This article discusses the problems and potentials of nonformal education in India by reviewing a number of booklets, surveys, speeches, and government documents which analyze directions of nonformal education over the past three decades. (KC)

The secretary of the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education reviews the first year's work of the Council, a national independent organization for consultation and advice on adult and continuing education in England and Wales. (MF)

Discusses the development of a library network in Indonesia, including problems encountered due to inadequate manpower, the need for the support of a powerful national advisory committee, and the possibility of utilizing telecommunication facilities in the future. (CWM)

The values of professionals and quasi-professionals in school have not been sufficiently consensual to allow change agent strategies to work as they should. The disadvantage of change agents in education lies in applying methods that are largely educational to situations that are fundamentally political. (JD)

The perspectives of this scholar-activist are focused on interactions between evaluation studies and policy research, and reflect a strong commitment to improving people's lives through the conduct of better research, targeted directly on policy-making processes. Journal availability: see TM 503 798. (Author/CP)

Discusses the processes by which science education policy is determined at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Included are the degree of the involvement of different groups in policy-making, major issues related to the role of the NSF, and policies currently in effect. (HM)

Examines four aspects of the role of scientific and technological information in state legislatures. Research indicates that a consensus on the need to bring scientific and technological information to bear on public problems does not exist. The method by which legislators secure information and the conditions necessary to change state information…

Discusses five characteristics of policy making within governmental sectors and the consequences of each for the social sciences: (1) degree of centralization, (2) characteristics of major policy actors; (3) characteristics of major institutions, (4) nature of decisions made by the sector, and (5) availability of alternate source of information.…

Provides information about social science research sponsored and coordinated by the Commission of the European Communities. Discusses financial expenditures for research, research trends, and coordination and use of research results. Recommends formation of a three-year program of coordinated research projects. For journal availability, see SO 506…

Discusses court cases involving freedom of the college student press and suggests that student newspaper staffs meet with administrators to agree on editorial policy. (GW)

Notes that the papers in this issue stress the need for a conceptual framework (historical, social, legal, and developmental) for defining the critical parameters involved in arriving at a sound basis for social policy and child advocacy. (Author/AM)

The civil rights movement is very much alive, yet its life today is being consumed fighting defensive battles. The transition from primary emphasis on civil rights to emphasis on achieving the goal of civil equality is one that will put the movement on the offensive. (Author/AM)

Presents a conceptual scheme by which educators can evaluate the need for their roles to change as the educational sphere changes. Specifically examines consensus of learning resource specialists about changes in their role. (AV)

The budget-cutting implications of Proposition 13 in California make it important that parks and recreation professionals be committed to providing what the public needs through fine management, sensitive programming, and citizen participation in policy formation. (JD)

This paper examines the conditions under which it is appropriate to use a productivity framework for evaluating education and human service programs. It also discusses three specific limitations on the applicability of productivity analyses. (Author/AM)