The need for a council on science and technology to advise the President of the United States is explored. The role and functioning of a science advisory committee are discussed, and three proposals offered to the House Science and Astronautics Committee are detailed. (DT)

Provides a list of organizations giving considerable attention toward a comprehensive population policy. Eight major recommendations to all governments are cited, indicating deep concern for the impact of growing environmental problems on the quality of both urban and rural life. A table representing interrelationship of policies is presented. (EB)

Volume III, Section A of a six-volume final report (which covers the findings of a research project on policy and technology related to rehabilitation of disabled individuals) presents five papers which examine important rehabilitation-oriented issues. In the first paper, "Policymaking Process," J. Clotfelter reviews how policy is made (including…

This study is a comprehensive analysis of issues concerning marijuana that are of importance to state policy makers. It reviews the medical, legal, and historical dimensions of marijuana use and examines the range of policy approaches toward marijuana possession and use which state officials have considered. Attention is directed to the experience…

One of a series of reports on the International Project for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (in Mathematics). Text in French.

In 1928, the Federal Radio Commission (the precursor of the Federal Communications Commission--FCC) noted the need for special radio channels that could carry radio across the United States free from interference from other radio stations. Many of these "clear channels" still exist as protected entities. Perhaps no other FCC policy…

Federal support for research on poverty is discussed, and principal funding agencies are identified. The value of research on poverty for policy making is discussed and evaluated, with particular attention to the work of the Institute for Research on Poverty. The report recommends that the system for funding the Institute be improved, that…

The paper discusses major lines of research of American economists on the economies of the USSR and Eastern Europe. A specific concern is that the United States faces a complex set of issues resulting from the expanding role of these countries in the world economy. At the same time, the United States is experiencing a declining base of specialists…

Presented is a model for the development of school policies and rules for identifying and reporting child abuse. The document provides a model statement of rules and includes information regarding who must report, under what circumstances must a report be made, how a report is made, penalty, inservice, social service contacts, publication of…

Three conference papers on the formulation of collection development policies are presented in this report: (1) Richard W. Blood, Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Bibliographer, General Libraries, University of Houston, discusses both the theoretical considerations behind an academic library's decision to write such a policy and the…

Described in terms of their objectives and their continuing validity and responsiveness to current developments, the United States information policies presented in this paper form the principles upon which the United States generally approaches international information policy issues. Various aspects of U.S. information policy which are discussed…

This study of services to young children with special needs in Massachusetts was conducted for the Early Childhood Project, Division of Special Education, Massachusetts Department of Education. The report contains the following: (1) an evaluation of activities carried out between October 1979 and August 1980 by the Birth to Six Project in…

In the current communications regulatory and policymaking environment there are several factors of crucial importance to public broadcasting, including (1) the system's increased visibility; (2) the impact of inflation on governmental budget decisions; (3) policymaker assumptions about new technologies, economic forces, and deregulation; and (4)…

The first of eight delegate workbooks prepared for the May, 1977 White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals contains the ballots for the workshop on health and social concern related to diagnosis, prevention and psychological adjustment. The ballots are intended to enable delegates to assign priorities to various issues and proposals in a…

The authors propose a format for conducting workshops whose goals are the development of programs of continuing education for teachers. The rationale for such inservice teacher improvement is based upon (1) the need to more capably deal with the individual differences among children; (2) the changing nature of the inservice education enterprise;…