Because parents are placing increasing numbers of their children (100,000 more per year) in nontraditional (and sometimes unaccredited) schools for reasons that include religious concerns and dissatisfaction with public schools, state education policymakers are being asked to change laws requiring certified teachers in primary schools and…

Intended for policymakers, the report examines the federal government's efforts to influence state and local governments on matters of education. Two agencies within the Department of Education are spotlighted: the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of Special Education (OSE). Parallel case studies of OCR and OSE were conducted via more…

Activities of the Home Economics Division at the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention are summarized; addressed were the field's identity and image crises engendered by women's liberation and male chauvinism, and threats to significant Federal legislation in divisiveness, consequent exclusion from vocational education definitions, and…

A summary is presented of the business conducted during the American Vocational Association's (AVA) Trade and Industrial Education Division Policy Committee meeting at the AVA's 1975 Convention. A revision of operating policies dissolved the Women's Section; other issues were postponed. (AJ)

Highlights are presented from the policy statements of the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education (NASDVE) drafted during the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention. (AJ)

Based on a case study of the formulation and enactment of the Education Amendments of 1972, an analysis of the federal policy-making process for higher education is presented to provide the academic community a realistic perspective on federal action. Includes discussion of the policy arena, sources of policy options, and pluralistic…

Contains the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Revision of Regulation 4 of "Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure," originally published in 1968 based on the 1940 "Statement of Principles." This October 1975 revision follows the earlier revision published in November 1974. (JT)

Contends that members of an institution must agree on common purposes if it is to survive with significance. Questions to ask are, "To whom is the institution responsible?" and, "What should we be doing to carry out our responsibility to these groups?" (JT)

Describes new film catalogs, instructional materials, equipment, and development in a variety of science areas. Outlines the National Science Foundation reorganization, the National Science Board policy statements, and recent National Science Teachers Association actions. (GS)

The following steps and alternatives should be considered in developing a well-balanced plan for staff reduction: maintaining current enrollment figures; pinpointing areas of under- and overstaffing; reducing non-salary expenditures; encouraging voluntary reduction; terminating non-tenured faculty; formulating due process procedures; helping…

Emphasizing the necessity of developing a job security system acceptable to employees, the institution, unions, government agencies, and the courts, the author suggests that the place to start is with a review of grievance procedures and of provisions for layoffs of tenured and mid-contract faculty. (JT)

If the scientists working on the Manhattan Project had realized the consequences of the atomic bomb earlier, formulated their recommendations more precisely, and approached the statesmen in time, American policy on use and control of the bomb might well have been different. (Author/BT)

A historical perspective on policy and structure as set out in the major reports, official documents, and legislation contributes a great deal to understanding the present position of adult education in England. (Author/BP)

Seven domains upon which public policy is said to have an impact are differentiated here. A major intention of the paper is to distinguish between science and trans-science and the validity of including non-objective phenomena as an input into public policy evaluation and formation. (Author/AM)

Suggests that given the fact that there is no way to prevent further expansion of the ghettos, spreading school and housing segregation are virtually inevitable in the absence of a powerful policy to alter the normal self-fulfilling prophecies of neighborhood transition. (Author/AM)