Tag: Winter 1997-98

The U.S. Department of Education declared this fall that Miami University of Ohio is in violation of federal law requiring accurate reporting of campus crime.

If allowed to stand, a Nov. 14 decision by a Kentucky federal district court would mark the first time the Hazelwood standard has been used to justify the censorship of a college publication.

A student journalists' plan to sue her principal may prompt the school board to conform to the state student free press law.

A bill that could open campus disciplinary proceedings and make campus crime reporting more accessible, is facing opposition from some higher education lobbying groups.

The clash between college student newspapers and student governments is an issue all too familiar to many student journalists, as incidents around the country have shown.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is trying to inflict a prior review policy on a high school student newspaper in Arkansas.

The Michigan Supreme Court upheld this summer a decision that portions of administrator and teacher files are open under the state open records law.

Extra space is hard to find in New York City, especially, it seems, if you're a conservative student newspaper at New York University.

A journalism teacher accepted the Playboy Foundation's Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in November despite disapproval from her school district.

Tax exempt organizations, including private schools, may have to make their tax returns more readily available to the public.