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Download full textInstitute for Information Studies, Falls Church, VA. – 1980
These 15 conference papers discuss exemplary practices and key issues faced by local human services managers and elected officials. The issues include understanding the local government role in managing human services, coordinating human service delivery, non-service approaches to governing human services, public-private sector cooperation, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Government Role, Local Government
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1979
Two working papers were presented at this meeting of the World Health Organization: "Principles and Methods of Health Education in the German Democratic Republic" and "A Philosophy of Health Education in Industrialized Societies." Both papers are summarized in this report. General and group discussions are presented along with conclusions and…
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Health Education
Price, Douglas – 1989
This booklet summarizes the proceedings of a forum--whose audience consisted of over 200 library and information managers, congressional staff members, and persons from the information industry and academic community--on the condition of federal information policies as they relate to the Congressional initiative. Among issues discussed are: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Federal Government
Grant, Arthur T., Ed. – 1977
The papers are: "Making Higher Education Policy at the National Level" (Ralph K. Huitt); "Federal Impact and Higher Education Systems" (G. Homer Durham); "External Control and Institutional Governance" (Allan W. Ostar); "Federal Regulations and Institutional Autonomy" (Louis W. Bender); "Making Federalism Work" (Warren G. Hill); "Advice for Policy…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Governance
Gooler, Dennis D.; And Others – 1992
This conference convened 35 leaders and experts in telecommunications and education in order to consider ways in which the educational community can be more involved and effective in telecommunications policymaking and to promote positive uses of telecommunications in education. The meeting also addressed the role in these processes for the U.S.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Daxner, Michael, Ed.; Smith, Hoke L., Ed. – 1992
This document presents six papers given at an international conference on educational policymaking and the relationship between the state and the university particularly in light of political developments in Europe and the partnership between the Western European and North American scholarly communities. The first paper, "State University:…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Policy, Government Role, Government School Relationship
Shattock, Michael, Ed. – 1983
The future relationship between the government and higher education institutions in England is addressed in 10 papers from a Leverhulme seminar of the Society for Research into Higher Education. Major seminar themes included the role of the state in directing higher education, the need for institutional autonomy, the balance of powers between…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Planning, Coordination, Foreign Countries
Andringa, Robert; And Others – 1976
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…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Lundy, Christine – 1997
The objectives of the Second Caribbean Conference on Early Childhood Education included: (1) setting a framework for the development of early childhood programs in the Caribbean; (2) initiating a Plan of Action to address early childhood issues in the Caribbean in terms of policy, structure, and implementation; and (3) facilitating the networking…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. – 1983
Although technological change profoundly affects the types, amounts, and conditions of work in both public and private sectors, there is no agreement among economists, technologists, or labor representatives on the impact of developments of new high-technology industries upon employment. Because the implications of these developments are neither…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Shane, Mathew D., Ed. – 1988
Three levels of papers are contained in this proceedings. The first set contains full research papers presented during the theme day of the meeting. The following papers were given: "International Trade and Factor Movements in Development Theory, Policy, and Experience" (T. N. Srinivasan); "Government in the Process of Trade and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Agriculture, Developed Nations
Adelman, Howard; Taylor, Linda – 1999
Participants at a conference on mental health in schools highlighted the following policy initiatives as a sampling of current activity that could benefit efforts to enhance mental health in schools: (1) new interagency programs for safe schools and healthy students that link the resources of several federal agencies; (2) an enhanced focus on…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conferences, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies, Washington, DC. – 1989
The 813 participants in the Roosevelt Center's May, 1989, regional citizen assemblies discussed trends affecting workers, employers, and families and laid the groundwork for a recommended national work and family policy. Part 1 of this report analyzes the results of a series of introductory exercises in which citizens were asked to register their…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents
Brun, Judy K., Ed.; Rhoads, Andre F., Ed. – 1983
The purpose of this conference was to provide a framework for improving the quality and increasing the quantity of nutrition education research. Emphasis was placed upon examining the research process from the standpoint of theory or model building. Presentations were made on: (1) "Nutrition Education Research Policy in Washington"…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Eating Habits, Educational Theories, Government Role
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1994
This document describes a policy forum convened to consider the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The forum focused on three critical issues: (1) categorical eligibility, (2) initial assessment, and (3) triennial assessment. For the topic of categorical eligibility, comments are summarized in five sections:…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
