These regulations are designed to enable the institution to protect academic freedom and tenure and the requirements of academic due process. They will require for their implementation a number of structural arrangements and agencies, which will vary from one institution to another. (LBH)

AAUP-supported guidelines for presenting sex discrimination claims are discussed. Consideration is given to: direct evidence of sex discrimination; unequal application of standards; general deficiencies in procedure; processing of the complaint itself by AAUP; and formal investigation. (LBH)

The annual compilation for 1976 of the few unresolved cases involving serious departures from the standards for notice supported by AAUP is presented. Institutions involved are Hampton Institute in Virginia, Memphis State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Shelby State Community College in Tennessee. (LBH)

AAUP staff work in academic freedom and tenure is reviewed, including the imposition and removal of censure, determining credit for prior service elsewhere, sex discrimination complaints, confidentiality of faculty files, due process, and DNA research. (LBH)

AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure reports on the investigation of SUNY in this article. Grievances at various locations are reviewed, including the major one of retrenchment at SUNY Central. SUNY officials reply. (LBH)

The manner in which the administration of the Health Science Center terminated the appointment of Associate Professor Said A. Assaf is discussed. Three issues were considered by the AAUP investigating committee: the termination, the suspension, and the institutional regulations. (LBH)

The report of the AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure regarding the one-year disciplinary suspension of Professor Richard William Rosenbaum for taking four days of unauthorized leave of absence is presented. Procedural and substantive issues of the grievance procedures are reviewed. (LBH)