While policy analysis is currently the most popular research strategy for educational administration, it is more effective when used in conjunction with program evaluation. The relationship between these methods is illustrated by examining alternative research designs for a hypothetical school drug abuse program. (BS)

World conditions make clarity of intent and substance essential in communications among governments. To avoid nuclear confrontation, strategy planners and policymakers should analyze their own communications as well as those of others with great care. Direct and fast communication among leaders can help to preserve peace. (Author/CS)

The recent development of Dutch research coordination agencies, the Science Shops, forms the context for a description of the relationship between university research and policy at Amsterdam University and the national trade union organization. Management tools such as project financing and other elements of this system are discussed. (MSE)

Argues that community college boards of trustees are in a unique position to offer substantive leadership in policy development for curriculum and instruction. Suggests an emphasis on outcome-oriented education and stresses that trustees' leadership must be followed by their sustained support. (DMM)

When federal regulations governing human subjects research were modified, the State University of New York at Albany chose the consensual approach to revise its institutional policy. The process is described and its advantages and disadvantages are identified. (Author/MLW)

Discusses scientific and technical information as related to the regulatory process. Examines information uses, role of the courts, current values issues in regulatory policymaking (considering funding sources, choice of projects, reporting of results, access to results and confidentiality, and separating technical and regulatory decisions), and…

The NCTE Commission on Composition has prepared and adopted this position paper to state essential principles in the teaching of writing, hoping to guide teachers, parents, and administrators in understanding the power of writing and in teaching it effectively. (CRH)

Major literature is reviewed in the course of describing and assessing the role of operations research (OR) in educational administration. Increased use of OR approaches in education and a compounding of the present disagreement about the application and potential of OR are forecast. (MJL)

Argues that the predominant theme in prime time commercial television and at the theatre is that small towns are places where bad things happen to innocent people, asserting that it is a view that is neither realistic nor helpful to America or to anyone in particular, but it reveals something about how the media and our culture are shaped.…

How easy is it for schools to discuss the question of language across the curriculum? What impact do such discussions have on more general aims, and how are they affected by existing ideas about language and learning? Authors examines teacher strategies in the light of a course called Writing Across the Curriculum Project. (Editor/RK)

The author lists some 20 principles as restated by state-level decision makers, presents definite ideas on how policy should be stated, and calls on states to review not only their policy statements but also their rules and regulations. (Editor/HD)

This study reviews research on the defeat of incumbent school board members and presents new election data on 104 southern California school districts. The findings confirm that incumbent defeat is episodic, but they challenge previous research regarding its nature and origins. (Author)

In an analysis of British politics, it is concluded that the task will be the familiar one of how to sustain an organic society with a widespread sharing of social values without destroying respect for the individual. (LBH)

The second part of this series on the history of PBS examines the early 1970s-- a period of growth, development, and conflict for PBS and CPB. (Author)

This report presents condensed versions of the prepared statements of the participants on the general topic of "The Clean Air Act: Its Influence on Growth." Session topics included: "Impact of Federal Policies and Court Decisions,""Clean Air and a Thriving Society," and "Energy Policies: The Clean Air Act."…