The laws and decisions applicable to affirmative action and collective bargaining are reviewed and conflict areas identified: seniority rights, negotiated grievance procedures, and fair representation. The author concludes that unionization can merely institutionalize present-day discrimination unless bargaining parties give more than lip service…

Presents the complete findings of a national survey (one major state university in each state) including number of out-of-state students, residence requirements and restrictions, fees, desire to eliminate fees, participation or interest in regional programs of reciprocity, opinions regarding current regulations, estimate of administrative costs,…

The author examines the legal context of student consumerism and concludes that while recent court cases have granted more extensive constitutional rights to students in public colleges, for academic grievances, including the quality of institutional services, students receive little support from legal precedent. (Editor/JT)

A review of the historical background and funding of the Detroit Institute of Arts is followed by a discussion of some of the many legal problems encountered including those involving gifts, funding, control, regulation of artwork reproductions, protection against general liability, and the acquisition of other nations' artifacts. (JMD)

Issues concerning sex discrimination based on pregnancy, presented in Nashville Gas Co. vs. Satty, and the Supreme Court's treatment of the issues are examined. The way in which the Satty opinion limits the scope of the General Electric Co. vs. Gilbert decision, and an analysis of the implications of the Satty decision are included. (JMD)

Studies have indicated that corporal punishment in the schools increases, rather than eliminates, delinquency. Some brutal measures taken by school officials (particularly principals and athletic coaches) have caused not only retaliatory vandalism by students, but also parental law suits. (WI)

With the passage of Proposition 13, California's community colleges lost an estimated two-thirds of their local revenues. As the largest such system, the Los Angeles Community College District is preparing for the hardest impact. Retrenchment, loss of local control, and legal difficulties are problems it faces. (JMD)

Authors Bailey, Roos, and Cabello discuss the potential effects on school admissions and minority preference programs as a result of the impending Supreme Court decision on the Bakke case. (HLM)

A rebuttal is offered to James O'Toole's July 1978 article, "Tenure: A Conscientious Objection." Focus is on his points that academic tenure is unnecessary and that tenure systems frustrate a health rate of faculty turnover. It is suggested here that tenure provides a rigorous standard of senior faculty quality. (LBH)

Discusses what the cooperative coordinator should do when employer requests violate the legal provisions of Title IX, Buckley Amendments, Civil Rights Acts, Vocational Education Acts, or other legislation. Typical verbal responses and general guidelines related to these legalities are presented. (BM)

Individual and institutional rights to privacy and disclosure of records are all aspects of the same growing problem. The case of Papadopoulos v. State Board of Higher Education illustrates this problem. (Editor/LBH)

Examples of current institutional policy and practice illustrate threats to individual rights to privacy. Problems relate to computerized records and communications technology, the accuracy of the records, and the usage of the information. (Editor/LBH)

Examines federal court and Supreme Court decisions concerning news piracy, record piracy, and tape piracy; concludes that, on the basis of historical analysis, news piracy will be punished. (GW)

The author describes six maxims which are an outgrowth of his experience as an expert witness in cases involving child custody. He emphasizes neutrality regarding the parents, in order to put the child's interests first. (Author)

This article explores some legal aspects of public and private education, as well as several Amendments to the Constitution and their relationships to higher education: the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. (Author)