This book is intended to provide reporters who cover court proceedings with a basic knowledge of the organization of California's courts and of the procedures they follow. It contains: material about court organization and jurisdiction, pretrial civil procedure, pretrial criminal procedure, and civil and criminal trial procedure; a legal…

The purpose of this agreement is to provide the union and employer with a contract that will encourage a healthy and viable institution of higher learning, capable of supporting a quality program of teaching, research, and public service. Articles of the agreement cover academic freedom, management rights, nondiscrimination, personnel files,…

This report presents complaints and supporting legal memoranda from recent student rights cases. The complaints cover recurrent constitutional arguments that are advanced in most cases. The supporting documents offer a complete compendium of applicable current decisions. The conception of student rights reflected herein is traditional,…

This study examines the question of using controversial literature in the secondary school classroom from legal and professional standpoints and provides suggestions for activities whereby English teachers may avoid dismissal. The contents include: (1) a discussion of the question of standards, both of the community and of the profession, which…

This agreement is between the New York Institute of Technology and the Council of Metropolitan and Old Westbury Chapters, American Association of University Professors. The agreement covers salaries, fringe benefits, teaching load, parttime ratio, minisemester, academic freedom, tenure, no strike, grievance and arbitration procedures, institute…

An analysis is presented of the dangers generated by the corporate ownership of a satellite communications technology powerful enough to centralize and control the flow of information. The first part of the report reprints the transcript of a radio documentary on satellite communications, one of a series of five MATRIX radio programs produced by…

This agreement between the Board of Waubonsee Community College (Junior College District 516) and Waubonsee Community College Faculty Federation Local 2065 covers a 1-year period, 1972-1973. Articles of the agreement cover: Federation recognition and definitions, Federation-Board relations, Federation activities, academic freedom and democracy in…

In the almost 100 years of reported litigation pertaining to compulsory disclosure of news sources, the basic pleadings asserted in common law cases have included employer's regulations, professional ethics, self-incrimination, lack of jurisdictional authority, and relevancy. American courts have consistently denied an evidentiary privilege for…

This agreement between the County of Schenectady and the Schenectady Community College Faculty Association covers the period September 1, 1972 to August 31, 1975. Articles cover definitions; recognition; management responsibilities; dues deduction; public documents; employment policy; continuing and career appointments; consideration for…

This pamphlet clarifies the concept of academic freedom and its application to grades 1-12 of the public schools. Guidelines focus the attention of school districts, professionals, and the public on the key issues of academic freedom, including its relationship to district policies, personal freedom, instruction, and students. A 58-item…

This volume contains policies and standards of practice formulated and approved by the national council of the American Association of University Professors and the annual meeting of the membership working with standing special committees and, at times, with other organizations. These reports and statements of principle appear under 7 topical…

This paper reports the findings of two surveys, compares them to previous research, and discusses the combined implications. Both surveys, (the first, conducted in Denmark in 1969; and the second, in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, in 1971) reinforced previous findings of significant correlations between attitudes toward freedom of speech and the…

This study attempts to determine what principals, advisers, and others believe is the role of high school student newspapers, and it suggests guidelines to follow in writing these newspapers. The study is based on a questionnaire sent to selected principals, headmasters of nonpublic schools, newspaper advisers, and editors of junior college and…

This report considers the feasibility of establishing a press council or councils in the United States. The purpose of this council would be to report to the public both on the accuracy of news coverage and on threats, real and potential, against the freedom of the press to fulfill its responsibility of providing information to its readers and…

This speech reports on the underground press--almost every kind of unofficial publication--reviews case law governing those publications, and suggests administrative guidelines for governing and regulating unofficial publications. The author suggests that although courts are beginning to apply adult standards of responsible journalism to student…