The author gives a worldwide perspective on the vast numbers of unemployed young people in industrialized nations, takes a hard look at the changing job market, and considers the responsibilities of universities in ensuring that its students study subjects relevant to their future interests. (RK)

Excerpts from keynote speech by California State Superintendent of Public Instruction addressed to the National Business Education Association (NBEA), San Francisco, California, April, 1976. (HD)

The nation's proprietary schools, the privately owned post-secondary institutions that teach marketable career skills, are rapidly gaining a new degree of acceptance and respectability. Discusses several recent developments responsible for creating the climate in which many proprietary schools are prospering. (Author/RK)

A reduction of the total number and scope of government regulations can be accomplished only through a basic commitment by institutions to the development of credible self-regulating mechanisms. These should have the authority to monitor institutional policy and practices. (Author/LBH)

Institutional autonomy is discussed in terms of: (1) what functions society expects higher education to perform: (2) the effect of institutional dependence on public financing; and (3) the social importance of higher education. (LBH)

Archbishop Ussher (1645) in explaining why all superiors were called parents called upon the idea of patriarchal authority. This paper considers the social implications of the same philosophy as it is represented by the practice of education authorities standing "in loco parentis" to their pupils. (Editor)

Some higher education groups are concerned that the strategies adopted by other groups to counter industry's charges of college abuse of tax-exempt status will further alienate Congress and stimulate new restrictions on the business activities of nonprofit groups. (MSE)

Universities must walk a fine line between competing interests in student disciplinary matters. Courts accord differing levels of procedural protection to the student depending on the dispute's nature. While case law shows that a notice, hearing, and substantive evidence are required, due process does not have to meet criminal law standards. (MSE)

Schools can play a critical role in the lives of teenage parents. Educational counseling has encouraged some teenage mothers to finish high school. The success of this intervention depends on the teenager's former relationship with the educational system. Many schools make no effort to address the needs of this population. (VM)

Anecdotes of interactions between college administrators and accreditation teams illustrate the value of informal interactions in communicating needed information and suggest that a large part of the team's function is mediatory and persuasive rather than merely evaluative. (MSE)

Although educators have oversold schools' ability to cure social ills, they have undersold schools' capacity to provide a sound academic education for every child. Communities and political representatives must be mobilized to ensure that ignorance of the rich academic disciplines underlying U.S. culture and intellectual progress for the past 200…

Differing court opinions in Eiseman vs. the State of New York, concerning the rape and murder of a student by an ex-convict admitted through a special rehabilitation program, indicates institutions must recognize that dangers from a special program may cause a court to impose special restrictions on applicant screening. (MSE)

Predicts that reformers will not attack sex education as an inappropriate addition to otherwise rigorous academic programs. Examines (1) some of the political, social, and practical reasons behind this avoidance and (2) the ineffectiveness of existing programs in preventing teenage pregnancies. Suggests that sex education programs may even hinder…

A discussion of legal issues in the academic medical center focuses on standards of care applicable to practitioners, special problems of patient care delivery, and the special status of public academic medical centers. Informed consent to care, relations with affiliated institutions, and private/non-private patient status are also considered.…

Discusses ways of identifying and helping gifted-disabled students--students who possess high intellectual abilities but also have some learning disorder. (FL)