This dissertation analyzes four dimensional areas of the college newspaper--scope and function, legal control, business organization, and news and editorial content--from 1968 to the beginning of the 1974-75 academic year. The methodology took the form of a necessary illumination of the literature and other secondary investigation, an evaluation…

The purpose of this study was to determine the congruence of practices of the student press with the developing body of judicial law. A questionnaire was submitted to a random sample of principals, faculty advisors, and student editors in New York State high schools. The questionnaires were analyzed in terms of the legal criteria previously…

In order to determine the scope and nature of federal constitutional protection of the student press, this study examines 100 reported and unreported court cases dealing with censorship and punishment in public high schools and colleges. The study includes major sections on the Supreme Court ruling in "Tinker v. Des Moines School District" and its…

Questionnaires were mailed to 133 Oklahoma high schools to determine whether journalism advisers and principals felt that student newspapers and journalism courses showed a significant concern for human rights and effective human relations in the high school. Ninety-eight principals (73.6%) and 94 journalism advisers (70.7%) responded. Some of the…