The sudden halt in enrollment growth at French universities has had a pronounced effect on teaching conditions and promotions for French university teachers. (PG)

Discusses the issues of academic freedom and tenure concerning the dismissal of assistant professor Jose Asseo from Camden County College, New Jersey. (PG)

Describes what when wrong in Ontario College of Art's attempt to become a visual university. (PG)

Explains the term due process' and its implications in academic institutions. (PG)

A teacher argues that academic freedom is meaningless so long as teachers feel confined by personal and professional restraints that categorize, objectify, isolate, and depress them. (Editor)

Presents information involving workshops for science teachers on strategies for reducing stress and techniques for problem solving, which utilize the Direct Action to Risk Enrichment chart to investigate possible sources, reactions, and coping mechanisms of stress.

This booklet is both a review of some of the key legislative accomplishments of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) since 1975 and a synopsis of its proposed legislative program for 1980. The legislative goals of the National Education Association (NEA) are also described. (Author/SJL)

A case involving the harassment of a female college writing instructor by an older, male student serves as a model to provide a framework for dealing with similar problems in the future. This case moved from initial acts of challenging authority in the classroom and monopolizing office hours to the bizarre: obscene phone calls, mysterious mail,…

At the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, 11 faculty members and 3 administrators were fired after a public press conference in which they were highly critical of the administration. A year earlier the institution's Board of Regents had revoked the college's tenure policy. (PG)

The action by the administration of Elmira College to remove Dr. Jerald Neilsen from his teaching and other faculty responsibilities for the duration of his appointment constituted a summary dismissal, in disregard of the provisions for academic due process. (Author/PG)

Some tenure problems could be alleviated by creating clear standards and practices for hiring, promotion, and dismissal; others could be lessened through more attention to definitions and procedures. (Author/PG)

The court decision of the Bloomfield College case concerning dismissals and abolition of tenure is presented with an explanatory introduction. (PG)