Bylaws are a single document containing laws (rules) by which members of an organization have agreed to be governed. Bylaws are different from other basic laws governing deliberative societies, charters, constitutions, rules of order, and standing rules. Drafting bylaws is similar to the study of parliamentary law. It is usually a committee…

The question of where the line is often arises as tutors attempt to confine their tutoring within ethical boundaries suggested by the line image. On the surface, some issues look easy. To the question of whether tutors should offer advice on take-home test writing assignments, most writing center personnel would probably respond with…

A nationwide debate occurred in Sweden concerning their nuclear power program. The debate centered on safety, waste management, and use of weapons-grade material. Parliament voted for nuclear power despite negative public opinion. (MR)

Article considered that human relations situations are filled with a large number of variables and that those situations must be examined within a context of relationships, roles, and potential fracture lines. (Author/RK)

Recently the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been considering modifications to its regulations governing local and national media ownership and has indicated more interest in the efficiency consequences of the regulations, including those that might arise from common ownership of multiple radio stations. This paper seeks to determine…

This study of the Florida Public Broadcasting Program System, which was conducted by the Program Committee of the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, focused on five basic issues: (1) What are the current policies and procedures for determining how to add public broadcasting stations to Florida's system? (2) How should Florida fund public…

This digest presents a reprint of an article which addresses the issue of the rights of computer software owners to duplicate materials. A conservative approach to software copyright is taken which looks to how the law will likely be interpreted, rather than waiting for the definitive decision by a court. Three major issues involved with software…

Requested by the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, this Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) paper identifies and examines: (1) the primary problems or issues that face prehistoric and historic landscape preservation; (2) the technologies for addressing these issues; and (3) policy options for putting the…

Suggestions on how educators can get support for cable television. (HB)

An account of the content and scope of the Brussels satellite agreement. (HB)

Many college and university faculties have adopted codes of faculty responsibilities and self-regulation. Firsthand advice on creating a code precedes an example of one: the new University of California Policy on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline. (Editor/PG)

Based on the belief that UHF improvement is both possible and necessary, public television and commercial UHF broadcasters are getting together to work on it. (Author)