Pros and cons of citizens' committees are given, as well as suggestions on the best way to plan and organize a citizens' committee to study a school-related matter. (Author/SP)

President of the National University Extension Association discusses action and activities of the Association during the past six months. (SP)

Outlines the history of direct and indirect government support for science in Australia, the formulation of science policy, and the role of scientific advisors to the federal government. (AL)

ALA conference report: ALA accepts the jargon of change but balks on implementation, while AASL sets its own directions. (Author)

A member of the Activities Committee on Directions for ALA (ACONDA) reflects on what threatens to be an ongoing process of backing, filling, retrenching, and revisioning." (Author)

Citizen participation in public policy making is a serious jeopardy because of the frustration cause by an enormous avalanche of information, by the impersonalization of our institutions, and by the technological revolution. A small social action committee dedicated to the collective interchange of ideas and information and working in an…

The authors discuss the composition of local special education advisory committees and the dynamics that affect their performance. (SB)

In this account of the drafting of the Evaluation Research Society (ERS) Standards, the author notes that the committee was concerned not only with a broad range of evaluation applications, but also with different forms of evaluation. The absence of specificity in the standards reflects the committee's steering between opposing views. (Author/LC)

Presents a standard textbook adoption process orchestrated by a textbook selection committee. The committee conducts a needs survey, reviews materials, selects three series finalists, arranges for the publishers of the selected materials to make presentations to the faculty, visits schools using the materials, and makes a final choice. (Author/WD)

Provides a 1980-81 roster of the names and addresses of the officials of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Includes members of the association's Board of Directors, Commission on Schools, and Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. (JP)

Discusses Beaufort County School District's (South Carolina) "Facilities 2000" plan to simultaneously build and renovate multiple schools within one district and an oversight committee's communication efforts with the surrounding community. The committee's approach in providing accountability, monitoring progress, and reporting to the…

Describes how Santa Clara University is trying to make budget committees more influential by making them less democratic. (EV)

Includes "Surveying Client Satisfaction" (Warnock); "Teaching Clientele What or How to Think" (Jones); "Understanding Clientele Differences" (McKenna, Martin); and "Selecting Advisory Council Members" (Black et al.). (JOW)

Offers a protocol for electronic deliberations that honors the rights of academic committee members and is consistent with Robert's Rules of Order. Describes why electronic messaging is often used to facilitate committee deliberations, the strengths and weaknesses of electronic deliberations, committee work according to Robert's Rules of Order,…