A journalism faculty member at Baylor University (Waco, Texas), who later resigned in protest of the administration's actions against the student newspaper editors, tells how the controversy started. (RL)

Discusses the conflict between the adviser of a junior college student newspaper and the college administration, regarding the newspaper's right to publish editorials reflecting criticism of administrators. (GW)

Recounts the controversy at Baylor University (Waco, Texas) between the school administration and three school newspaper editors who were forced to resign. (RL)

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)

The repercussions of a controversy between the administration and student newspaper staff at Baylor University (Waco, Texas) included the loss of scholarships. (RL)

Since 1939, legal recognition of the public forum concept has been gradually extended to include the public schools. This expansion of the free speech right has been accompanied by a movement of similar intensity aimed at narrowing the scope of regulatory action that might inhibit First Amendment freedoms. Ultimately, recognition of the public…

The First Amendment protects editors of school newspapers. Accordingly, school policy should offer students due process rights, and the newspaper adviser, who is instrumental in controlling the content of student publications, should be chosen with care. (TE)

After a unique court decision forbidding prior restraint in public high school publications in three states, a study was devised based on the responses to individual questionnaires sent to principals, faculty advisers, and student editors in each of the schools in the judicial district involved in the decision. Respondents answered questions…