Assesses current scientific and technological development in China under Communist rule. (SL)

Argues that with the presidential elections of 1976 now history, the electorate may hope for greater support to those people who see social problems as public issues rather than psychological dilemmas in search of biomedical remedies. No one close to social science and related to government could fail to detect in the last decade a powerful drift…

Coleman's message has been misunderstood, it is argued, because the scholar has been engaging in a perilous exercise that is not uncommon among social scientists. He has been mixing rhetoric and research in many recent pronouncements, and few people know which is which. The scientist and advocate hats must be clearly labeled. (Author/JM)

Presents a multiple regression analysis of data taken from a survey of southern high schools by the National Opinion Research Center (1973). Concludes that if the paper demonstrates the strengths of the quantitative method it also demonstrates its weaknesses. (Author/JM)

Responses to papers in this Quarterly by Crain and Leacock. (JM)

Asserts that few critical issues in drug programming are being thoughtfully considered. Suggests that health educators and other professionals involved in drug program development must seriously consider program problems of goal selection, policy development, student rights and protection, clarification of drug-related terminology, and evaluation…

Indicates that corporate speechwriters actively seek to identify possible speech issues for their organizations' spokespersons, often helping to build clients' speech agendas. Suggests that the "Strategic Issues Management" (SIM) model can be useful to practitioners and students of policy speechwriting/spokesmanship by providing the…

Discusses the issues and challenges facing school boards in the current educational reform climate. Summarizes the findings and recommendations resulting from the Institute for Educational Leadership (Washington, DC) national study of local school boards. (MD)

Provides strategies for creating effective partnerships between state and local boards of education. (MD)

Describes the format for board policy development for the Camden Central School District (NY). It was developed to ensure consistent presentation of policies and to define specific responsibility and authority in the process of policy formation. A sidebar contains a copy of a policy statement. (MD)

Argues that information management calls for development of an organizational strategy that encompasses users, information resources, and the available and appropriate technology. Discussion of strategy development includes the nature of information, information resources, variance in information usage, and guidelines for developing a strategy to…

Small farmers are a diverse group, ranging from part-time hobbyists with good off-farm jobs to full-time operators. General rural development policies, rather than traditional farm policies, may be the best method to help those small farmers who earn insufficient income. (JHZ)

The process and experiences associated with strategic planning in a recently decentralized administrative information systems environment are described. Background information on why Virginia Commonwealth University decentralized the authority, responsibility, and accountability for the delivery of administrative information services to major…

Discusses the national archives of Zimbabwe, the legislation that has directed the collection and use of the archives, the value of colonial archives in the educational process, the preservation of cultural heritage, and the formation of national policy. (CLB)

Discusses the origins, legislative basis, content, and impact of a policy directive which prescribes a general framework for developing uniform and consistent federal information resources management policies. (Author/CLB)