This is one of several papers presented at a Federal Trade Commission Symposium on Media Concentration. It reviews the controversy between book publishers and the Authors Guild concerning the control of already published materials and the future of publishing, and it analyzes the market structure in order to put the issues into perspective. Some…

In order to determine the scope and nature of federal constitutional protection of the student press, this study examines 100 reported and unreported court cases dealing with censorship and punishment in public high schools and colleges. The study includes major sections on the Supreme Court ruling in "Tinker v. Des Moines School District" and its…

This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American Education. This particular program focuses on the topic of the courts and their relationship to the public schools. Separate segments of the program discuss 1) a recent suit by a high school graduate who can't read and cases involving…

This study deals with the manner in which the nation's telecommunications resources have been managed. The first section, which traces the history of telecommunications management from the mid-1800s through the Lyndon Johnson administration, reveals the way in which telecommunications management has been governed by competing priorities. The…

This monograph examines the broad topic of student rights and focuses in turn on a number of related constitutional issues. Chapter 1 outlines some of the social changes affecting American education and briefly touches on many of the sources of school-based conflict. Chapter 2 deals specifically with the issue of school dress codes and efforts by…

This book presents and analyzes approximately 110 court decisions on a number of issues pertaining to the legal rights and responsibilities of teachers. The author discusses the significant legal principles involved in each case in an attempt to provide useful guidelines for teachers and school administrators. Except in the final chapter, the…

Policies and procedures of West Virginia University are presented in the 1976 edition of the faculty handbook. Major sections deal with: university organization; conditions of employment; payment and benefits; graduate school; off-campus education; research; student relations; support services; and other university policies. Appendices consider…

This paper examines the free speech fights, one of the more revolutionary tactics of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), founded in 1905 by a small group of socialists, anarchists, industrial unionists, and dissident trade unionists. Two considerations guide this examination. The first is the rhetorical nature of the free speech fight…

Armstrong State College is a unit of the University System of Georgia. The college's 1975 faculty handbook includes discussion of administrative personnel, departments, committees, faculty, faculty organizations, academic freedom, promotion, teaching load, faculty evaluation criteria and procedures, teacher responsibilities, and ancillary…

The two agreements included in this document are in effect until June 30, 1976 and June 30, 1977, respectively. Articles cover: recognition and definitions, relationship between the board and the association, use of college facilities, faculty fringe benefits, statement on academic freedom, responsibilities of department chairmen, participation in…

A survey of 95 Arizona high schools and their problems with school newspaper censorship indicates that whether limitations are imposed before or after publication, the essential conflict is one between viewing the student newspaper as an opportunity for education, or seeing the paper as a public relations agent for the school. Some suggestions for…

The legal aspects of many campus issues were the concerns of the conference "Higher Education: The Law and Institutional Response." The central purpose of the conference was to present and discuss judicial decisions and trends and their implications for and applications to the posture of academic decisionmaking. The issues of concern…

The purpose of this monograph is to acquaint journalism teachers, faculty advisers to student newspapers, administrators, and students with the court cases and decisions which have been made concerning student publications and underground newspapers. The chapters in the book include "Students' Rights: Background," which discusses the…

This study reports the results of a national survey of the attitudes of five demographic groups toward freedom of the press. The groups are newsmen, state legislators, high school teachers, high school students, and the general public. The survey is broken into two parts, the first dealing with general principles (e.g., support for a law against…

The Supreme Court of the United States has issued three significant rulings on the question of prior restraint by government officials of material to be published in print media. Each time it ruled that only in exceptional circumstances will prior restraint be permitted. Lower federal courst have not taken the same view regarding prior restraint…