This paper discusses the presidential vetoes of the Nixon Administration. Four of these involved measures appropriating money to implement existing federal aid to education programs. This paper also analyzes the roles played by urban congressmen in the deliberations surrounding the vetoes. Nixon vetoed four education appropriation bills in less…

This article focused on an examination of the current state of affairs regarding the economic scene in the United States. (Editor/RK)

To help assess the consequences of food policies, the world's food system is being assembled into models. These models should help planners evaluate the impact of food-related policies and will try to account for the interactions of all food-related supply and demand factors. (BT)

Discusses the Franck report and the attempt by scientists to participate in national policy making during World War II. (BR)

Relates occurrences at the Asilomar conference that led to the drafting of guidelines for gene-transplant research. The guidelines allow some experiments, defer others until safer containment is available, and ban those considered highly dangerous. (GS)

A number of faulty assumptions about women cloud the real issues facing families who need child care in the 1980s. Until we can isolate the child care issues and discard the emotional underpinnings of women's status, child care cannot become a recognized profession. The first section of this paper focuses on assumptions about women's roles.…

The goal of this study was provision of information for decision-makers to aid their decisions within their realm of responsibility. The six functions perceived by administrators as highest need areas were identified. These included auxiliary services and support staff, teacher values and expectations, adult and continuing educational programs,…

This report contains the proceedings of a 1978 meeting held in Kathmandu, Nepal to examine major problems and aspirations of Asian youth. Thirty three people from 18 countries participated. There are three parts to the report. Part I summarizes the six main themes of the meeting. They are: concept of youth as viewed by Asian cultures; concepts and…

It is suggested that to communicate effectively, evaluators in museum settings must be collaborators with the people they intend to influence, understand the inherent conflict of interests, and design an evaluation which enhances interstaff communication. Four factors are considered essential for conducting a successful evaluation: (1) the…

Suggested guidelines for the development of fire service standard operating procedures are presented in this document. Section topics are as follow: chain of command; communications; emergency response; apparatus; fire service training; disaster response; aircraft fire safety; mutual aid; national reporting system (example reporting forms);…

Meta-megapolicy, a concept mix of the policy sciences discipline, is viewed as central to attempts at improving public policy-making. Rooted in the prevailing societal values, public policies are envisioned as the result of a policy-making process in which megapolicy is utilized to determine the needed changes in policy, and metapolicy is utilized…

Although parent involvement in school decision-making is required by law in Montreal, there is not necessarily a high level of parent participation. This study attempted to discover how parents feel about their involvement in the elementary and high schools. Subjects completing questionnaires included 255 families of the Protestant School Board of…

National policy makers have put forth different life cycle planning proposals for the more satisfying integration of education, work and leisure over the life course. This speech describes a decision making scheme, the Time Paradigm, for researched-based choice among various proposals. The scheme is defined in terms of a typology of time-related…