Because student participation in university governance is already a reality and will inevitably become more widespread, the task for American colleges and universities is to move toward more formal and institutionalized modes of student involvement. The experience of Brown University, which moved from essentially informal to formal student…

The purpose of this dissertation was to identify the nature of constraints toward facilitating the movement of more minority students through alternative post-secondary institutions on the strength of resources made available to the Educational Opportunity Programming (E.O.P.). The first three chapters of the study are issue centered. These…

This report explores a range of alternative futures covering the next 25 years (1975-2000). These concentrate on the United States, but place this nation's future experience in a world context. It is believed that by exploring the uncertainty of the near future and placing boundaries on it, environmental policy planners will be provided with an…

This paper summarizes the history and current directions of the Science for Citizens program at the National Science Foundation and notes the role evaluation and evaluators might play with respect to it. The goal of the program is to help scientists and citizens participate knowledgeably in policy-making with respect to issues in which science and…

To determine if children watch adult programs on weekday prime-time television because more suitable age-specific programming is unavailable, a study was conducted to assess children's viewing preferences using a forced-choice instrument. After a pilot study established the validity of the instrument, four popular children's programs were…

This case study applies a mathematical model to the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) Rolling Prairie Library (RPL) System. Given certain dimensions, parameters, and operating policies of a library network, the model calculates probability of satisfying a request, average processing time, average total and unit costs, and average…

In March 1977, a project was begun by the Executive Office of the President to seek out comments and recommendations from the public for a comprehensive national energy plan. Three simultaneous approaches were used: (1) ten regional town meetings were conducted; (2) Twenty-one small conferences were held at the White House; and (3) a public notice…

Drawing heavily upon the experiences of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and its experience in a longitudinal evaluation of the national "Follow Through" program (a program devised to provide developmental and educational services for poor children), this paper is written in reference to the development of early childhood education…

This book is one of a series of studies--undertaken as part of the program adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO--related to the analysis of communication policies as they exist at the public, institutional, and professional levels in selected countries. Discussed in this book about Hungary's communication policies are such topics as mass…

In response to the supposition that public support of regional industrial development will benefit the rural poor and unemployed, the relationship between the level of manufacturing activities and unemployment and poverty was examined. Utilizing data derived from the U.S. Census of Population (1960 and 1970) and the County Business Patterns (1959…

Vocational-technical education has neglected the area of policy research, not because Federal support preempts the policy-making role, but for a combination of reasons: (1) adverse reaction to a vocational-technical program is not welcomed by its authors and benefactors, (2) vocational-technical educators are not typically researchers, (3) the…

This paper outlines an investigation aimed at illuminating the rationales that states and state policy makers have used to support their early childhood education policy initiatives during the 1971-73 legislative sessions. An in-depth comparative case study approach is used in five selected states with regard to kindergarten legislation or…

This handbook attempts to improve policy development and decision making relative to financing postsecondary education. Sections cover: (1) descriptions and comparisons of selected reports relative to recommendations for postsecondary financing; (2) position statements and/or comments on postsecondary financing from certain cooperative sponsoring…

The opening section of the document provides a brief perspective of the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales, which forms a background for the discussion presented in the rest of the report. The second section, Retrospect, gives a historical survey of the evolution of the NHS from the previous health care supply system, with…

Control of mass communication information has become a matter of increasing concern in scholarly circles. The emphasis by UNESCO in recent years on national communication policies is related to this concern. One important justification offered for focusing attention on communication policies has been their impact on development efforts. Certain…