Discusses the acquisition, cataloging, and servicing of international, intergovernmental organization (IGO) materials and describes the collections and services of the Library of Congress and other Washington based agencies. The importance of IGO documentation in microform and the need for education on international documents are stressed. (CLB)

Ten programs at California colleges and universities that focus on the Pacific Rim and Basin are discussed, along with the state's needs for additional activities regarding this area, and five statewide policy issues raised by three California Postsecondary Education Commission reports. The Pacific Rim includes those lands with actual coastline on…

To help public schools minimize litigation, this newsletter recommends constitutional and legal training for public school officials and examines relevant court cases involving school official liability, intelligence tests, and religion in the schools. According to the authors, the Maine v. Thiboutot and Owen v. City of Independence cases…

Contains abstracts dealing with elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education from the October-December 1982 issues of the "Current Index to Journals in Education." Subject areas covered include administration, collective bargaining, computers, copyright, desegregation, deregulation, employment, finance, foreign countries, handicapped,…

Revisits a few school-law cases analyzed in the journal's "Courtside" column that were either reversed or substantially modified on appeal. Cases deal with student expression, special education, home schooling, curriculum-related issues, employee rights, and higher education. Discusses lessons learned from update of these cases. (Contains 32…

In this Congressional hearing witnesses explored the roles of government, private agencies, the media, public education, business, and labor in contributing to the further enhancement of the role of women in the economic development of the Third World. Government witnesses were M. Peter McPherson, Agency for International Development and Nancy…

In response to original articles by Friedman and Sugarman in volume 17, "Journal of Law & Education" (1988), this article argues that increased disclosure of student assignment decisions compelled by law would be an unreasonable burden on schools and would be dismissed by the courts. (MLF)

Rebuttal to two articles by Kathleen Conn in the April and July 2002 issues of "Journal of Law and Education," the first criticizing the profit-maximizing duty of for-profit school-management companies; the second proposing legal remedies. Argues that main goal of for-profit educational-management companies is to provide all children a quality…

Argues that all institutionalized children fall within the definition of handicapped offered in federal legislation and, as a result, have a right to special education services. Available from University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, 651 E. Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226; sc $3.50. (Author/IRT)

The responsibility of the U.S. House of Representatives Task Force on Hunger is to investigate the causes and dimensions of world hunger and to develop legislative recommendations addressing the issues raised. At this hearing, the issue discussed was of basic education as a crucial link in expanding opportunities for poor and hungry people to…

Introduces article by Kemerer that takes issue with the conclusions reached by Elizabeth and Andrew Lugg in their article entitled "Vouchers as School Choice: An Analysis of 'Jackson v. Benson': The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program" in the April 2000 issue of "The Journal of Law and Education." (PKP)

California's 1978 Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act empowers but regulates college and university faculty in selecting a representative and engaging in collective bargaining. The content and implications of the law are examined, with focus on administrative problems. Available from Hastings Law Journal, 198 McAllister St., San…

The International Charter of Physical Education and Sport was adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1978 and amended in 1991. The charter's purpose is to place the development of physical education and sport at the service of human progress. The charter's individual…

Hearings on reauthorization of Titles II, VI, VIII, X, and XI of the Higher Education Act are presented. For Title II, the college library programs, Congress seeks acceptable criteria for providing library aid based on need and to determine needs for traineeships and fellowships for professional and paraprofessional librarians. Considerations for…

At this joint session, the House Subcommittee on Select Education and the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness met to hear testimony on the policy implications of tracking international students in higher education. The purpose of the hearing was not to talk about the value of exchange programs or having foreign students participate in…