Addresses the law as it pertains to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in public elementary and secondary schools. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 has been used successfully in the majority of the AIDS cases discussed. (MLF)

A survey of 163 students with disabilities at the University of Oslo (Norway) found that respondents expressed unmet needs, such as a lack of proximity in services and adjustments offered, lack of information about services to which they were entitled, difficult routines in relation to services and examinations, and problems specific to each…

Differences between the Rehabilitation Act (1973) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) (ADA) with respect to "reasonable accommodations" in academic settings are examined. Development of the meaning of reasonable accommodation in case law is chronicled, and ways in which the ADA may expand the meaning are explored. College and…

This paper argues that natural justice principles animating English procedural law and due process jurisprudence playing the same role in American law should be interpreted to protect the intrinsic values associated with fair disciplinary hearing. This approach demands that college students facing expulsion or suspension be afforded an impartial…

A university president and cochair of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics looks at recent efforts to reform and renew college sports, the effects of those efforts, and directions for the future. Another president and chair of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's presidents' commission offers their perspective on…

The survey discussed here examined current school experiences with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected children. Superintendents, school board chairs, and heads of school health services completed the surveys. Results indicated a general earnestness of purpose by school systems. (SM)

Today's students lack sufficient opportunities to practice caring or be rewarded for caring behavior. A caring culture in schools requires not radical restructuring of policies, curricula, and systems but subtle changes in attitudes and scope. Educators must consider students within their social and developmental contexts, redefine the teacher's…

Five scenarios of child abuse were used to study the recognition and reporting of child abuse by 664 teachers, counselors, school psychologists, principals, and district superintendents. Areas of concern included: reporting rates, effects of victim and reporter gender, and knowledge of and support for mandatory reporting among educators. (SW)

Case law has generally established that school districts cannot summarily exclude children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) from the classroom. Issues abound as to the proper manner to make the classroom attendance of the HIV-infected child easier for everyone. Still debated is the scope of AIDS…

Explores Chicanos' educational conditions and related outcomes from elementary school through college. Examines the theoretical models used to explain Chicanos' low achievement and educational attainment. Investigates the Effective Schools and Accelerated Schools intervention models and adapts them for use with Chicano students. This research…

The court decision in Bishop vs. Aronov, that public universities may suppress a professor's classroom comments on his personal religious beliefs, is discussed, focusing on the conflict between a professor's right to express personal religious beliefs and a university's right to take action to limit that expression. (Author/MSE)

Funded with money that it saves the university, the ombudsman's office at the University of Kansas researches environmental problems and works with administration and staff to influence cost-effective reduction of the institution's environmental impacts. By offering incentives and requiring conservation projects to be revenue-neutral, it has…

The changes that have taken place in laboratory safety in the past two decades are examined. The way in which the United Kingdom's Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is just now starting to have effect is described. The responsibility of teachers for the health and safety of their students is discussed. (KR)

School boards should not interfere with student newspapers, beyond disciplining libelous journalists fairly. Instead of censoring articles, school boards and administrators should allow student journalists to make mistakes and pay later. If a lawsuit results from an irresponsible article, the school pays only if it controls. Rebecca Jones's…

A number of economic and social factors suggest that this is an appropriate time for colleges and universities to review employee retirement plans. Information that employees should have for retirement planning is reviewed, and basic principles for institutions to use in selecting a pension company are outlined. (MSE)