Discusses the need to identify values and deal with the conflicts among these values as society expands the use of communication technology. Suggests a list of organizing principles for guidance during this period. (JMF)

The faculty adviser for a community college newspaper reports on the newspaper's battles against censorship and financial pressures. (RL)

Reported is information regarding current organizing activity among college and university faculty for bargaining power. Data include institutions organized, rejections, and details regarding selected institutions. (CS)

Points out some approaches which high school social studies classroom teachers can use to help students understand that others' rights are just as significant as personal rights in the area of freedom of speech. Topics discussed include First Amendment guarantees, various kinds of vocal expression, and case studies of student expressions of…

Freedom Schooling is an educational concept that refers to the new relationship or partnership between the federal government and local school districts to introduce alternative educational practices, programs, and structures into American public elementary and secondary education. (JMF)

Describes how to deal with censorship by preparing a position on the National Council of Teachers of English publication, "The Student's Right to Read"; preparing a position on what is to be taught; investigating the policies of the school; and identifying sources of help. (DD)

Legal problems in the constitutional protection of the press are addressed in this commentary of the right to know. Emphasized are court rulings of prior constraint. The desirability of allowing courts to judge communications before they are made, at least as a matter of first amendment theory, is questioned. (LBH)

Statements are presented that constitute the AAUP general secretary's appraisal of developments for the year preceding March 1, 1977 at the 44 listed institutions which had been censured by the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure. (LBH)

Argues that the conscience that the colonialists brought into the period of slavery required the assumption that the slave learner was somehow different from other learners. This is a concept that still has great currency in education. Much of the struggle for freedom now is a struggle to overcome this concept. (Author/JM)

There are no foolproof solutions to Internet access in libraries. This article lists selected library solutions, what not to do, and what to do: pick a common-sense approach, focus on customer service, keep an open mind, avoid accepting or repeating hearsay, and find common ground. Includes highlights of the Orange County (FL) Library System's…

Provides an overview of a case at Santa Rosa Junior College in which the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights found that single sex Internet bulletin boards operated by educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance violate federal sex equity law. Discusses free speech, sexual harassment and women only forums, and…

Developments in free speech constitutional law have changed the function of public education. Sets forth the facts of "Settle," involving a student's claim to religious expression within a classroom; analyzes the court's decision in light of judicial precedent; and examines implications for the operation of public schools. (76 footnotes)…

Describes changes made in 1994 to California's Ralph M. Brown Act, an open meeting law originally passed in 1953 and applying to local governments and colleges. Summarizes changes related to definitions, meeting locations, and agencies covered by the law. Addresses issues related to access to campus crime data. (AJL)

Discusses texts by John Dewey, Jurgen Habermos, and Richard Rorty in the light of the different meanings of the Public by looking at foundational and non-foundational claims on a philosophy of pragmatism and democracy and by looking at different meanings of intersubjectivity. Stresses that Rorty is far closer than Habermos to Dewey's pragmatism.…

Discusses the role of writers in Russia during the period of Joseph Stalin to enlighten issues related to intellectual freedom. Includes an annotated bibliography on "Russian Literature of the Soviet Period," to help students learn more about Russia. (CMK)