Teachers are increasingly being awarded court cases for infringement on their civil rights by boards of education. (LH)

Studied the demographic characteristics of student offenders. Found that when offenders were examined with reference to a baseline group, there was no difference in offense rates among the undergraduate classes and divisions, but there were differences between the sexes and place of residence. (Author)

Classroom informality helps attune pupil behavior to the demands of bureaucratic life by contributing to pupil learning of formal social behavior. The paper discusses various concepts of school and pupil roles and characterizes and analyzes the function of the apparently paradoxical nature of student rules. (Author/SB)

Model of group counseling was thought to provide therapeutic atmosphere in which disruptive students have opportunity to gain responsibility for effective and active involvement in their educational experience and psychological development. Results indicate process helped disruptive students acquire thinking and behavior patterns to interact more…

The European Commission on Human Rights is now investigating the case of a seven-year-old boy in Lanarkshire, whose parents have failed to obtain a guarantee that he will not receive corporal punishment at school. Author finds that, contrary to the teachers' agreed code of practice, the "tawse" (leather belt) is still widely used in…

Due process requirements should not be an excuse for failing to maintain firm standards of conduct. Due process demands that policies for discipline and punishment be established, and these policies will help by spelling out the rights and options of both students and educators. (Author/MLF)

Argues that, although the high salaries of faculty "superstars" may disadvantage other faculty and staff, particularly in a period of downsizing, the more serious problem is the tradition of large discipline-based differences in faculty salaries which undermine the principles of merit-based compensation. Resentment of "superstar" salaries may have…

Reviews the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in the context of the law's history. Focused on are changes in Individualized Education Program requirements, mediation as a conflict resolution option, discipline of students in special education, and the required review of the relationship between a student's…

Explores how paradigm choices influence faculty's professional lives in legal education, using qualitative research methods. Argues that there is a paradigm culture that operates in conjunction with other faculty cultures, and suggests findings about law school faculty may apply to related disciplines, particularly the social sciences. (Author/MSE)

Quality Function Deployment, a set of concepts and tools used in manufacturing engineering to link consumer needs with product design, can also improve academic advising systems and processes. The technique promotes structured, logical examination of students' advising needs and their relationship to advising system design, processes, methods,…

This study of 249 Quebec secondary students explored predictors of school disciplinary events. Results revealed both positive and negative correlations of family involvement with student behavior; for example, parental supervision was positively associated with fewer classroom infractions. Overall findings indicate that interventions and…

A dental student defines professional integrity within the context of dental education, examines the problem of academic cheating and its ramifications for patient care, places the burden of responsibility on individual students, and argues that dental schools should provide a dental ethics course early in the curriculum and establish a strong…

This study examined the management techniques used by high school physical education teachers immediately before (preactive) and after (reactive) student behavior. Eight teachers were videotaped as they each taught four lessons. Results indicated that teachers used 28 different management techniques and overwhelmingly preferred tutorial strategies…

A detailed checklist and timeline for ensuring due process are provided for adverse personnel actions, and the need to supplement this with expert, same-jurisdiction legal advice is stressed. This approach emphasizes the importance of treating due process as an ethical as well as a legal requirement. (SLD)

Examines the experiences of 89 academics who, in their choice of labor education and labor studies as a field, appear to be trying to maintain ties to the working class as a way to cope with alienation in the world of academia. Responses illustrate the role of social class in career choice and achievement. (SLD)