Summarizes results of a survey concerning institutional responses to legislation that allows institutions to notify parents of students under the age of 21 who have violated institutional alcohol policies. Assesses factors triggering and inhibiting development of notification policies; notification procedures and frequencies; and effects of…

This report reviews the current literature on dropouts and school discipline and discusses a survey of ten North Country high schools used to generate information to be used by schools when re-evaluating policies regarding these issues. Survey data was collected using questionnaires completed by the principals of the ten schools. Recommendations…

Surveyed chief student affairs officers at 264 colleges and universities regarding the administration of judicial affairs and judicial policies and procedures. Results showed 88 percent of the schools did not have a judicial affairs office. Over half felt no change in judicial programs was needed. (JAC)

This article describes 12 major components--grouped into philosophical, organizational, and operational categories--that should be included in planning and initiating an effective school discipline system. (Author/JW)

Proposes that teachers begin the school year with a class study of discipline and student participation in establishing classroom rules. Describes the components of such a lesson and the procedures and forms inherent in any effective discipline system. (RL)

Widely held community belief is that lack of discipline is the biggest problem that public schools face. The community must be better informed regarding school discipline in order to effectively participate in changing policy. (RLV)

The Supreme Court's denomination of education as a property interest protected by the fourteenth amendment is examined along with its application of the fourteenth amendment's prohibition of the deprivation of liberty without due process to school discipline. The issues unresolved by Goss v. Lopez and its effects on school administrative actions…

Discussion of findings of a study in Scotland notes that it was possible to prevent disciplinary exclusion from school, that interagency collaboration was central to this, but that strategies to prevent school exclusion often meant young people were not very fully included in the mainstream curriculum. Relevant differences in policy and practice…

The technology that allows college staff easy access to the institution's telecommunications services can be used for unauthorized access. Although detection and prevention of abuse are difficult, the best way to limit losses is to anticipate the attempt, frustrate the perpetrator, monitor for unusual activity, and take immediate action. (MSE)

Examines how data from student self-report surveys and other sources can be used to assess the weaknesses in current school iincidentreporting systems and improve the validity of surveillance data on school violence. Assesses the validity of data from Gun-Free Schools Act reports on the number of guns in school in light of nationally…

This monograph offers information on basic procedures concerning disciplinary action in a continuous quality improvement setting at an institution of higher education. In particular it describes progressive discipline, the application of positive discipline in a series of steps that gradually increase in severity as an employee progresses through…

Discusses some of the causes for student misconduct in public schools and suggests steps school administrators can take to control the problem. Available from Publications Clerk, Institute of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, P.O. Box 990, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, $4.00 per year, $1.00 single copy. (JG)

This guide to student disciplinary hearings provides an understanding of procedures and options during the student suspension or expulsion process through the perspectives of the different participants. Section 1, "Why Hearings?" discusses due process and the three categories of student disciplinary hearings: pre-suspension, suspension, and…

This paper describes a discipline plan at Brentwood (Missouri) Junior High School based on firm and consistent enforcement of rules and regulations that have been developed cooperatively by principal, faculty, and students. The principal holds monthly faculty meetings where all students who are experiencing academic or behavioral difficulties are…

This report presents data on the number of students affected by academic probation or dismissal during 1967-68 at California's institutions of higher education. Section A, the introduction, defines academic probation and academic dismissal. Section B discusses the academic probation and dismissal policies of the various campuses of the University…