This study is concerned with certain features of the curriculum decision-making process including ways in which alternatives are argued, the types of reasons entertained for preferring one option over another, and the basis on which some proposals are ultimately accepted and others rejected. It is argued that, with respect to these features,…

This booklet, prepared by the United States Chamber of Commerce, is intended to help create a better public understanding of how productivity affects this country and to suggest how people can change public policy in favor of a revitalized America. The booklet is organized in five sections. The first section defines productivity and introduces the…

In an examination of the main issues facing international studies at American universities, demands for more centers, more scholarships, and more research funds are discounted. Close review of the educational and scholarly aims and achievements of international research centers is advocated. It is suggested that useful reviews of this sort should…

Competencies considered to be essential to the community school district superintendent, the education coordinator, school principals and superintendents, and the community education director are examined. High priority is given to those qualities the community has a right to expect from its educational leaders. Competencies in the areas of public…

As part of an inservice education program, papers are presented from a 1978 conference that addressed major issues of the 1980s in statewide coordination and governance in postsecondary education, along with excerpts from a 1977 conference on the relationship between higher education and government as seen from abroad. In the introduction to the…

Although off-reservation economic development programs have been emphasized in the past, the Navajo Tribe also needs to emphasize on-reservation economic development in order to prevent the loss of well-educated Indian youth who leave frustrating on-reservation Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) jobs to aid outside enterprises in the mining of natural…

The relationship between social science researchers and practitioners in various sectoral bodies is being investigated in Sweden to increase understanding of "knowledge development." In addition to this general analysis, a subproject focuses on the knowledge development resulting from the interaction between consumer research and…

This paper examines recent empirical evidence and policy analyses of family-oriented research projects funded by ACYF in order to identify general principles for public policies affecting families with young children. An initial definition of the policy problem focuses on the relationship between families as private systems that enhance human…

A series of short courses was presented on various aspects of curriculum practice to enable teachers to review and reconsider established practices, to acquire knowledge of recent and impending developments, and to gain experience in the techniques involved. This collection of rewritten versions of lectures given at these classes is divided into…

This report, developed by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), is intended to provide the Congress of the United States, during its deliberation on the creation of a new Department of Education, with a range of options for dealing with science and technology educational issues. It consists of two chapters. The first chapter includes…

A survey designed to update earlier studies and provide information for both prospective students and program administrators identified 91 institutions as having a graduate level major in instructional technology. This summary of the survey results provides an overview of the programs in such areas as faculty, program status, administrative…

The purpose of this guide is to provide background and focus material for political action regarding several areas of concern related to children and their families: unemployment and the working parent, supports for family economic stability, health and family services, and the environment and the working parent. Each chapter presents brief…

The three participants in educational policy-making include public representatives, professional educators, and the general public. Although public representatives are underpaid and under pressure, they are often criticized for ignoring public opinion and delegating too much power to superintendents. Professional educators have been blamed for…

This ten-year longitudinal case study examined collective bargaining between the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and the Pittsburgh School Board. Data were collected by reviewing all formal contract proposals for the years 1968-1978. To ascertain the impact of collective bargaining on educational policy, policy issues were separated from…

The question of whether publishers' news preferences affect the performances of editors and reporters is examined in this paper. The first section reviews studies of ways the newsroom environment has affected reporters' role assumptions; it then notes that previous studies have generally been monadic (focusing on only one person) and have provided…