Battles over State "Sunshine Laws" Are Heating up as Public Colleges Are Pressed to Open Records.

Cage, Mary Crystal

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ERIC Number: EJ393877

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Publication Date: 1989

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Battles over State "Sunshine Laws" Are Heating up as Public Colleges Are Pressed to Open Records.

Cage, Mary Crystal

Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n44 pA18,21 Jul 12 1989

"Sunshine laws," which stipulate when records and meetings of state agencies must be made public, have prompted legal battles as newspapers and public-interest groups demand access to the records of public colleges. Intensifying debates in Arizona and South Carolina are described. (MLW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Freedom of Information, Higher Education, Laws, Legal Responsibility, Privacy, School Newspapers, State Colleges, State Legislation, State Universities, Student Publications

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Identifiers - Location: Arizona; South Carolina

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