Presents a framework for formulating urbanization policies and discusses the application of this paradigm in the context of Islamic ideology. Operationalization of the framework is developed as a five-step sequence. (Author/WB)

Direct service social work practitioners make policy decisions in everyday practice. Social work education should prepare practitioners for these roles in new ways, develop new configurations of knowledge, and create new curriculum emphases. This can help bridge the gap between social policy and direct practice educaton and use agencies better.…

Efforts of the 96th Congress to use evaluation data in considering whether to change policies about reimbursement for psychotherapy services. (Author/BW)

Nondisclosure violates a partnership with the public that engineers have entered by introducing new technologies to the public. If technological progress is to coexist with democracy, technology's creators must rethink their communication with the public. (Author/RE)

Traces the increasing concern among Americans over the energy situation and the state of the economy. Stresses the responsibility of the schools in educating students in matters of energy and the influence of energy on economic growth. A conceptual structure for an energy curriculum in social studies is presented. (DB)

Delineates components of federal legislation advocacy using the activities of the Children's Defense Fund as examples. Reviews seven aspects of the traditional role of the legislative advocate. Reveals that congressional budget procedures adopted in 1974 complicated this role. Considers several pitfalls of the new budget process. Provides a…

Two opinions are expressed: (1) that the notion that lawyers and judges are obliged to answer all hypothetical questions asked about laws and litigation is unrealistic and inappropriate, and (2) that hypotheticals can be intelligent questions illuminating some of the difficulties of legal theory. (MSE)

In the 1960s Siena Heights College decided: to become coeducational; to develop programs in business; and to develop a board of trustees who would have fiduciary authority and be the policy-making corpus and legal entity for the institution. The creation of a new board of turstees is described. (MLW)

Describes a successful approach to college-level modern history teaching using three case studies to examine the technical, social, and political conditions shaping government policy. A discussion of problems inherent in this teaching method is included. (AM)

Four issues are addressed which particularly concern the involvement of the federal government in school curriculum. The issues are: (1) historical circumstances; (2) effects of federal involvement, 1950-80; (3) needed reforms of school curriculum; and (4) design of the curriculum policy system. (Author/GK)

The social and political context in which gerontology research occurs is identified. The frequently overlooked connection between the work of the policy maker and the research that goes on in universities is demonstrated. Areas for developing future research agendas are suggested. (Author/MLW)

Two major questions need to be asked by teacher preparation institutions: (1) What ought to be the key areas of study for youth in the decade ahead? and (2) How should teachers be prepared to teach in these areas? Six concepts are suggested for a teacher education program for the 1980s. (JN)

In the 1960s and early 1970s, statewide planning efforts usually resulted in plans for centralized hardware networks. The focus of statewide planning has shifted to the issue of improved computer financing, information sharing, and enhanced utilization in instruction, administration. A "facilitating network" concept and Missouri efforts…

Whether the new classroom clientele--adult learners--ought to accept the study of public policy as a legitimate part of the curriculum is seen as a policy question as important to the solution of social problems as it is to the future of people as learners and as citizens. (MLW)

Maintains that assumptions which are fundamental to sound day care program development and implementation relate to the family first and to the needs of children second. Parental involvement, sources and types of financial support, and the needs of individuals should be of concern to policymakers. (Author/DB)