Examines the premise that increased research provides important contributions to decision making. The study counterplan assumes that information can be developed in a way manageable to the policymaker, that study can assist in choosing from a variety of competing values, and that thoroughly researched decisions will be procedurally superior. (JMF)

Reports on the recent White House conference on arts education, where a major theme was educating the public--convincing it that the arts "are" basic education. (Editor/RK)

The Congress began the reorganization of the appropriations process by passing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. It established new budget committees in each house. However, the efficient use of competent policy studies by Congress may still be blocked "by major obstacles--inherent both in the structure of Congress and in the incentives…

Effectiveness of internal feedback systems on policy is analyzed in terms of a sample case: elimination of segregated dual schools in the South. Findings show that evaluation by policy implementers seems less successful than evaluation by external agents. (Author/AV)

Considers the current food emergency and the long-term uphill struggle for nationhood in all of the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. (Author/AM)

Suggests that freedom for the middle classes may mean vulnerability for the poor. The enthusiasm for sterilization may be so intense as to deprive the poor of their right not to be sterilized. (Author/AM)

A computer-based model of the Ontario university system is presented that focuses on funding, faculty staffing, and faculty salaries from 1955 to 1995. Events in these areas are analyzed as consequences of interaction between a strongly self-equilibrating social system, the universities, and a massively disequilibrating external force, the…

Several benefits resulting from the relaxation of the tenure-system-freeze policy are described. A modification of the system calls for administrators to allow a certain quota of appointments into the tenure system each year, rather than making all new appointments outside the tenure system. The AAUP tenure policy is considered in this regard.…

Educational administration problems in developing countries are discussed. Possible solutions to problems of decision-making, decision implementation, communications, task definition, and financial control are suggested. (Author/DB)

Discusses accounts of events and pressures influencing the British government's Welsh Office to set up the "Council for the Welsh Language," and reviews the council's composition, tasks, and achievements. Findings indicate that the council was even-handed in its promotion of activities to support Welsh and satisfied the middle ground of…

Reports of President Clinton's National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council stressed the unanimity of expert opinion approving the wiring of the nation's schools. Argues that labeling some approaches to technical practice as antitechnology or Luddism excludes important viewpoints from policy debates, allowing the juggernaut of…

Gives background information on early childhood services in Ireland and presents results of a survey on preschool experiences of 1,065 children. Found that majority had some form of early childhood service, most commonly a playgroup. A significant proportion had experienced home-based care with a relative or family day care provider. Discusses…

This special issue bridges inquiry on intelligence and scholarship on social policy by exploring the constraints that differences in intelligence may impose in fashioning effective social policy. The authors discuss a range of behaviors, but focus primarily on the noneducational outcomes of crime, employment, poverty, and health. (SLD)

To succeed in the new educational marketplace, British schools must change their teaching and administration focus to one of strategic planning, policy formation, and implementation. Unless schools develop a strategic marketing approach that shapes a coherent change program and educates client perceptions of need, they will be driven by a…