A statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education sets forth seven suggestions for the business educator to follow to establish an effective public relations program in the school and fourteen suggestions for extending the program outside the school. (AG)

A policy of decentralizing the operation of federal programs through regional offices has been widely carried out by the Nixon administration. Two major figures on both sides of the dispute explain their views. (Author/MLF)

Traces attempts states have made to limit the scope of collective bargaining and suggests points that should be taken into consideration in any federal collective bargaining bill. (IRT)

Politics thrust Clay Whitehead into the controversial center of the Nixon era. An assessment of what happened and what it meant. (Author)

The Great Society's secret task forces created by Lyndon Johnson, particularly in the case-study area of federal education policy, show the use and misuse of the task force device. Modern use of it began with John F. Kennedy. Although he used the task force device effectively sometimes, he did not use it effectively in his educational programs in…

This paper attempts to clean up some of the muddled thinking that obscures the distinction between theory and practice in educational administration. The author also applies his argument to the issue of possible gaps between policy formulation and policy implementation. The author begins by noting that there is a common misapprehension that in…

This study summarizes major thrusts of articles appearing in "Foreign Affairs," the journal which is essentially the voice of the Council on Foreign Relations. The study is based on the premise that the Council holds an elite and influential position in U.S. government policy formation. Articles and supplements from Volume I, Number I…

What are the relationships between policy and evaluation within state departments of education? How does policy influence what is evaluated in such settings and how does evaluation inform policymaking? Directors of evaluation in six state education agencies address these issues through detailed descriptions of their operations: Gordon Ascher,…

New Jersey statutes and regulations state certain definitions, standards, and processes for providing a "thorough and efficient" (T & E) education. This document presents 53 sample educational policy statements local districts can use as models when developing their own policy. These sample statements are indexed using the National…

The author's comments and questions about an earlier study by NORDINFO (Nordic Council for Scientific Information) of databases and data banks in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are organized into four sections: (1) surveying databases and data banks, (2) approaches to computerized information services, (3) the present state of development in…

IN A SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES, APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE DISTRICTS PROVIDED COPIES OF BOARD POLICY MANUALS FOR STUDY, WHILE MOST OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS INDICATED PLANS TO DEVELOP SUCH DOCUMENTS. TYPICAL DIVISIONS OF THE POLICY MANUALS STUDIED WERE (1) INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF THE MANUAL, (2) ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD AND…

Among the possible procedures and devices that can sharpen government sensitivity to the needs of citizens and provide for participation in the formulation of long-range public policy, interactive computers seem the most promising. Users could make computer-based explorations of future alternatives, and then provide policy makers with a sample of…

An examination of the general uses of video in instruction helps to formulate appropriate policy for maximizing video production and use. Wide use of instructional television makes advanced knowledge more usable and increases public awareness of new discoveries, reduces the time lag between conception and application of ideas which change society,…