Discusses the history and role of home economics as it relates to the formation of public policy regarding the well-being of families. (JOW)

The long-term implications of overeconomizing in physical resources, involving deferred or low maintenance and reduced services, are more serious than is commonly realized. Administrators need greater freedom to manage physical resources, improved liaison with academic planners, and more careful preparation of cases presented to funding…

A study sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences is currently under way. The study will examine today's challenges in chemistry, enhance chemists' awareness of societal issues and society's awareness of its dependence on chemistry, strengthen the base for science policy decisions, and consider human/material resources needed in chemistry.…

The development of a policy manual by the University of Nebraska is described. Desired characteristics of a good manual include: basis in a sound codification system that provides for each area of governance responsibility, availability to all personnel and students, and loose-leaf binding. (MLW)

The individual and social uses of recent technological applications, such as information delivery and interactive home systems, are discussed. Also explored are problems related to the harnessing of these advances to individual information needs, and policy issues generated by the new technologies. Thirteen references are cited. (Author/SW)

Examined the impact of the AFDC mandatory work registration policy on AFDC clients and their families. Data showed 19 percent reported positive and 28 percent reported negative individual effects; five percent reported positive and 24 percent reported negative family effects. (Author)

This paper is concerned with the relationships between educational research, policymaking, and educational change. It takes its title from the prevailing stereotype of educational research as a mirror seeking to reflect the realities of the task of teaching. (Author/KC)

Discusses two methods of curriculum policymaking in Great Britain. In the first method, a "philosophically competent" person who serves as the central authority figure makes decisions. The second method involves a participatory decision-making process. The author argues that a committee, following national educational guidelines, will…

Recognizing that community acceptance of potential juvenile justice treatment programs often determines the success or failure of the programs, an assessment model was developed to assist in policy planning. The procedure applies the tenets and methods of subjective expectancy utility models. (Author/GK)

Argues that students should have the same guarantees to freedom as adults in having access to media. A checklist for survival against censorship is included, as well as guidelines for writing a materials selection policy. (LLS)

In this critical review of TM 506 654, important design considerations surrounding metapolicy are described as the author argues the main points presented in the aforementioned. (GK)

This paper presents and attacks the argument that curriculum decision making is not a sufficiently recondite area to warrant helmsmanship by theorists, as is advocated by the neo-Platonic view that experts in a field should govern it. A different reason for rejecting control by experts is offered. (Author/SJL)

Introduces the concept of "Meta-Planning," or planning for planning, and the principal's role. The concept is directed at technical planning, for example curriculum development, in which each process results in a product. (Author/WD)