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Download full textEgly, Max – 1972
An overview based upon papers presented and discussions held at the seminar is presented. The major focus is upon the theme "Auto-Video", emphasizing the assumption by the public of responsibility for its own training, education and culture. The aims are to study the pedagogical and socio-cultural aspects of video technologies and to…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Culture, Educational Technology, Educational Television
Peer reviewedRiecken, Henry W. – Society, 1975
Noting that one of the major ways in which social science can be utilized by society, it is stated, is through the application of experimental method to analysis of social problems, this article explores the organizational and institutional conditions under which social experimentation might be most effectively utilized for the benefit of society.…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs, Policy Formation
Clippinger, John H. – 1976
To identify the distribution of benefits that accrue from introducing communications technology in developing societies, two case studies were undertaken. The first case looks at telecommunications development in Algeria where telecommunications systems are being rapidly introduced to speed up industrialization and where a satellite system is in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communications, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1967
VOLUME I OF THE FORD FOUNDATION RESPONSE TO THE ORIGINAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) NOTES OF INQUIRY CONTAINS SUGGESTIONS FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PROPOSED SYSTEMS OF THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION (CPTV) AND THE BROADCASTERS' NONPROFIT SATELLITE CORPORATION (BNSC) ON STRUCTURE, FISCAL POLICY, AND…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Commercial Television, Communications Satellites
Garfinkel, Irwin; And Others – 1974
To what extent, if any, will workers in families receiving Government cash benefits reduce their hours of work? The papers by Irwin Garfinkel and by Glen Cain and Harold Watts review large numbers of studies on this question. These authors caution us against having great confidence in the detailed estimates of how workers will respond because…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Employed Women, Employment, Employment Level
Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA. – 1972
The purpose of this evaluation is to describe and assess the political, social, economic, and educational outcomes of the voucher demonstration, and the implications of these outcomes for public policy issues. The basic hypotheses of the Demonstration, the basic public policy issues, the major evaluation questions to be considered are set forth,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Brown, David W., Ed.; Witte, Deborah, Ed. – 2000
This collection of 10 articles and stories highlights ongoing experiments in colleges and universities which address the relationship of higher education institutions and citizenship responsibility. Following a foreword by Deborah White, articles are: "The Civic Roots of Academic Social Science Scholarship in American" (R. Claire Snyder), which…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs
