This volume includes two sections of the 2019 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; and (2) Language and Linguistics. Education and Educational Research includes 11 papers covering scientific topics in the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education, educational…

These 15 conference papers discuss exemplary practices and key issues faced by local human services managers and elected officials. The issues include understanding the local government role in managing human services, coordinating human service delivery, non-service approaches to governing human services, public-private sector cooperation, and…

Papers include: national resources and education (B.E. Rodmell); cost control and the use of resources: a local authority view (W.H.P. Davison); problems facing chief education officers (J.C.D. Rainbow, G.M. Rickus, C.W. Phillips); and corporate management techniques used by the local authority (J.D. Hender, W.U. Jackson). (MSE)

This proceedings contains 10 papers that examine specific aspects of Indian political history together with commentaries that relate the papers to broader historical themes. All papers were drawn from works in progress. The commentators are senior scholars and Indian political leaders. Papers include "The Context of American Indian Political…

The proceedings of a 3-day conference, discussing the relationship between government and the arts in the United States, are presented. Issues that will confront the arts in the 1990s were identified and policy recommendations were suggested. Six basic principles were reflected in many of the discussions: (1) a flourishing artistic life is in the…

A National Conference on Public Service and Extension provided top administrators of colleges and universities an opportunity to explore with the most knowledgeable experts available problems facing institutions of higher education. The conference proceedings covered: the university's role in public service and extension; state government, as…

In February, 1992, the Child Development Programs Advisory Committee and the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) hosted a conference that explored child care planning on a city, county, and state level. Introductory activities included a synopsis of the work of the CSAC, and a talk by California first lady Gayle Wilson, who called for…

Published to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the educational programs provided for local governments by land grant institutions in the 12 Northeastern states, these proceedings present papers and summary reports covering important aspects of the various programs. Part I contains in-depth papers concerning: the development of local…

A public policy seminar discussed how to match small towns and small computers. James K. Coyne, Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives, offered opening remarks and described a database system developed by his office to link organizations and communities with small computers to…

This document presents an overview of issues concerning the relationship between Federal, State, and local governments in education, the impact of Office of Civil Rights' (OCR) rulings on educational policy-making in New York City, and views held by various individuals towards the impact of such rulings on local policy-making in education. Michael…

The conferences were part of a series on the development of the field of postsecondary education in Britain. Proceedings of the first conference, on the college and its community relations, include: what do we mean by community? (M. Stacey); analyzing the environment (C.M. Turner); education and society (D.F. Swift); the Bradford idea (J. Sudell);…

This report includes 14 speeches by State and Local representatives relative to the control of land use and land use planning. The speeches are: (1) "The Status of Privately Owned Rural Land in New Mexico" (a statement regarding the confusing status of current statistics); (2) "Keynote Address" (emphasis on local control); (3)…

The 4-H/Community Resource Development workshop was designed to help people conducting Extension 4-H programs on sensitive and complex community issues improve their ability to create a better climate for discussion of alternatives and development of community projects. Topics of the presentations included the role of the 4-H administrator,…

This Report of the Conference on Public Service Equalization Litigation, held during May 1974, is organized into nine sections. Section One, Public Service Equalization, notes that two major problems that are almost invariably encountered in public service litigation cases are the factual complexity of the cases themselves and the financial…

The report of the Second Annual National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (1977) contains 58 papers dealing with contextual issues and government interventions. Papers in the first section address the general focus of the conference (the role of government in strengthening the family, family life preservation, child protective services, the…