Educators must dedicate the time, energy, and resources necessary to provide all students with a substantial acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) educational program. Lists 6 goals, stresses the importance of effective classroom delivery, and states that 12 hours seems the minimum instructional time necessary for an effective stand-alone…

Notes that the postsecondary institution, disabled student, and sometimes the state vocational rehabilitation agency need to understand their separate yet interdependent responsibilities. Discusses federal rules and regulations that require provision of academic adjustments and auxiliary aids for disabled students. (Author/NB)

If saving lives were our only moral concern, distributing condoms in schools is not the best way to proceed. Abstinence has greater life-saving power than any piece of latex. School condom distribution promotes casual, promiscuous sex, ignores this contraceptive's failure rate, and runs counter to sound educational policy. Deferred gratification…

In 1990, Tufts University (Massachusetts) became the first major university to establish environmental education and protection as institutional priorities. The day-to-day environmental impacts of a university make it an ideal laboratory for exploring new ways to reduce hazards, improve efficiency, reuse and recycle waste, and develop incentives…

Arizona At-Risk Pilot Project results suggest most effective means to involve parents are those that establish personal rapport between someone from the school and a parent and do not initially require high levels of commitment or participation. The "ideal" parent may be hard to find, but getting to know parents individually and…

Although implementing the school readiness goal is clearly a shared responsibility of parents, schools, and community, activities beyond the schoolhouse must be matched by internal school efforts, including accessing knowledge and attitudes; evaluating existing strategies in training, screening, testing, service linkages, and classroom practices;…

Recent federal rulings suggest that schools can no longer ignore student-to-student sexual harassment. Harassing behavior is a warning sign that the harasser may be a sexual abuse victim or an incipient juvenile sex offender. Bullying and sexual harassment are not the same. Guidelines for administrators are included. (MLH)

Reviews federal cases that have considered whether school districts have an affirmative constitutional duty to protect school children. Research findings suggest that school children may be as helpless as prisoners when it comes to defending themselves from sexual abuse by school employees. (MLF)

Television is a pervasive part of American culture and has the potential to make significant contributions to children's development. The quality of children's programming is the responsibility of the television industry, parents, educators, and society, all of whom must work together to control violence on television. (SM)

Describes the development and work of the Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character at Boston University. The center addresses a range of issues related to young people acquiring sound ethical values and framing good character. To date, the center has focused on the responsibilities of teachers and schools. (SLD)

Rutgers University's alcohol and drug abuse program aids New Jersey college students while they live in special facilities and continue to attend class. Previously, students referred to off-campus clinics had to choose either recovery or college. However, some say help with addictions is not a college responsibility. (MSE)

The main factor in determining the seriousness of offensive speech should not be the group that is offended, but whether harassment or discrimination, legally defined, results. Colleges have an obligation to teach students how to analyze the surrounding society and determine how their actions reflect and are reflected in that society. (MSE)

Analysis of 174 reported state and federal adjudication decisions from 1950-89 concerning graduate medical students and their training identified 22 percent of cases as involving programmatic issues. Of these, most addressed problems of academic administration, especially resident dismissals. Recently, programs have accommodated judicial scrutiny…

A discussion of the place of religion in higher education begins with the Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) chapel's history of controversy and looks at the role religious philosophy can play in intellectual and social evolution, drawing on a broad range of world literature. (MSE)

Discusses the school-based mentoring process supporting teachers' initial training, drawing from practical applications and theoretical frameworks. Mentoring development in any school is affected by several factors, including whole-school and communication issues, challenges and conflicts, available resources, management of the learning…