This study investigates the relationship between change in public affairs participation and involvement in a leadership development program for young adults in Pennsylvania at high and low socioeconomic-status levels. It was concluded that leadership development mediates the familiar relationship between public affairs participation and…

Speech presented at the 54th NASSP Convention. (EJS)

Offers three lines of evidence associated with the need to better educate the public about the child care profession, suggesting ways for achieving this objective. (MP)

The new multi-use Public Affairs Center houses administrative offices, academic offices, conference areas, and classrooms as well as food service facilities. Other features are a studio theater, a 2,200 seat auditorium, and simulation gaming facilities. (Author/MLF)

Participants in National Issues Forums via e-mail and Web-based conferencing 1994-96 showed evolving stages of deliberation. E-mail participants interacted very little with each other without moderators. The Web enabled more coherent visual sequencing of ideas. In some instances participants' critical thinking and reflection were developed. (SK)

This case study of a commission charged with studying consolidation of two Minnesota towns illustrates the processes of identifying research needs, citizen participation in research, education of the public, and decision making on a highly controversial public issue. (SK)

The U.S. Constitution bicentennial celebrations across the state of Virginia have contributed to greater public understanding of the Constitution and enhanced appreciation of the immense contribution that Virginians made to the document. Virginians have discovered that the story of the U.S. founding is also a Virginia story. Even after the…

At the request of the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the General Accounting Office (GAO) assessed ways in which education might help to prevent Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among three populations at relatively high risk: intravenous drug users, minority communities, and youth. GAO identified lessons learned…

A look at an experiment carried out by the University of Pittsburg, dealing with citizen access of commercial television time. (HB)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a valuable source of information if one knows how and where to look. Besides being able to review FTC court litigation, journalists, consumer activists, and the general public have access to specific reports that provide information about mergers and consolidations, corporate organization patterns, quarterly…

Results of a study of the relationship of public interest television programming to media concentration and station economic prosperity indicate that, to some limited extent, public interest programming is related to the economic success of the broadcast station. (GW)

Available data and selected literature were examined to identify key questions to guide future research and practice in community leadership development. Questions pertaining to (1) how programs influence participation in public affairs, (2) institutional advocacy in public affairs education, and (3) the design of rural and agricultural leadership…

This article examines the comparative impact of leadership development programs in two states on changes in the involvement of male and female participants in public affairs. Overall, both male and female participants in programs that lasted for two years or longer had increases in participation in instrumental organizations. (Author/CT)

Describes major events and conferences leading to the formation of a national association that would identify critical issues facing the nation and, through its National Issues Forum, would create a new kind of citizens' dialogue based on informed public discussion of national issues. (PD)