Noting limitations of applying corporation techniques to universities, the author develops a model of decision-making which utilizes marketing techniques within a structure designed to encourage, sensitively record, and facilitate the efficient implementation of policy politically determined by the collision of various interests in continuing and…

The old empirical-rational and power-coercive system of policy development and implementation is inappropriate in our pluralistic environment. The problem-solving strategy combines rationality, involvement, flexibility, and decentralization. It has new implications for administrators' roles. (Author/SJL)

The purpose of this paper is not to discuss particular policy issues in aesthetic education but rather to address the process of and problems in policy formation: the context of policy, power structures, policy implementation, effectiveness criteria, and policy justification. (Author/SJL)

The evaluator as purveyor of truth may be seen as one more lobbyist competing for politicians' attention. This article explains how evaluators can present their results forcefully in the political arena. Available from: Evaluation, 501 South Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415. (CP)

This article illustrates how social research has moved into the public policy process while retaining the essential characteristics of research. It also shows how concerns about participant confidentiality have interacted with attempts by the General Accounting Office to analyze data. Journal availability: see TM 503 798. (CP)

This paper describes the attempt of the St. Louis public school system's educational bureaucracy to become more manageable, responsive, and productive. Issues seminars, which provide a structure for problem identification, examination and remediation, took place at all levels of the school system's hierarchy. (Author/KR)

The model utilized in this study was designed to meet the need for analysis of policy as one step in the process of describing the general status of school health service programs in a state. The findings of this study indicated that most schools in Virginia are characterized by inadequate health programs when compared to recommended policies. (DS)

Teachers should be taught to take leadership roles in the formulation of educational policy and practice in the school system. (JD)

Assesses the impact of state school finance reform legislation in the seventies on state and local distribution of educational funds, and concludes that expenditure disparities (between rich and poor districts) has increased nationally. (PKP)

The role of the library as an information agency is to buy and publicize the materials that will allow young people to make informed decisions about their own lives. (Author)

Chairmen of six American corporations respond to questions on energy conservation and development. Corporations are American Telephone and Telegraph, IBM, United States Steel, Exxon, General Motors, and du Pont de Nemours. Recommendations include creation of a national energy policy, reduction of wasteful uses of energy, and increased efforts in…

This paper provides a brief judicial history of education in the District of Columbia. Court cases discussed include: school desegregation, curriculum, busing, teacher assignments, resource allocation, special education, and student rights. (Author/AM)

Revised standards for teacher education programs are discussed, with emphasis on changes from present standards, clarifications of existing standards, and questions about the application of the standards. (JD)

The three university reforms that have taken place in East Germany are described and the implications of policy decisions are examined. An investigation of the various organs of the government of higher education elucidates the disposition of authority at each level. (Author/LBH)

The speech, delivered 1 June 1978 at the Western Roundup Regional Conference on Rural Home Services (University of Montana, Missoula), indicates that rural America has suffered from neglect, disorganization, and the lack of a federal rural development policy. (B R)