Argues that the participation of the business community can supply expertise and financial support through investment and commercial services as the National Research and Education Network (NREN) and the resulting sophisticated and expensive technology develop. Describes the function of the National Science Foundation's backbone network service,…

Takes issues with Gregory Hauser's previous article positing a constitutional right of social fraternities to formal recognition at public institutions of higher education. Reanalyzes each of the associational cases cited by Hauser, cites additional cases, adds a waiver argument, and wraps up with a public policy comparison of higher education…

Asserts that Canadian schools should be educating students in the historically developed subjects matters. Suggests that a back-to-basics approach to education fails to appreciate the traditional subject matters as great sagas of human discovery. Concludes that schools are largely anti-intellectual places that are not inquiry driven and do not…

Notes that the highly visible propaganda offensive mounted by the Right against political correctness uses tactics of boldly asserting falsehood and shamelessly exaggerating a small truth. Shows the falseness of such claims regarding standards for hiring faculty and admitting students, curriculum content, and restrictions on "hate…

Examines First Amendment, privacy, and intellectual property issues of communication on the Internet. Discusses developments in communications policy related to the proposed communication superhighway. Suggests ways in which communication scholars can secure fundamental legal protections necessary for full, free, and effective communication in the…

Analyzes newspaper accounts of the sociopolitical opposition encountered by the head of a state government agency forced to publicly apologize after attempting to control the external communication of an agency staff member with a reputation for organizational dissent. Discusses academic and applied implications of these findings for the emerging…

A discussion of Australian higher education looks at the nature of institutional autonomy and academic freedom, the interaction among pressures for educational quality, institutional autonomy, and academic freedom, and suggests a way that universities can reconcile the three through faculty participation in governance. (MSE)

Tenured law professors are generally exempt from threat of "publish or perish," but not because of excessive professorial power, cowardice, or institutional inertia. Except in clear cases of sloth, the exemption is essential to postprobationary academic freedom. After tenure, the institution trusts the scholar to monitor himself. (MSE)

Arguments offered in discussion by today's college students are not intended to persuade but are rather expressions of solidarity with the politically correct. Healthy democracy requires appreciation of the importance of public argument as a means of persuasion. Higher education needs a renewed commitment to this principle. (MSE)

Explores notions of what democracy might be at the university. suggesting that university autonomy and democracy need never be in opposition, though limitations on autonomy are sometimes defensible. The university's interactions with a surrounding society are viewed as potentially part of a democratic process. (SM)

Explores classroom approaches to multicultural film study which seek to avoid miscommunication between cultures. Suggests that instructors prepare a checklist of factors to help students identify how specific films relay their messages. Argues that film study can broaden students' notions of free expression, and frame it as a cultural challenge.…

Explains that published parodies frequently give rise to copyright violation litigation. Reviews leading court decisions on the subject. Offers guidelines for using parody in entertainment, social commentary, or advertising. Describes a study unit on parody for a college magazine journalism class. (SG)

Reviews the case law of academic abstention (issues that the courts consider beyond their expertise) in the following areas of higher education: (1) student qualifications; (2) faculty qualifications; (3) student substantive rights; (4) faculty substantive rights; and (5) discovery of information. (199 references) (MLF)

Congressional compromises on the issue of academic freedom and artistic expression in the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) appropriations controversy have already ceded valuable ground. The best protection for democracy is an unregulated market in expression, a fundamental commitment to intellectual freedom. (MSE)

The president of Nassau Community College (New York) discusses the institution's resistance to strong off-campus pressures to stop production of a controversial play. Pressure came through letters and telephone calls from community members, statements by local and state officials, local media editorials, and interference in adoption of a school…