Each institution of higher education determines its own conditions and responsibilities of professional employment based on principles of equity and due process. A faculty manual should present clearly and concisely an institution's policies and procedures related to professional employment, and all arrangements between individuals and…

This statement of the NCTE is addressed to the problem of censorship in the public schools, especially censorship in the form of pressure to restrict or deny students access to books or periodicals deemed objectionable by some individual or group on moral, political, religious, ethnic, racial, or philosophical grounds. It is felt that any work is…

"Options in Education" is a weekly radio magazine covering news, features, policy, and people in the field of education produced by National Public Radio and the Institute for Educational Leadership. This broadcast presents Geoffrey Blodgett discussing students' heroes, villains, and ideals; Rose Tobin on student mood at Berkeley; and…

The American Association of University Professors' committee investigations of faculty personnel matters at four colleges and universities and developments relating to censure of other institutions by the association are presented. (MSE)

At Southern Connecticut State University, business professors have damaged faculty morale and institutional credibility with a series of lawsuits concerning academic freedom, sex and race discrimination, administrative retaliation, teaching schedules, faculty credentials, and institutional reorganization against university officials and…

This study assesses how much control governments of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth) are exercising over their universities. The study encompassed a review of the relevant literature, an examination of the acts and statutes which control universities, and a questionnaire sent to 70 university vice chancellors, which…

One of the major goals of the Second Education International (EI) Conference on Higher Education and Research was to strengthen EI's position as the representative global organization of teachers and research workers, and to develop the role of these unions. Papers in this volume cover major issues and challenges in the international education…

This book discusses issues central to the character of the Catholic, Jesuit university. The initial chapters consider the Catholic university in general, with subsequent chapters narrowing to issues related to Jesuit institutions in particular and their two "signs of contradiction"-their commitment to open, free discussion and academic…

Presents a U.S. District Court judge's judgment, injunction, and opinion which enjoined the Arkansas Board of Education from implementing a State law that mandated balanced treatment for creation science and evolution science in school. Contends that creationism has no educational merit and that the law is unconstitutional. (Author/MJL)

Institutional atonomy, from the standpoint of accountability and responsibility, is discussed in order to arrive at a concept of the kind and degree of autonomy essential for an educational institution to effectively and efficiently fulfill its responsibilities to society. (MLW)

The University of Maryland's decision not to appoint Professor Ollman, a Marxist, is analyzed by AAUP's Committee A in terms of procedural concerns of administrative decision-making and academic freedom. The dismissed case of Edgar F. Beall is appended. (AF)

Discusses the issue of industry-sponsored research at universities. Gives a case showing the current state of the issue. Describes many other examples including government and foreign industry sponsored research. (YP)

Examines two related issues: the right of teachers to select instructional materials and to select instructional methods. Court decisions indicate that materials and methods must have educational value, relevance, and suitability to the age and maturity of the students. Prior administrative approval, while not necessarily required, is beneficial.…

Discusses the schoolbook protest movement, examining common myths and misunderstandings: protesters are primarily concerned with filth, parents have the right to request that books be removed, unilateral action solves problems, protesters play by the rules, public schools preach alien religions, and public schools may not mention the Bible or…

After presenting a history of censorship, the paper examines current censorship arising from people who are frightened of ideas counter to their own. The impact of music and book censorship is discussed, and the realities of political correctness are noted. (SM)