This publication examines the purposes and functions of policy as a conceptual focus for the problems and issues of higher education. Emphasis is placed on the conceptual difficulties of policy, distinctive features of policy, and policy functions and issues. The major contention suggests that the purpose of policy is to provide a general…

This statement deals with the possibilities, the planning, and the policies that will bring higher education and its participants in Colorado through the 70's and into 1980. The number of college-age students has increased rapidly in Colorado during the 1960's and the incline is expected to be even greater in the 70's. This Commission report is…

A position paper examines the importance of educational technology in today's educational system and makes recommendations to the New York state government in the form of a policy statement and proposed action. The prime concerns are individualized instruction, cost effectiveness, use at all levels, equity for disadvantaged students, and…

A maximum-access cable television system will eliminate some legal and regulatory problems and introduce others. The operator of a system will no longer be responsible for and in control of what is transmitted over his system. With access unlimited and unrestricted, such regulations of content as the "fairness doctrine" and "equal…

THIS SEMINAR WAS CONCERNED WITH TECHNIQUES OF BASIC ADULT EDUCATION, BROAD POLICY, AND LEGISLATION. TOPICS OF ADDRESSES INCLUDED CANADIAN FACTS AND FIGURES, FRONTIER COLLEGE, ELLIOT LAKE CENTRE, LEASIDE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROJECT, INDIAN AFFAIRS, ADULT EDUCATION IN CALGARY, METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, TECHNICAL AND…

The information in this document deals with the steps encountered when a school district identifies problems and attempts to change a policy or policies to solve the problem. It deals with the need for a written policy, the involvement of all concerned, implementation of the policy, updating and recodifying existing policies, and dissemination of…

Common goal-setting practices are based on questionable assumptions. Organizational goals are established through the process of committing policies and allocating resources. Goal-setting should be viewed as a major confrontation of values and administrators and policy-makers might better clarify school goals by examining their actions.…

At a time when Congress is facing critical decisions with respect to criminal justice policy, the participation of criminologists in the formation of policies remains negligible. A commitment by criminologists to policy research that examines the links between economic conditions and crime would constitute an enlightened approach to crime control.…

This article presents a review of the history of the Albuquerque Indian School and the gradual changes within the Indian communities served by the AIS, federal legislation, and the desire of the All Indian Pueblo Council to demand quality education for their children through assuming control of their school. (RTS)

Reports on a study indicating that the impact of the press on energy policy making is, at most, low to moderate and that the more policy makers interact with the press the more useful they are likely to perceive it. (GW)

Discussion of the guidelines which were prepared "to establish a conceptual framework of service" for all libraries by the Standards Committee of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association. (JAB)

The Office of Human Development Services within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has announced that the Administration for Native Americans will include: a commissioner served by a Native American Advisory Group; an Intra-Departmental Council on Indian Affairs; and Offices of Program Operations and Planning and Program Development.…

Interprofessional policy analysis, a new concept, responds to a growing need among legislators at all levels for information about difficult problems confronting society. A program of policy analysis panels formed by the Ohio State University Commission on Interprofessional Education and Practice is described. (MT)

Examines the Social Security program as it relates to women in the workplace. As increasing numbers of working-age women enter the paid labor force, women's groups are voicing their concerns of the inequitable distribution of Social Security benefits. Discusses three options for reform and expected changes. (Author/ABL)

Fifteen National Science Foundation personnel met with Donald Campbell to discuss topics/issues related to an epistemologically-relevant sociology of science. Presented is an edited transcript of this roundtable/discussion (part of a series of roundtables which examined theoretical/practical aspects of how the nature of scientific progress is…