Black English is a not substandard white English. Black children should not be forced to give up their childhood language but should learn standard English as a second language. (2 references) (DH)

The Academic Faculties and departments need freedom and should not be tightly organized along a bureaucratic or government administrative pattern. (IR)

If we are to expand the degree to which the community supports academic freedom in the public schools, we must begin by providing students in our schools with an opportunity to explore the role of academic freedom in an open society. (Author)

We do not have the option of withdrawal from the international community. All those interested in international education must face a re-assessment of our national objectives as well as our strengths, responsibilities and weaknesses. (Editor)

Institutes of higher learning are faced with the task of making crucial decisions with respect to intercollegiate cooperation, ways of handling forces disruptive to education and curriculum development and instructional techniques. Until the issues are solved, universities cannot survive as a cohesive and effective force in society. (CK)

Britain's conscious efforts to maintain traditional university autonomy and minimize state intervention are outlined and the special characteristics of this form of autonomy are noted. Whether or not this approach has been successful is discussed. (MSE)

It is argued that tenure is not, as traditionally claimed, essential for academic freedom, and that in light of social change and recent litigation, the modern democracy needs to put into practice a theory of academic freedom distinct from tenure. (MSE)

Examines preconceptions of censorship, citing problems posed to librarians and teachers. Highlights include censored books; individual censors (including the Gablers); organized groups (including Save Our Schools (SOS), Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, and the Moral Majority); teacher and librarian censors (moral, literary, sociological); and those…

To determine attitudes towards censorship in public schools, 26 social studies supervisors, administrators, and college educators were surveyed. Results supported the classroom teacher's desire for academic freedom in the use of instructional materials. There was a split decision regarding community and public involvement in determining…

Although each church-related college must establish its own role, the Protestant colleges' relationship to the church can serve as a powerful reminder of the ultimate root of academic freedom: the search for truth in the Protestant tradition. (Author/MSE)

Legal arguments are summarized concerning the case of Professor James A. Dinnan, whose refusal to reveal his vote on a tenure review committee led to his jailing. The author argues that the case illustrates the need to reassess tenuring patterns that foster institutional discrimination, rather than an assault on academic freedom. (PP)

Examines censorship in field of children's and adolescent literature and provides comments from well-known writers in field--Robin Brancato, Judy Blume, Sandra Scoppettone, David Rees, Betty Miles--on ways in which censorship has affected their literary careers, whether through attempts by editors or "cutbacks" in libraries. (EJS)