During budget discussions, both councils were sidetracked by issues which generated a great deal of heat: in Oxfordshire it was a sixth form, in Liverpool a site for the polytechnic. They both had financial implications for the service, but were perhaps more revealing for the light they shed on the preoccupations and practices of local…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Margaret Spellings to be Secretary of Education. Statements were presented by: Michael B. Enzi, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts; Kay Bailey Hutchison, a…

Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…

The School Bus Specifications and Procedures adopted by the 2000 National Conference on School Transportation and the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) were used as guides by the Tennessee State Board of Education Pupil Transportation Advisory Committee in developing the revised minimum specifications for school bus chassis and school…

"Space and utilization standards" are budgetary planning tools that measure the need for space in California public higher education systems and are common in other areas of State facilities planning. California's higher education space standards were researched and developed between 1948 and 1966, first by consultants and researchers…

Vocational agriculture teachers are required to be accountable but need better guidance to determine specifically for what they are accountable. Suggestions are made for handling accountability during the time school is not in session, with the help of an active advisory committee composed of interested local people. (SA)

Reported are the results of studies of local advisory committees: their makeup, organizational structure, operational aspects, and contributions to local vocational-technical education programs. (SC)

Presents a humorous view of the committee, its members, and its functions on the campus. (RK)

Arguments for and against opening federal advisory committees to the public are discussed. Certain key questions dealing with the effectiveness of this decision, sizes of the loopholes, and effects on the science advisory process are considered. (DF)

A committee was established to better understand and define the physics programs in two-year colleges. Its first task was to select the following working topics: (1) communication and study of the two-year college physics programs and problems, (2) development of modules of instruction for nonscience majors, and (3) use of the computer as an…

A journalism teacher decries the misuse of committees. (RK)

Teachers will be more willing to accept responsibility for results if they have a part in determining the environment in which they practice. (Author)

The American Society for Engineering Education is described with respect to goals, structure, individual and institutional members, divisions, sections, chapters, headquarters, projects, awards, publications, annual conference, and dues. The constitution and by-laws of the society are included with a calendar of activities and a listing of…