The tax status of the state college or university under three alternative theories of exemption is examined. It is suggested that such an institution can be included within the expanded view of the doctrine of intergovernmental immunity. (LBH)

This paper attempts to assess the impact of a residential academic unit on its participants. Subjects were 651 students enrolled in the College of Forestry at Colorado State University. Results indicate that those students involved in the residential unit were generally more satisfied. (Author/HMV)

Presents the results of a pilot study conducted to determine the utility of the Short Form (Form S) of the University Residence Environment Scale (URES) as a means of collecting information about the social climate of single-sex and coed residence halls. Results indicate some potential as well as some problems. (Author)

This paper attempts to determine the impact a building's physical design and structure has on student/resident perceptions of residence hall staff effectiveness. Results indicate that residents living in "isolated" rooms reacted less favorably to the staff than those in normal traffic areas. (Author/HMV)

Purpose of this investigation was to ascertain whether new residence hall students provided with positive preinformation about their resident assistant would differ from a control group in development of maturity, earned GPA, and amount of damage, room changes, and number of student activities in their unit. Results are positive. (Author/HMV)

The author reviews a number of research studies in the area of housing and suggests that the assessment of the impact of environmental factors on student academic performance is difficult to ascertain. (Author/HLM)

Asserts that tenure may violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act or more general affirmative action concepts. (Author/PG)

Judicial institutions are shown not to believe that the NCAA and the various regional conferences administering school-related sports have unlimited discretion to regulate. Some of the antitrust issues in the regulation of college sports are explored, along with some of the concerns facing the NCAA, regional conferences, and individual schools.…

The struggle for the preservation of amateurism and the rights of student-athletes are discussed. Pressures for reform have come from within the NCAA and from a congressional investigation. Issues discussed include: the sports marketplace, reform and the NCAA, a bill of rights for student athletes, and future directions. (MLW)

The NCAA has enjoyed almost total freedom from judicial scrutiny of its rules, procedures, and official acts in large part because of its private nature as an unincorporated association. The function of the NCAA, California State University, Hayward v NCAA, and due process of the student-athlete are discussed. (MLW)

HEW regulations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 have mostly affected athletic programs in institutions of higher education. Issues discussed include sex discrimination case law; separate-but-equal concept; sex discrimination in athletics: separate is equal; Title IX's regulations; and the extent to which Title IX reaches. (MLW)

Recent focus on litigation and administrative concerns for the handicapped focus on the right to recreation and participation in sports. Statutory and regulatory requirements, physical education and athletics requirements, enforcement of Section 504 rights, and planning for compliance are discussed. (MLW)

The 1978 amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and their effect on college and university retirement practices are discussed. Lobbying efforts of higher education associations, an analysis of case law under ADEA prior to 1978 amendments, and major issues facing college counsel and administrators are reviewed. (MLW)

In enacting federal age discrimination legislation, Congress has not preempted the ability of the states to afford more protection to employees from forced retirement than the federal act provides. States with and without age discrimination laws and other sources of law are briefly discussed. (MLW)

Discussions of procedural due process, first amendment rights, sex discrimination, tort law, discrimination on the basis of handicap, and legal principles regarding athletic associations and conferences indicate the wide range of legal principles to which postsecondary athletic programs are subject. Sex discrimination is noted as a major issue in…