Discusses the problem of discipline in the classroom, classroom violence, and how students and teachers can protect themselves from attack or harm. Also provides 5 tips for the teacher who is the victim of an assault. (Author/RK)

Constitutional and statutory remedies to protect teachers from three specific kinds of interference (obstructing teacher association's communication with members, barring Uniserv directors from representing or visiting members, dismissing association leaders) are discussed. (MJB)

Investigates the effect on music educators that having classroom teachers involved in music may have and whether the AGE program will detract from the music curriculum. (RK)

The federal legislative policies, new business items, and resolutions of the National Education Association adopted at the 99th Congress are presented in this article. (DF)

Collective bargaining as used in the business world is inappropriate for resolving disputes in the academic world, which prides itself on the unity of collegiality. An alternative approach to bargaining is proposed that capitalizes on both the spirit of collegiality and the pluralistic democracy by which most postsecondary institutions function.…

The Equal Pay Act is applicable to university and college faculty. There should be a legally acceptable faculty compensation plan in existence to handle some of the implications of the law. (Editor)

Surveys the difficulties the Senate Professional Association faced during its 3-year history and calls attention to several decisions and forces that are determining the course of collective bargaining in SUNY. (Editor)

The investigating report of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure of the American Association of University Professors on the Seek Center of the City University of New York, including an interpretative summary of events and the committee's conclusions. SEEK is a prebaccalaureate educational program (Search for Education, Elevation, and…

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)