Reviewing the proposed Brazilian "Indian Emancipation Decree," a recent development in Brazilian Indian policy, this article asserts there is no evidence that this legislation was either proposed or petitioned by Indian people in their own self-interest. (RTS)

This article criticizes the California Council on the Education of Teachers for having too narrow a base of representatives and suggests that more teachers and those actively engaged in the schools be included as delegates to the meetings. (JD)

A serious lack of reliable data and adequate theory hampers effective service and decision making in the area of child abuse. A discussion of information and policy deficiencies explores the impact and implications of such deficiencies and suggests methods for correcting them. (CM)

Changing philosophies and trends in teacher education are examined. (JD)

Cost-based and competitive political pressures are now emerging which may threaten both the traditional political resources of the aging and the future expansion and liberalization of old age policy benefits. (Author)

The article is a brief survey of the use of fire by American Indians as fire ecologists, and the ultimate decision to return to tradition. (NQ)

Conventional wisdom-ideas and concepts which, according to J. Galbreath, have become acceptable to the general public--is often reflected in policies, mandates, and legislation. Since it is becoming a formidable problem in the rehabilitation field, professionals must take a strong position for what is best for their programs and people they serve.…

Librarians tend not to utilize their knowledge of what causes the censorship phenomenon to predict and try to prevent eventual problems. This article contains several suggestions for librarians to ward off the censor. (Author)

Working from a case study of the development of educational broadcasting policy in the FCC, this article proposes a conceptual model of interest group activity which attempts to get at one aspect of the problem of how influence is transmitted. (JEG)

Summarizes the major highlights of a colloquium, held in Washington, on research and development. The participants disagreed with the pending federal government policy of a tight money supply for research. (GA)

Explains the two theoretical perspectives--the "social pathology" and "institutional pathology" models--upon which most attempts to remedy educational inequalities have been based and examines the implications that each perspective has had in developing social and educational policy. (Author/RK)

Focuses on understanding comparative education with regard to its political commitment, as it is reflected in the positions taken by some outstanding educationalists in the course of the history of this discipline. (Author/RK)

Subjects were asked to allocate resources to one of several courses of action and their commitment was measured following a financial setback. Individuals may process information differently after a failure as opposed to a success and this differential processing may account for differences in commitment to policy decisions. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the role of the historian in the formation of public and foreign policy. Historians should look at the public policies that are claimed to be based in the past and see if that is in fact the case. The history of racial segregation is used as an example. (Author/JK)