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Peer reviewedHy, Ronald John; And Others – Public Administration Review, 1995
Survey data found that legislative research agencies (n=47) do not rely on college and university personnel and, when they do, most of their reliance is grounded in informal, direct contacts with individuals. College faculty must demonstrate ability to deliver information in a timely fashion, promote the effectiveness of applied research, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Government (Administrative Body), Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMazzoni, Tim L. – Planning and Changing, 1978
Seeks to determine the personal characteristics and career backgrounds of state legislators, what they believe about their policy role and about educational issues, to whom they turn for information on the public schools, and which actors, besides themselves, they perceive as influential in deciding school legislation. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMazzoni, Tim L. – Planning and Changing, 1982
An attitudinal survey of 28 Minnesota legislative and interest-group policy makers in education examined educational groups' fragmentation, linkages, lobbying power, legislators' information resources, and initiation and accommodation between legislators and interest groups. Among the conclusions is that educational lobbyists' power in the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Intergroup Relations
Peer reviewedMazzoni, Tim L. – Planning and Changing, 1985
An analysis of structured interviews conducted in 1973, 1979, and 1984 with state legislators and school lobbyists and 14 case studies that investigated issues in Minnesota state school policymaking reveal that influence relationships do not correspond to the bureaucratic model. Political leaders influence policymaking far more than do…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Palaich, Robert; And Others – 1983
An exploration of the decision-making processes of state legislators on public school finance issues focuses on major school finance changes that occurred in Michigan in 1973 and in Washington and Missouri in 1977. Roll call votes, primarily in the lower chambers of the state legislatures, on both selected amendments and the complete versions of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Download full textMezey, Susan Gluck – 1977
The research investigated the relationship of a person's sex to his or her public policy preferences, with particular regard to women's issues. Women's issues are reflected in public policy which directly affects women's lives. Examples are day care facilities, sex bias of educational materials, and abortion facilities. The study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Comparative Analysis
