Notes that future prospects for parole at the federal and state levels are increasingly unclear. Presents a way to integrate various conceptions of parole according to the broader sentencing framework within which board members operate. Discusses implications for due process requirements at parole hearings and guidelines reform efforts. (Author/NB)

The first part of this report on alcohol and drug abuse summarizes major recommendations from testimony and written statements from a hearing on alcohol and drug abuse. Testimony from these witnesses is included: (1) Reed Bell, Director, Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, United States Department of Health and Human Services; (2) Merita…

This document contains synopses of Senate hearings on immigration matters which culminated in the introduction of the Immigration Reform and Control Act ("Simpson-Mazzoli Bill") in March 1982. The focus of the hearings was on the need for maintaining and regaining control of the various forms of immigration. Five basic aspects of…

Issues considered by the House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee, chaired by William Ford, during hearings on the Higher Education Act of 1980 are outlined briefly, including the Basic and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Guaranteed Student Loan Programs, community service and continuing education, library programs, and research…

The focus of these hearings was on the impact of proposed broadcast deregulation on issues related to minorities in the media--namely, minority programming, the portrayal of minorities in the media, minority ownership of media properties, and equal employment opportunities within the communications industry. Testimony was given by representatives…

The paper presents tables, charts, and narrative containing statistical data on special education hearings in Pennsylvania. Sections address the following: 1980 hearings by exceptionality, 1972-1981 hearings by exceptionality, issues covered at hearings, hearings concerning the extended school year program, occupations of hearing officers, hearing…

Misunderstandings rooted in the differences between the asylum seeker's and the official's cultural background can seriously distort the process of communication during the asylum hearing and thus fundamentally impair the ability of refugees to make their claims credible. (Author/GC)

This report presents the text of hearings on urban education and focuses on what makes urban schools effective instruments of learning and why urban school students consistently achieve above national norms on standardized reading, writing, and mathematics tests. Specifically considered are (1) the impact of the federal government's budget cuts on…

The Washington Report currently identifies, analyzes and tracks legislation, administrative agencies' regulations and supreme court decisions relating to Indian affairs. (Author)

This document contains testimony presented at a briefing on bigotry and violence on college campuses in the United States. Eight witnesses, including college educators and students, presented information about the extent and causes of, and possible solutions to, the apparent increase in the number of incidents. Panelists varied slightly in their…

In this report of a hearing on the effects on children and youth of President Reagan's proposed budget cuts of means-tested entitlement programs, Linda S. McMahon, Associate Commissioner of the Office of Family Assistance, and Robert E. Leard, Acting Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the Department of Agriculture, present the…

This report contains a May 1990 version of draft regulations for State oversight of California's private colleges, universities, and vocational schools, as well as the oral and written testimony regarding the regulations that the California Postsecondary Education Commission received during the summer of 1990. The draft regulations of June 11,…

Three witnesses gave testimony at this hearing on restoring $150 million in entitlement funding to Federal child nutrition programs. They were Ernest Morial, Mayor of New Orleans, representing the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Task Force on Joblessness and Hunger; Faith Gravenmier, representing the American School Food Service Association; and Lynn…

The House Postsecondary Education Subcommittee called hearings to give higher education officials a chance to respond to accusations that colleges are greedy and spend as much as they can. Program duplication, tax breaks for parents, tuition increases, and a call for college audits are discussed. (MLW)

A developmental psychologist describes her experience in testifying at Congressional hearings on proposed revisions in child labor legislation. The testimony argued that proposals to increase job opportunities for school-going teenagers are a threat to their development and to the job prospects of unemployed out-of-school youths and adults.…