The rapid evolution of today's video games now fills arcades, snack bars, and homes with an array of highly interactive, graphically vivid technical devices. This electronic environment is creating a worldwide communication network. Developments in this area will be beneficial provided that appropriate media policies can be framed. (Author/JN)

Binding arbitration in public employment, in contrast to its use in the private sector, results in policy making which has the force of law. (Author)

Examines the increase in intercountry adoptions, noting issues pertaining to special needs U.S. children overlooked in favor of foreign children, social and economic effects on developing nations, and implications for mental health. Suggests legal and policy changes for the protection and benefit of these adoptees and their families, including…

Examines laws and policies that support the use of school-wide discipline programs. Presents a brief overview of the primary components of these policies and examines laws and court cases that address school-wide discipline policies and procedures. Also discusses the legal implications when developing school-wide policies. (Contains 35…

Examines educational policymaking process in the Scottish Parliament. (Contains 42 references.)(PKP)

Considers the problem of modeling sustained educational change through the use of dynamic multipliers applied to panel data and attempts to develop and advocate dynamic multiplier analysis for educational research. Presents three examples to illustrate the approach and closes with a discussion of the implications of dynamic multiplier analysis for…

Analyzes China's telecommunications policymaking mechanism by drawing on institutional theory and bargaining theory. Highlights include the telecommunications industry; implementation of telecommunications policy, including competition and foreign direct investment; and the impact of China's entry into the World Trade Organization on its…

Reviews several child-related consumer protection issues subject to industry short-sightedness and regulatory manipulation. Indicates that although it may be unrealistic to believe that child-related consumer protection should receive priority, children do merit special consideration as consumers. (JOW)

Describes the decision-making process, focusing on the central importance of foreclosed opportunities. Offers a brief history and explanation of the "opportunity cost" approach to the evaluation of contemplated actions. Explores the applications of opportunity cost theory to counterplan argumentation, focusing on issues of counterplan…

Discussion of the Internet as a source of information focuses on the question of whether the Internet provides a representative subset of the known body of knowledge and information. Highlights include the knowledge comparison function; and the significance of information equivalence as a basis for setting goals for Internet research policy. (LRW)

Discusses the potential for former trustees to be ongoing valuable resources to higher education institutions and the importance of clear policies on how each should be treated, including titles and relationship with the active board. (EV)

We now have ample evidence that public policies diffuse across the American states; that is, policy adoption is due at least in part to the emulation of policies enacted in nearby states. But, policy adoption is the result of a complex process, a process that often takes years and sometimes decades to complete. According to the "stage"…

At the Community College Futures Assembly, 3 critical discussion groups, each organized by an area of focus, conceptualized "New Rules" guiding the operation of community colleges. Utilizing 55 "New Rules for Business" provided by the keynote speaker Mark N. Vamos, each group identified 2-3 New Rules relevant to community college leadership in the…