Defines strategic planning, outlines its key elements and activities, and summarizes the difficulties of applying a top-down, profit-driven process to education. Explains Strategic Planning for Educational Reform and Improvement (SPERI), a set of manageable, concise procedures for top school administrators. Describes SPERI applications in an…

Indiana University has over 300 microcomputers connected to the administrative mainframe. The issue of micro/mainframe data transfer is discussed and guidelines for planning this capability are provided. Types of micro/mainframe data transfer products, product choice, and how the product works in the transfer environment are described. (Author/MLW)

Uses an ecology-of-games metaphor to highlight the messiness and discontinuities in the policy process, the variety of games played by different people for different reasons, and the linkages between those separate games. Suggests that educational research can also be conceived as a game that is related to various policy games. (FMW)

Discusses the challenge of educating interest groups in the functioning of government and the policy-making process by examining the initiation and implementation of an agricultural drainage program in Manitoba. Presents guidelines on how Extension workers can operate in such politically difficult situations. (JOW)

The field of adult and continuing education is becoming a vehicle for social policy without its involvement or consent. Steps to control its influence in the policy arena include involvement of frontline practitioners, leadership from professional associations, and research and evaluation to enhance, critique, and inform social policy development.…

Reviews discussions of the need for a national information policy and explores some of the complex issues involved in policy formation. The differences between national and federal information policy are identified, the role of scientific and technical information is discussed, and strategies for creating a national information policy are…

A survey of 72 graduate programs in nursing revealed that health policy is not a substantive area of study in graduate curricula, yet program directors feel that health policy content is very important. The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing has developed a specific doctoral-level course addressing nursing leadership and public policy. (CH)

Argues that the United States has been conspicuous in failing to develop national policies responsive to the needs of dual-earner families and that the proven experience of other European countries should be helpful in developing programs in the United States. (JOW)

School boards should try to anticipate issues before they arise by reviewing the issues other boards are dealing with and tapping many sources of information. Offers 12 recommendations. (MLF)

Car seat loan programs addressing low-income populations should place greater emphasis on education of medical providers to provide education and referrals, encourage organizational policy that requires a safe first ride home, and address issues of social support and perceived norms and ease of acquisition. (Author)

The report of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's Bylaws and Policy Development Committee addresses policy statements of several other committees, resolutions received from association units, and a specific charge from the association's president concerning policy formation procedures. (MSE)

As a result of the 1992 federal appellate court decision, "Kreimer versus Morristown," libraries have the right to define appropriate patron behavior while in a library and to address behavior considered disruptive. Discusses details of the case and practical interpretations of the ruling. (JKP)

Describes aspects of the Environmental Education Policy Initiative. Reflects on the initiative's background, its key purpose, management-hierarchical and participatory-process orientations, its process, and evidences of its success. (MDH)

The contributions of Senator J. William Fulbright to public policy in the United States are examined, focusing on a lifetime of public service and the global view that he brought to American policy formation. Cultural tolerance and international cooperation are seen as the major themes dominating his public life. Excerpts of personal comments of a…

How policy is developed and how evaluators can participate in the process are discussed, focusing on federal evaluators. The strongest weapon of an evaluator is a short, easy-to-read report with a simple, compelling message. Federal policy evaluators must learn to be content with slow gains. (SLD)