My only experience with politics took place several years ago, when I helped write some campaign literature for my son, a novice politician who was running for the state legislature against a popular incumbent. It wasn't much of a race; my son lost the election by a huge margin. But what impressed me was the civility of the campaign. In their…

Discusses how declines in enrollments, budgets, public confidence in schooling, and the legitimacy of administrative authority have politicized the educational environment. Discusses distinctive features of politics and management of decline, how decline has prompted a policy reassessment, and competing explanations for failures and problems with…

Discusses the historical background of nurses and their status in times past, how nursing education has changed, how nurses have entered the lobbying and political fields, and how the scope of nursing research has changed. (CT)

Discusses the role of environmental protection in the 1992 presidential election. Includes an analysis of the positions taken by George Bush and Dan Quayle, Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Presents George Bush's "environmental" record during his tenure as President of the United States as well as those of Quayle, Gore, and Clinton. (MCO)

The author discusses the relationships between the emerging curriculum managers and the forces that constitute the political power context of British further education. Organizational methods of curriculum control are identified with their limitations in leading to the implementation of innovations because of power dissipation and inadequate…

Points out that (1) there is no reason to believe that media coverage of the "political correctness" issue is firmly anchored in social reality; (2) the news media's approach reflects and reinforces a longer-term shift in the ways journalists cover the university; and (3) if coverage of political correctness has been misinformed and…

Describes four lessons that educators can learn from their mistakes. (PKP)

Discusses the political issues involved in institutionalizing continuing education. Addresses (1) the political nature of institutions, (2) how continuing education fits into the campus environment, (3) political role of the dean of continuing education, (4) assessing the politics of continuing higher education, and (5) coping strategies. (CH)

Outlines the national charges of "Goals 2000" and the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills regarding the expansion of communication instruction requirements. Sees speech communication professionals well positioned to meet these externally generated broad-based goals. (SR)

Advocates the use of wide-area networking systems (WANS) by English departments to bring the whole world's public discourse into classrooms. Maintains English departments need people who speak the language of networking technology to understand how it can support or defeat pedagogical goals, and to garner computing resources. Offers a brief…

Outlines the long history and the dangers of doublespeak--language that misleads, distorts, and deceives. Offers examples of doublespeak in euphemisms, "gobbledygook," and inflated language. Argues that doublespeak is carefully constructed to appear to communicate when its real purpose is to mislead, and notes its relationship to…

This paper reports on the High/Scope National Policy Conference, which was concerned with the process of designing good early childhood legislation and the political processes that enhance or impede legislative passage. Discussion began with an overview of the range of options facing policymakers as they attempt to design legislation or write…

The author presents a selective but detailed account of the proceedings of the November 1986 conference of the German Association of Adult Education Centers, from a British point of view. A theme running through the proceedings is the political empowerment of adult education. A section comparing British and German adult education issues is…

While colleges and universities have often become just another special-interest group using contemporary techniques and encountering common problems in dealing with state legislators, the central interest remains the allocation of adequate resources for the institutions. (MSE)

Suggests that the future of social work as a profession has been jeopardized by government declines in social service funding and job declassification. The profession's greatest asset is the transferability of social work skills. Future trends include biprofessionalism, computer capabilities, and entrepreneurial social work. (JAC)