Reports agency publication policies established by the President's Task Force on Management Report and subsequent reductions in data collection and publishing activities. The impact of these policies on the availability and cost of federal statistical documentation collected by libraries is described. (CLB)

Reports on the Supreme Court's decision not to rule on a case involving the formation of an extracurricular religion club. This leaves the schools with no definitive legal decision for guidance in these cases. Also reports on court decisions in two recent cases involving schools' responsibility for protecting students on their way to and from…

Reviews court cases involving book censorship decisions in schools. Includes dicussions of three definitions of censorship. Points out that current definitions are inconsistent and subjective depending on the point of view of the potential censor. Provides some operational approaches that schools can use in the selection of media materials.(MD)

Three AAUP cases involving academic freedom and tenure are discussed. Cases at Jackson State University and Talladega College, and two cases of excessive probation at Pennsylvania State University are reported. Some developments relating to censure by AAUP are described. (MLW)

Describes a testing situation in which students were required to waive their right to discuss the exam, to personalize for students the constitutional problems raised by prepublication agreements such as those required of government workers. (HTH)

While the courts have said that public schools may not permit extracurricular religious groups to meet at school, Congress's Equal Access Act says that under certain conditions they must. The Supreme Court will review the issue. A copy of the Equal Access Act is provided. (DCS)

Reviews recent federal court findings in three legal areas: the responsibility of public schools to reimburse tuition costs for special education students placed in appropriate private programs, parents' rights to sue for damages when special education placement is inadequate, and students' freedom to incorporate sexual innuendo into speeches.…

The new criticism critiques root causes of existing educational conditions. Regardless of its internal disputes and divergences of opinion, the new criticism proposes a philosophic orientation to society and school and indicates changes in the practice of schooling and teaching. (RM)

Describes how an adviser can help newspaper staff balance decisions between what they can do and what they ought to do in terms of publication decisions. (CRH)

Developments at 48 higher education institutions following the censure of their administrations by the AAUP's' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure are reported. (MSE)

Access to new information, including basic research, has created competitive advantages in the pursuit of military, commercial, and other social goals and has influenced communication practices in science. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility has conducted a project to…

Products of the mind constitute a kind of property and this belief leads to concerns in the academic community. Protection of open scientific communication and the distribution of economic value created by knowledge are discussed, addressing conflicts of interest, joint ventures for research support, and patent ownership. (DH)

Identifies ways of using state intellectual freedom resources to support colleagues experiencing censorship attempts in public schools; shares mechanisms for collecting data on censorship attempts; shares highlights and implications of Wisconsin survey results and materials of interest; and recommends ideas which can be put into practice at…

Censorship is found in all periods of American history, wherever people try to solve problems by cutting back on someone else's expression. Some examples of government censorship are described. (RM)

Examines the history of alcoholic beverage advertising and the possible outcome of a constitutional challenge to laws that attempt to prohibit such ads from radio and television. (FL)