Universities have much to contribute to the improvement of health delivery, research, and teaching/learning. In progressing health reform, the Government should be mindful of the need to: (1) strengthen high quality medical research; (2) promote translation of research to teaching, population health and health services; and (3) address Health…

The U.S. Department of Education is conducting several activities to address privacy and security issues related to education data. Earlier this year a contractor for the Department convened a group of privacy and security experts and produced a report with recommendations to the Department on ways they can address emerging challenges in…

Following the 1949 recommendations of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons (SJC), the Canadian government shifted away from a policy of segregated to integrated schooling for Aboriginal children. This paper examines the minutes and proceedings of the SJC. Fewer than 10% of the briefs presented to the SJC called for integration…

This document begins by presenting highlights of a seminar held in June of 1993 to describe innovative training programs that focus on interprofessional and family-centered forms of service delivery in the public sector and to discuss some of the issues, barriers, and challenges. Following these highlights is a background briefing report on…

Bylaws are a single document containing laws (rules) by which members of an organization have agreed to be governed. Bylaws are different from other basic laws governing deliberative societies, charters, constitutions, rules of order, and standing rules. Drafting bylaws is similar to the study of parliamentary law. It is usually a committee…

The question of where the line is often arises as tutors attempt to confine their tutoring within ethical boundaries suggested by the line image. On the surface, some issues look easy. To the question of whether tutors should offer advice on take-home test writing assignments, most writing center personnel would probably respond with…

A nationwide debate occurred in Sweden concerning their nuclear power program. The debate centered on safety, waste management, and use of weapons-grade material. Parliament voted for nuclear power despite negative public opinion. (MR)

Article considered that human relations situations are filled with a large number of variables and that those situations must be examined within a context of relationships, roles, and potential fracture lines. (Author/RK)

Recently the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been considering modifications to its regulations governing local and national media ownership and has indicated more interest in the efficiency consequences of the regulations, including those that might arise from common ownership of multiple radio stations. This paper seeks to determine…

This study of the Florida Public Broadcasting Program System, which was conducted by the Program Committee of the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, focused on five basic issues: (1) What are the current policies and procedures for determining how to add public broadcasting stations to Florida's system? (2) How should Florida fund public…

This digest presents a reprint of an article which addresses the issue of the rights of computer software owners to duplicate materials. A conservative approach to software copyright is taken which looks to how the law will likely be interpreted, rather than waiting for the definitive decision by a court. Three major issues involved with software…

Requested by the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, this Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) paper identifies and examines: (1) the primary problems or issues that face prehistoric and historic landscape preservation; (2) the technologies for addressing these issues; and (3) policy options for putting the…

Suggestions on how educators can get support for cable television. (HB)