Discusses the role and possible impact of Congressional action on United States' policy at the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference. (JMF)

Outlines issues that could affect the opportunities of developing countries to take advantage of the benefits of communication technology. Discusses the allocation of the frequency spectrum and the use of satellite technology. (JMF)

Discusses issues related to the free flow of information, which are not on the agenda of the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference but need to be resolved. These include Third World concerns for the concept of information as a world resource, technical assistance to communication development, and spectrum allocation, particularly satellite…

Reports results of a study of three daily newspapers in India, which was designed to determine who sets news and editorial policy in Indian newspapers and what the social processes are by which staff members come to perceive and conform to the policy. (GT)

Considers the interconnection of curriculum problems and the processes by which they are treated and argues that much is to be gained by seeing curriculum problems and processes as instances of much wider sets of problems and processes generally belonging in the area of public policymaking. (Author/MLF)

Discusses community colleges' need to respond to the increasing focus on lifelong learning. Summarizes federal policy-making procedures, initiated by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the National Council on Community Services and Continuing Education, and emphasizes the importance of cooperation between the institution…

Discusses the federal government's role in supporting and, therefore, influencing the policy-making processes of the public broadcasting industry. (JMF)

Incidents of pledges' injury or death as a result of fraternity hazing warrant formal investigation by individual institutions. Survey results and personal interviews at Mississippi State University suggest that hazing exists. Institutions should reevaluate their policies on hazing. (NRB)

There is a conspicuous absence of federal policies dealing with instructional television. Financial programs have had a bias against televised courses or been greatly underfunded. (Author/TG)

Runaways have existed throughout American history. It is imperative to develop a context and perspective to understand running away and to formulate responsive and appropriate social policies to address this problem. (Author/NRB)

Examines the perspectives and practice orientations of professionals influential in local policy making and service delivery for the aged. Discusses how the negative attitudes of these individuals toward the elderly result in the implementation and perpetuation of inappropriate, and often detrimental, services. (GC)

Three major areas are considered: (1) "realities" in the current context that affect the mission of both independent and public institutions; (2) the nature of a mission statement and five elements it should contain; and (3) results that having a sound mission statement can provide for a college. (MLW)

Focuses on school boards as sociocultural systems. Asserts that boards' decision-making processes operate within a cultural context and have, over the centuries of their existence, developed a culture of their own. Proposes that culture dictates a decision-making output that is not as responsive or immediate as would be expected. (Author/MK)

The author describes the scope and development of a new discipline in American academic life, policy science, and questions whether it can accomplish the aims to which it aspires. (SJL)

Discusses variables such as financial resources, political determinants, resistance to innovation, learning styles, student population, organizational and institutional structures, human resources, and communication, as possible factors which detain adequate development of the open university in Latin America. Nineteen references are listed.…