In discussing the teaching of communications law, this paper presents a teaching technique for helping students apply the abstract principles of libel law to real situations by having them discuss an item from a mass publication that is defamatory toward some individual or organization. After presenting a series of questions to be discussed, the…

Describes a course at Notre Dame Law School in Criminal Law and Procedure, offering small classes, participation, and issues that were broad, controversial and pervasive, thus providing subject matter that would allow first-year students a chance to offer observations on matters that interested them. (Author/PG)

Six ways of organizing optometry students' experience in the management of ocular disease are outlined and their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. (MSE)

These five mazes, with instruction manual, are designed to facilitate counselors' understanding of potential consequences and their ability to make appropriate legal and ethical decisions as helping professionals. Each maze consists of a problem situation similar to ones that might actually occur in a counseling situation, followed by several…

The author suggests that a major failure of most law schools and traditional undergraduate constitutional law courses is that they omit an adequate analysis of the political nature of the judicial process. Political influences on a variety of court cases are discussed. (LBH)

In the Program in Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, a unique civil liberties class has been developed for undergraduates that uses a modified socratic approach. Its goals, subject matter, methodology, and student response are described. (LBH)

Reports on the topics discussed at workshops for community college journalism teachers. Among the areas dealt with were staff morale, teaching and grading methods, adviser legal liabilities, and advertising and post-Proposition 13 publishing. (GT)

Provides rationale for using legal case study method to teach law applied to the construction process, giving general form of a typical case report. Suggests methods of using case study court reports in engineering curriculum, dicussing direction to take and selection of case studies. Lists examples available from Engineering Case Library. (JM)

This summary report describes efforts to bridge developments in the use of technology in delivering higher education services with the traditional roles and responsibilities of state agencies, accrediting bodies, and institutions (Project ALLTEL). Designed to suggest policies and procedures to states and accrediting institutions charged with…

Considerations in planning optometric clinical experiences are discussed, including guidelines for curriculum design, typical teaching strategies, teaching methods and materials, support services and resources, student orientation and debriefing, logistics, costs, personnel, funding sources, and legal liability issues. (MSE)

Theory and research on a variety of topics in higher education are addressed in 13 articles. Titles and authors are as follows: "College Environmental Influences on Learning and Cognitive Development: A Critical Review and Synthesis" (Ernest T. Pascarella); "Learning Theory and Research" (Cameron Fincher); "Methods and…