The rapid growth of data communications and remote-access computing has outpaced the ability of industrial organizations to adapt to change, and at the same time has outpaced the ability of government policy making organizations to guide the evolution of this new technology. This book focuses on a number of important issues awaiting resolution by…

Guidelines are offered in this second information memorandum for an in progress study on how projections for the future might affect the quality of life in the United States. Examining other future oriented studies, articles, and research documents, six projections are reviewed which indicate that the U. S. will be crowded, urbanized, mobile,…

THE SUCCESS OF PROGRAMS FOR PREPARING STUDENTS FOR ENTRY INTO OFF-FARM AGRICULTURE DEPENDS UPON FUNDAMENTAL POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO HELP GOVERNING BOARDS AND ADMINISTRATORS THINK THROUGH THE ELEMENTS OF ESTABLISHING SOUND PROGRAMS. IT EXPLAINS THAT (1) OFF-FARM OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE ONLY…

In an attempt to spotlight issues of federal aid to education (including quantities, destinations, delivery mechanisms, and rationale), and their probable effects, the Institute for Educational Leadership assembled a five-person bipartisan group of policy observers for two spontaneous discussions. This edited transcript of those sessions covers…

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 requires that "no person...shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." A manual of grievance procedures for suspected infractions of…

Phase II of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study was designed to provide data relevant to policies that might be developed for teacher preparation and licensing. A portion of the data from Phase II is used to illustrate how the research was designed to answer these policy questions and how the data implies provisional answers to them. To answer…

This document contains (1) the text of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1976 (H.R. 50), a bill to establish a national policy and nationwide machinery for guaranteeing to all adult Americans able and willing to work the availability of equal opportunities for useful and rewarding employment, (2) the statements made in committee…

Focusing on the processes involved in making formal bureaucracies responsive, the study examined: the structure of formal grievance and redress procedures within the criminal justice system in San Jose, California; and the informal strategies used by politically active members of the Chicano community to extend and strengthen these channels. The…

The author suggests guidelines for representatives of federal agencies, colleges, universities, and advocacy groups now in conflict over campus personnel policies emphasizing the need to keep educational effectiveness as an important criterion even when other criteria important to them are in the equation. (Editor/JT)

A review of the elementary ideas that are fundamental to most higher education resource models and necessary for understanding model-supported cost analyses. Analytic constructs providing information for policy decisions include the elementary model, the fundamental cost model, and the instructional cost index. (JT)

Expressed satisfaction of students with their environment was measured before and after three conditions: (1) discussion to develop recommendations for administrative change; (2) opportunity to express feelings to each others; (3) no treatment. Findings show students would benefit from opportunity to express ideas concerning environmental change.…

Indicates the nature of the problem and provides an analysis of racist efforts, internationally and nationally, from the perspective of the past to the present, to cripple the creativity and vitality of black and other poor people. The thrust of the latter part of the paper focuses on Washington, D.C. (Author/AM)

This article presents an in-depth argument for international and American programs providing food and other aid to the malnourished children in Third World countries. (BRT)

Discusses the meaning of professionalism in nursing and the growing divergence between the ideological aspirations of official spokesmen and the practical interests of the working nurse in increasing the scope of decision making in her practice. Expanded roles and advanced education may not improve nursing clinical skills or position. (MF)

Discussion of issues involved in water planning of the upper basin of the Colorado River: attitudes toward water planning, agricultural leisure and environmental issues, pollution, and energy issues. Various sections are devoted to Indian interests and the interests of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Final section discusses the future of…