This issue of "Policy Notes" concerns the restructuring of American education during the past quarter-century, with centralization and legalization being the two most noteworthy changes in educational governance. David Kirp claims that the increased control of schooling by state and federal authorities, the elaboration of new…

The volume is intended to give readers a glimpse of the day-to-day life of disabled people in Japan. Eight brief papers present life experiences of a mentally retarded preschooler, severely disabled children, a child with muscular dystrophy, a young girl with polio living in the community, visually disabled and recovering mentally ill people…

Despite the movement in dentistry toward a system of professional peer review, dental educators appear highly resistant to evaluation by their colleagues. The University of Maryland Dental School has a comprehensive evaluation system involving evaluation of courses and instruction by students, program evaluations by individual departments, formal…

The views of private industry and government are offered in this report of a hearing on the Federal Audiovisual Policy Act, which would establish an office to coordinate federal audiovisual activity and require most audiovisual material produced for federal agencies to be acquired under contract from private producers. Testimony is included from…

This sourcebook synthesizes findings from studies on school improvement programs. The prefatory overview emphasizes key themes and issues addressed in the seven papers that comprise the body of the document, discusses the role of staff development, and examines the process of translating research into policy. The papers summarize the findings of…

Article focused on the value of some type of faculty evaluation scheme in all community colleges and discussed some guidelines for creating such a scheme. (RK)

Illustrates and describes the historical roots and major characteristics, including environmental conditions and value orientation dilemmas, of two competing models of organizational decision making used in educational operations and research and development, the comprehensive/prescriptive (C/P) paradigm and the incremental/remedial (I/R)…

As old-school officers of the armed forces take over Chile, the think tank-trained ruling military of Brazil and Peru wonder why the Chileans didn't educate themselves to govern. (Editor)

A statement by the Policies Commission for Business and Economic Education postulates the validity of individualized instruction and states how its implementation depends upon school administrators and supervisors, teachers, teacher educators, students, and parents. (AG)

An informed perspective is the key to the role trustees should play in college and university affairs. It is especially important in academic matters, where the authority of trustees is most likely to be challenged. (Author/DN)

Child care workers often seek advice from experts and are frequently themselves viewed as experts as they help parents and others. This article discusses some of the significant issues facing those who provide guidance and those who receive it. (Author)

This bibliography lists and annotates 395 English language publications that deal with problems and issues relating to communication policy and planning in 53 countries. In most cases the policy and planning problems are discussed in the context of other communication problems. The entries are indexed by subject, by country or region, and by…

This document contains six papers presented at a conference on Science and Public Policy in the American University, held at Indiana University, March 20-22, 1968. The purpose of the conference was to report results of curriculum development in science and to examine issues and problems of science policy. All six papers included address topics of…

Examined is the utility of evaluation research as a framework for converting raw data into a form that is useful to the decisionmaker. The origins and purposes of evaluation research and the relationship between the evaluator and decisionmaker are examined, and some of the major issues in evaluation research methodology are reviewed. The role of…

Major policies and recommended procedures for the accreditation of graduate programs is presented. The policies and procedures discussed apply to all institutions offering graduate work that are accredited or seek accreditation, including "newer" types such as external degree programs, programs established for highly specialized student…