The changing campus demographics following World War II and the U.S. Black Student Movement of the 1960s unified and influenced the values of academic advising and student support services. This article argues that this context of U.S. college civil rights protest resulted in the call for more inclusive student support services that combined…

A Pennsylvania high school newspaper published an editorial in Fall 2013 announcing its decision to cease using the name of the school's sports teams, Redskins. That decision prompted the local school board to institute a policy giving administrators more editorial control over the newspaper. The controversy resonated with U.S. professional…

The work of student journalists often appears as a source in the footnotes when researchers tell the story of perhaps the most significant period in the history of higher education in the United States--the student protest era throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Yet researchers and historians have ignored the student press itself during this…

Support for student expression and First Amendment attitudes were measured among Missouri high school principals (n = 86). Findings demonstrated that the third-person effect was a significant predictor of these attitudes. The more principals perceived mass media to affect others over themselves, the less supportive they were for student free…

Describes the conflict between the University of Texas student newspaper and the former Chairman of the Board of Regents. (HS)

An incident in which a student journalist was denied a press pass to interview President Carter points up the problems student reporters frequently face in attempting to obtain press passes. (GT)

The study was designed to answer three questions: (1) What should be the function of the state college's sanctioned student newspaper? (2) What are the legal boundaries which pertain to editorial policies of the student newspaper in relation to student freedom of expression and with which the state college must be concerned? (3) What, if any,…

Many "student-written" newspapers are actually products of heavy faculty and/or administrative control. Advocates for student press rights should acknowledge administrators' concerns for a safe, orderly environment. Administrators must acknowledge their failure to support secondary students' First Amendment rights. Many administrators…

The milestone decision ("Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District") limiting school authorities' restraints on student speech, does not apply to curriculum-related newspaper. In "Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988), the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional the principal's censorship of a high school…

Discusses the case law dealing with students' rights to prepare and distribute nonschool and school sponsored written materials, i.e., "underground" and official newspapers. (JF)

In Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a school principal's decision to delete several stories from the school newspaper. However, the ruling failed to adequately address two related areas involving what constitutes school-sponsored speech and how broadly could schools regulate that speech. (CB)

Sets out the legal standard to which school officials must adhere in conducting a search of students or their belongings. Offers some suggestions for school newspaper editors regarding their role in seeing that these guidelines are followed. (SR)

Describes the types of items that should be included in school district guidelines for student publications and lists questions to consider when formulating editorial policies. Includes sample student publication guidelines. (GW)

Reports the update of a 1970 censorship case and offers reasons why the student press should be permitted to report controversial stories. (AEA)

Discusses a court decision to suppress an edition of a high school newspaper. Traces the precedents on which the court based its decision and suggests that the decision is in contrast to most other recent court decisions involving school newspapers. (TJ)