This report discusses two existing devices for social policy formulation, details their current shortcomings, and reports on modifications designed to improve them as tools for policymakers and institutional planners. The two tools are Delphi -- with its modification, Focus Delphi -- and Cross-Impact Matrix -- with its modification, the…

This report discusses the role and function of pressure groups with regard to policy formation and implementation in Australian education. It is addressed to the scholar interested in gaining further insight into the structure and operation of the political and educational systems, as well as to those engaged or involved in the whole educational…

The study of macroeconomics--the determination and control of aggregative variables such as gross national product, unemployment and inflation--may be facilitated by the use of a computer simulation policy game. An aggregative model of the economy was constructed and programed for a computer and (hypothetical) historical data were generated. The…

This document presents a study of the historical origins and outcomes of the practice of elected faculty representation on the Board of Trustees of Roosevelt University. It examines the reasons why the University's founders chose to adopt this mode of governance when they established the institution in 1945, and the University's experience with…

Presented in this quarterly publication are reviews, highlights, and 391 annotated bibliographic references from current and international literature in the area of science and public policy. The term "science" is used here to denote both engineering and technology as well as science. The literature reviewed includes books, reports, and periodical…

This paper originated as part of the early phases of internal planning within the National Institute for Education (NIE). A status study was conducted of the existing system of educational research and development (R&D) which (1) provided a framework of information as an initial context for framing policy and (2) examined a major mandate,…

The purpose of this brief guide is to assist managers in the process of selecting personnel to fill training vacancies. It describes key steps in the selection process and provides a means for accomplishing these steps in a systematic fashion; however it is not intended to make selection decisions or to supersede personnel regulations. Three major…

This book analyzes a number of issues related to citizen involvement in land-use planning. Based on this analysis, the author recommends a set of organizational principles that can be utilized to develop an integrated, coherent citizen involvement program. The core of the study is a review of several major program design issues that political…

Article described the efforts of Apeldoorn to assist in the evolution of a new methodology of local administration, viz, that of democratic integrated planning, i.e., "...to provide local authorities with certain means to help them to rationalize their cultural policy". (Author/RK)

A member of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Committee A presents interpretive discussion of the Committee's 1975 revision of the AAUP "Recommended Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure," Section 4 on Termination of Faculty Appointments Because of Financial Exigency, Discontinuance of a Program…

The accomplishment of 14 listed items are viewed as minimum achievement for the five year period (1975-1980) following the International Women's Year Conference. (AG)

The UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) education director reviews organized labor's attitude toward career education and suggests a number of cooperative activities in which labor unions could and should be involved in making career education policy. (MF)

An evaluation of the Applied Physics Laboratory Library was conducted with the view of changing the current collection policy and establishing guidelines for selection. The evaluation included defining the purpose, using a microfiche ordering system, screening items received, guidelines for weeding, microfiche vs paper copy, costs, and…

A survey of client-systems in a medium-sized public school district is reported with emphasis on how data on perceptions and needs can be gathered. The study shows how the data were used to influence policy decisions and clearly defines the obligations of decision makers to be better informed and responsive to the public sector. (JMF)

This discussion has outlined the role played by program costs in the three-stage policy process--policy formulation, policy implementation, and policy evaluation. It has described both the relevance and a framework for education policy evaluation. (Author/IRT)