The University of Montana functions as part of a state-wide educational system. Its faculty handbook governs over 400 faculty members and, as such, deals with the university's organization and administration. The handbook discusses the faculty role including the faculty senate and various committees, recruitment, appointments, tenure, dismissal,…

The faculty handbook for 1973 for Saint Joseph's College demonstrates the college's association with the Society of Jesus and the Catholic Church. It contains statements on faculty responsibilities; professional conduct of the teacher; the department chairman; academic freedom; promotion and tenure procedures; faculty workload, contracts, and…

The 1975 edition of the handbook covers five major areas: the constitution and bylaws of the faculty; statement of policy for the faculty; faculty salary schedule and fringe benefits; organization of the college; and college policies and procedures. Specific regulations are given regarding academic freedom, appointment, contracts and tenure,…

LeMoyne College's 1972 faculty handbook first defines the teaching faculty (those with either full faculty status or adjunct faculty status) and then presents the policies and procedures with regard to academic rank, faculty responsibilities, promotion and tenure, regulations on academic freedom and tenure, faculty employment conditions and…

This is a selected compilation of 47 items relating to criticisms of tests and testing. The items cover the period of ten years immediately preceding the year 1966 and are held to be scholarly writings almost without exception. The books and articles listed carry extensive annotations and focus on the following aspects of tests and testing:…

Socioeconomic problems related to the current turmoil in the schools are often regional or national in scope. To effectively meet such problems as the rise of ghettos, the black revolution, and disaffection of the young, a revised system of educational governance is proposed, calling for a new relationship between political and educational forces…

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of teenagers toward the First Amendment, to compare the attitudes of Florida teenagers with those of non-Florida teenagers, and to compare the attitudes of journalism students with teenagers not in journalism classes. A total of 430 students from Florida high schools and 457 from high…

In 1972, student rights remained a major subject of litigation, although only a few new issues emerged in that area. The courts continued to disagree and reaffirmed their views on student expression in school and on procedural standards for student discipline. However, 1972 saw important new or renewed developments in several other areas of the…

The fast-growing practice of buying paid "editorial advertisements" in the mass media by individuals and citizens groups wishing to express opinions oncontroversial issues, and the media by individuals and citizens groups wishing to express opinions on controversial issues, and the reluctance and refusal of some licensees and publishers…

This document is an updating supplement to a 1973 volume of the same title and is intended to cover the various aspects of court action effecting higher education, and particularly the faculty and staff for the period 1973-76. The areas discussed include the inception of contracts; due process in nonrenewal of nontenure contracts and probationary…

Judicial responses on disclosure of faculty peer evaluation records in employment discrimination litigation are reviewed, and the competing interests of faculty, plaintiffs, and universities are examined. It is argued that existing mechanisms to protect confidential peer review materials are flawed by not accurately measuring the plaintiff's need…

Erotica (love or a creative principle) and thanatica (death or a destructive principle), two sexually explicit forms of speech, are discussed in the context of fighting pornography in the courts. Antipornographers are urged to reexamine their political alliances, legal theories, and philosophical assumptions. (MLW)

In 1985, changes in the U.S. export control system lifted restraints on scientific communication that had been imposed on university researchers for national security reasons. The Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Designed for use at the high school level, this textbook is organized around four key ideas central to the U.S. Constitution: authority, privacy, responsibility, and justice. A knowledge of these ideas is necessary to understand the foundations of U.S. government and to evaluate important differences between a constitutional democracy and a…

The Capital Area School Development Association's (CASDA) School Law Conference assists school board members and administrators in the Greater Capital Region of Albany, New York, in improving their knowledge in the area of school law. In Chapter 1, "Recent Decisions of the Commissioner of Education," examines the substance and outcome of…