Using the latest research instruments, including questionnaires, interviews, factor analysis, and matrix construction, the present restraints on professorial effectiveness and the contributions of departmental and university structures to professorial malaise is examined for the purpose of improving ways that administrators can increase faculty…

This paper argues that the United States Supreme Court's 1978 "FCC v. Pacifica Foundation" decision, in which the Court held that broadcasters must refrain from transmitting unseemly language at a time of day when children are most likely to be in the audience, has created a perilous dilemma for broadcasters: how to accommodate a child's…

Speeches from the 1978 annual meeting of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities are presented. Contents of the report are as follows: "Earning Respect" by Drew S. Days, III.; "The College in Controversy: Government Relations 1978"; "Until the Year 2000: Reflections of a Retired…

The purpose of this study was to help public school administrators, especially principals, to understand the legal and constitutional limitations of their authority in dealing with students. Control of students is discussed as five separate topics, each representing a chapter, as follows: (1) freedom of expression and First Amendment rights; (2)…

Accountability in education in Australia is considered, including some of the causes for the present concern for accountability of tertiary institutions and strategies that might improve the situation. Different views on the role of educational institutions, ambiguities associated with the notion of public accountability, and current difficulties…

High school journalism advisers and principals in Missouri responded to questionnaires designed to discover the relationship between job satisfaction for journalism advisers and freedom of expression permitted in the school newspaper. The responses of 88 pairs were used to allow for a study of the adviser/principal relationship as it pertained to…

Causes for the dismissal of teachers, which have traditionally been judged to be within the discretionary power of school boards, have been closely scrutinized in recent court decisions. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted in recent litigation concerning faculty hiring, evaluation, and…

This draft was developed by educators, parents, administrators, students, and Office of Overseas Dependents education representatives. It is designed to serve as a guide for the local development of handbooks regarding student rights and responsibilities. The draft, which will be reviewed after recommended revisions are received, is very broad…

The 1975-77 edition of the faculty handbook for the State University College of Arts and Science at Geneseo details the administrative organization including each area's responsibilities. Also discussed are professional staff leaves; consultancies and other professional services; research policies; affirmative action; academic responsibilities;…

Noting that many of the attacks on individual scientists as well as some of the attacks on the field of behavior genetics are more than intemperate--they are non-rational--the author discusses his experience as a signatory to a document drawn up by Ellis B. Page during the winter of 1971-1972. The intent of this controversial document was to…

This publication, prepared for distribution at a seminar on current school problems, contains discussions of recent court cases, judicial opinions, and a bibliography. Topics include suspensions and expulsions, haircuts, students' rights, freedom of expression, prayers in schools, decentralization, and teachers' rights to negotiate. (LLR)

This kit discusses written policies basic to student rights and responsibilities, including those based on the constitution and those not. Specific policies should be based on three broad, basic premises: (1) recognition that freedom implies the right to make mistakes as long as these mistakes do not endanger life and property or are not seriously…

The implementation of an Open Learning System (OLS) would do much to resolve existing educational problems. The OLS is based upon the belief that learning and life are synonomous and that what is needed is not a system to teach but a system which allows people to learn by bringing them into contact with learning resources. Such a system is…

This manual consists of comprehensive outlines of instruction programs to teach high school students about the U.S. laws and legal systems. The outlines are intended to supplement earlier program materials published by the Wisconsin State Bar and are keyed to instructional units in the master schedule. The teaching approach is one of continuous…

With present advances in communication technology, profound and qualitative changes in our civilization are taking place--in business and politics, in education, in entertainment, interpersonal relations, and the organization of society itself. In honor of the significance of such developments, an entire issue of "Scientific American" magazine…