Provides information about social science research sponsored and coordinated by the Commission of the European Communities. Discusses financial expenditures for research, research trends, and coordination and use of research results. Recommends formation of a three-year program of coordinated research projects. For journal availability, see SO 506…

Discusses court cases involving freedom of the college student press and suggests that student newspaper staffs meet with administrators to agree on editorial policy. (GW)

Notes that the papers in this issue stress the need for a conceptual framework (historical, social, legal, and developmental) for defining the critical parameters involved in arriving at a sound basis for social policy and child advocacy. (Author/AM)

The civil rights movement is very much alive, yet its life today is being consumed fighting defensive battles. The transition from primary emphasis on civil rights to emphasis on achieving the goal of civil equality is one that will put the movement on the offensive. (Author/AM)

Presents a conceptual scheme by which educators can evaluate the need for their roles to change as the educational sphere changes. Specifically examines consensus of learning resource specialists about changes in their role. (AV)

The budget-cutting implications of Proposition 13 in California make it important that parks and recreation professionals be committed to providing what the public needs through fine management, sensitive programming, and citizen participation in policy formation. (JD)

This paper examines the conditions under which it is appropriate to use a productivity framework for evaluating education and human service programs. It also discusses three specific limitations on the applicability of productivity analyses. (Author/AM)

The article reviews various statements and analyses of federal policy related to educational research and development, relevance or usefulness of research, and the politics of allocating values and resources for it. The author states that change in federal education support policy requires that research benefits be articulated. (MF)

A model position statement for the college trustee is presented that deals with the management of and decision-making for corporate equity securities. Neither selling the stock nor leaving decisions on social issues, such as the apartheid one, to corporate management is seen as a satisfactory alternative. Adoption of a position statement can guide…

Several different university policy options toward continuing education are defined and examined. Examples described are from European universities. (MDR)

Presents 39 questions concerning urban design educational programs to be discussed at a workshop. The questions represent five groups: schools with programs, schools wanting to establish programs, practitioners, students, and the AIA committee on urban planning and design. (MA)

Outlines reasons for declining community college enrollments, but stresses the potential for continued growth through "proactive" planning, which depends upon well-informed student recruitment efforts, and the development of new modes of interinstitutional cooperation. (MB)

A discussion of the relationships, both biological and behavioral, among nutrition, population, and health in relation to government policy. Special emphasis is given to breast feeding and child survival. (BB)

Presents a rationale for using history in policy formation. Contributions to be made by historians include analyzing past processes and weighing policy options. Concludes that the low prestige of history in policy-making areas is temporary. (Author/DB)

Discusses the various postures assumed by state and federal courts in deciding cases affecting public employee labor relations policy. Examines how the courts' role and the labor policy promulgated by their decisions have shifted and evolved over the years. (Author/JG)