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Annie Phoenix – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In this dissertation, I analyze the development and dissemination of state-level policies to prohibit colleges from considering criminal history for purposes of admissions otherwise known as ban the box in higher education. This research engages with practical and instructive questions of how individuals or coalitions can learn from other policy…
Descriptors: College Admission, Criminals, Stakeholders, Legislation
Pilate, Thresia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study applied quantitative research methods by employing a descriptive research design to collect data from Members of the House of the 111th Tennessee General Assembly regarding their use and perceived importance of information sources to detect the existence of potential controversy or areas of disagreement within the member's environment…
Descriptors: Legislators, Decision Making, School Choice, Information Sources
Proffitt, Jennifer M.; White, John Wesley – Thought & Action, 2017
The euphemism that Florida, the nation's third most populous and politically powerful state, is a battleground is an apt description--and more than just every four years. Every year, every day in the state's capital, Florida has become high ground for pro-corporate, special-interest lobbyists who seek to instill a far-right legislative and social…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Fear, Weapons
Burke, Meghan M.; Rossetti, Zach; Rios, Kristina; Schraml-Block, Kristen; Lee, James D.; Aleman-Tovar, Janeth; Rivera, Javier – Journal of Special Education, 2020
In the past, parents of children with disabilities have spearheaded several policies for individuals with disabilities. However, little is known about their experiences with legislators. To address this gap, focus groups and surveys about legislative advocacy were conducted with 127 parents of individuals with disabilities across four states. The…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent Attitudes, Advocacy, Barriers
Skalnik, B. – Educational Broadcasting, 1975
A historical perspective of the role of broadcasting in legislative activities, and a discussion of the obstacles and possibilities presented by technology. (Author)
Descriptors: Legislation, Legislators, Mass Media, Political Issues

Songer, Donald R. – Social Science Quarterly, 1981
In a modified replication of the Miller-Stokes study, constituents from two Oklahoma congressional districts were interviewed to see how well they could identify the names of their members of congress and their stands on five issues. Results showed that participants were more politically informed than the Miller-Stokes study would have predicted.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Legislation, Legislators, Political Issues
Edwards, George C., III – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Examines George Bush's relations with Congress early in his term, focusing on the political and legislative environment in which Bush was operating. Analyzes Bush's legislative strategy, including agenda setting and orientation to Congress. Maintains that effective leadership is defined and constrained by the configuration of political forces. (RW)
Descriptors: Government (Administrative Body), Governmental Structure, Leadership, Leadership Styles
Plopper, Bruce L. – 1995
This paper reviews research concerning the attitudes that principals, journalism advisers, high school journalism press association directors, and student editors hold toward student publications, and it reviews research concerning effective political strategies. The study focuses particularly on the strategies employed by supporters of student…
Descriptors: Administrators, Freedom of Speech, High School Students, High Schools
Mitchell, Douglas E. – 1978
In this paper, social science utilization is studied as an aspect of legislative decision making. The purposes of the paper are to provide a review of political science literature on state legislatures, offer a theoretical framework for interpreting utilization of social science research, apply the framework to interview data, and generate a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Legislation, Legislators
Gupta, Himanee – Currents, 1985
Higher education lobbyists in Washington work as liaisons between their institutions and the federal government. The experiences of several lobbyists are described. Lobbying is seen as a game of knowing the people who can help and showing the legislators how a side of an issue benefits them. (MLW)
Descriptors: Activism, Federal Government, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
Rosenthal, Alan; Kurtz, Karl T.; Hibbing, John; Loomis, Burdett – 2001
This guide is a revised and adapted version of a previous monograph, "A New Public Perspective on Representative Democracy: A Guide for Legislative Interns." The guide focuses on civic perspective: how citizens view the political institutions, processes, and people that are fundamental to representative democracy in the United States. It…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Democracy
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1966
This resource unit, developed by the University of Minnesota's Project Social Studies, introduces eighth graders to the legislative process. The unit uses case studies such as the Civil Rights Acts of 1960 and 1964 and attempts to change the Rules Committee in 1961. It also uses much data on background of congressmen and on distribution of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Elections, Federal Government
Rosenthal, Alan; Fuhrman, Susan – 1981
This monograph and its companion volume, "Shaping Education Policy in the States," portray the contemporary role of state legislators and map the structure of educational leadership in terms of both the characteristics of influential legislators and staff and the nature of influence structures in state legislatures. An outgrowth of the "State…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Fuhrman, Susan, Ed.; Rosenthal, Alan, Ed. – 1981
This monograph and its companion, "Legislative Education Leadership in the States," portray the contemporary role of state legislators and map the structure of education leadership in terms of both the characteristics of influential legislators and staff and the nature of influence structures in state legislatures. This volume reports…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
McKee, Clyde D., Jr., Ed. – 1978
The major goal of this book is to improve the public's understanding of the legislative branch of the state government in Connecticut. It is divided into seven sections: (1) the political tradition and environment of the state legislature; (2) the state legislature as a nonpartisan institution; (3) the substance of the legislature; (4) the…
Descriptors: Budgets, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizens Councils
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