A brief account of the controversy at Baylor University (Waco, Texas) that led to the forced resignation and revocation of scholarships of student newspaper staff members. (RL)

Examined factors in the academic environment and student services that inhibited or enhanced women's efforts to complete their education. There were unique obstacles and interests for females, especially in the areas of career counseling, finances, program formats and content, and personal safety. (Author)

Many currents of educational thought are pervaded with utopian themes. Often these themes actually influence real policy decisions and the effects of such influences are frequently unfortunate. Expands on the implications of these issues, and proposes alternative principles to govern educational criticism and reconstruction. (Editor/RK)

Describes a series of disciplinary measures that are being developed in schools across the country as alternatives to suspension from school. They range from special classes to efforts to bring about parental truancy control, and they reflect several new educational realities. (Author/RK)

Within the next decade it will be the rare school system which does not provide flexible graduation programs for all students. Describes initial attempts to develop early graduation and current research on opinions about its effectiveness as well as school policy on its practice. (Author/RK)

Two groups of students, one beginning and one completing professional teacher training, were administered a semantic differential, responding to 16 discrete educational terms. Results showed differences in attitude toward the concepts between groups, with beginning students being more positive. Results were discussed in terms of the effectiveness…

A parent reviews his son's first days in junior high school and questions the workload and its effect on a students morale. (RK)

How far have middle schools made a distinctive contribution to the education of children in their age-group? Have their chances of innovation now gone forever? Looks at some of their current difficulties. (Editor/RK)

Three procedures to modify excessive absenteeism were implemented by an elementary school principal and assessed with an across-subjects multiple baseline design. Intervention with parents, approval for attendance, and disapproval for absences produced sustained increases in attendance and parent-initiated contacts with the school. (Author)

Attempts to evaluate the state of reform at the Free University of Berlin. Proceeds by first reconstructing the background against which the FU developed and reforms were instituted. Analyzes the nature and scope of the reforms of the student revolt of the late 1960s, the growing movement for counter-reform in 1973, and the prospects for future…

The scope of protection from private discrimination afforded by section 1985(3) of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 is examined. Focus is on the implications of two cases: Brown v. Villanova University and Committee to Save Saint Thomas More v. the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. (LBH)

The cooperative effort of pupil services staff in working with chronic absenteeism has provided a much needed service to the school. The program described has been effective in getting middle/junior high school pupils to understand the importance of good attendance and in helping counselors meet a major guidance objective. (Author)

Students attending a seventh, eighth, and ninth grade junior high school of approximately 1,000 population in an average, middle-class neighborhood in Spokane, Washington were asked to comment on their classes and their school activities. Some of their comments were selected to show their feelings about school. (Author)

Examines the "special relationship" doctrine as it applies to school officials' duty, under federal constitutional law, to protect students from peer sexual harassment. Examination of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, Section 1983, and relevant case law shows that the special-relationship claim has proved an ineffective avenue for students.…