describes how a high school newspaper adviser and his staff dealt with administrative censorship. (AEA)

A survey of Swedish newspaper editors reveals that there is still a willingness to criticize the government in the papers, even though they are supported by subsidies. Shows also that the subsidies have mostly benefited the low circulation papers and have encouraged waste. (FL)

The annual compilation for 1976 of the few unresolved cases involving serious departures from the standards for notice supported by AAUP is presented. Institutions involved are Hampton Institute in Virginia, Memphis State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Shelby State Community College in Tennessee. (LBH)

The promise charter schools hold for public school innovation and reform lies in an unprecedented combination of freedom and accountability. Underwritten with public funds but run independently, charter schools are free from a range of state laws and district policies stipulating what and how they teach, where they can spend their money, and who…

This collection of representative speeches delivered by public officials and other prominent persons contains addresses to both large and small organizations, given both on ceremonial occasions and on less formal occasions. The collection contains school commencement addresses, addresses to government bodies, speeches to international…

This paper analyzes the novel, "A Tenured Professor," by John Kenneth Galbraith, in an exploration of the impact of fictional writing and other popular and mass media on public perceptions of higher education. In the book Galbraith offers his views on his own experience as a leading educator and on the world of higher education. The book…