A computer graphics method for determining school bus routes. (RA)

Authors examined social policy issues related to government funding and raised some serious questions about the nature and future of policy. (Editor/RK)

This study examines the randomization process in twelve different social reform projects in the fields of health, education, and law. The implementation of the evaluation plan is discussed for each project. Recommendations are made for consideration by program administrators and researchers before planning and implementing true experimental…

Describes four systematic techniques of future forecasting which could be useful in social planning extrapolation, Delphi forecasting, simulation, scenario-speculation. (Author/NJ)

The nature of a planning and control system used by the Federal Government is discussed. The system is compared and contrasted with Dewey's method of inquiry, and an evaluation is made, using Dewey's philosophy as a frame of reference, of the system approach. (DB)

If the physical and social structure of urban areas is to be tuned to the changing urban society, then an apparatus is needed to keep developments on target" and to evaluate alternative courses of public intervention. Suggests the development of an appropriate goal structure" as the first step. (Author/DR)

Indicates why selective breeding for intelligence is biologically practical and suggests that positive eugenics is the only answer now available to our need for more intelligence. Procedure does not seem immoral. Quotes H. J. Muller's values to be recognized in eugenic planning." Does not prescribe program. (AL)

This paper uses March Current Population Survey data from 1985 to 2004 to explore whether social policy reforms implemented throughout the 1990s have different impacts on employment and welfare use depending on economic conditions, a topic with important policy implications but which has received little attention from researchers. I find evidence…

This publication covers the fundamentals of planning a college or university presidential inauguration. The guide's 10 chapters are based in part on a survey of colleges and universities that appointed new presidents between January 1990 and January 1992. The first chapter offers five rules for "getting your act together": you should…

Growing dissatisfaction with the linkage of educational research and development information and products to actual school classroom procedures has motivated many researchers and practitioners to uncover new linkage systems. Among the new approaches suggested is that of building on already existing communication networks in schools and across the…

Although a positive argument can be made for subsidizing college students, the existing system is chaotic and inconsistent. It is desirable therefore, to develop a reasonable and consistent plan for college scholarships. This plan would employ cost-benefit and other techniques of economic analysis to attain national policy objectives. In this…

An annotated bibliography of the most significant and general sources available on central planning for social change in the Soviet Union is presented. This bibliography concentrates on sources dealing with planning and change and includes a few works on forces and institutions of change, such as education, collective farms, trade unions, etc.,…

Describes a model of professional intervention for community workers. The various roles of the community worker are also examined. These include the role of researcher, social policy analyst, enabler, social planner, program developer, organizer, rehabilitator, coordinator, educator, and mediator. Differences between community work theory and…

For a long time, engineers have concentrated on producing technological goods with a view toward profit and service. Recent emergence of environmental and social problems strongly suggest that this emphasis should be modified. Now engineers should participate in determining policies and patterns of technological development. (PS)