This research report describes an analysis of the ways state legislative policy makers in Arizona, California, and Oregon engage in the process of turning political interests and pressures into public policies. The purpose is to provide insights into the overall processes of social science utilization within state legislatures, using a behavioral…

Prepared for the library and the library board, this policy manual governs the operations of the library and its relationships with other libraries and the community. The library, the board, and the position of City Librarian are established in law by the Eugene city code. The manual opens with a short history of the library and a statement of the…

Changing student views toward academic governance and institutional planning were measured using surveys administered to both seniors and freshmen in 1975, and from surveys administered to freshmen in 1971, at Michigan State University. A total of 1,050 seniors responded to a mail survey which was also administered to a 1975 new-freshman sample of…

Rural regional planning that will satisfy man's real needs, and not merely those of an economic nature, must take into consideration all factors, all possible interactions, and most important of all, those values which cannot be expressed in terms of money. The report details the functions and problems of rural areas revealed by analyses of rural…

THIS PUBLICATION CONSISTS OF SPEECHES BY DR. DONALD J. MCCARTY, OF CORNELL, AND DR. HENRY M. BRICKELL, OF MANHASSET, NEW YORK, ON SCHOOL BOARD-ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND WRITTEN SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES. DR. MCCARTY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND DESCRIBES HOW A WORKING…

Presented to the first session of the advisory committee on Regional Co-operation in Education in Asia and Oceania, this report summarizes the preparatory studies and reflections on the scope and design of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) future programs, as discussed by a group in Bangkok in April, 1980.…

Examined are the trends in enrollment in higher education in India over a period of 15 years (1961-1975). The decrease reported in enrollment in Indian universities is attributed to three factors: (1) with the introduction of the 10+2+3 system, the basis of calculations has undergone a change; (2) the unemployment among the educated has given rise…

This report concerns first-year activities of a study of alternative futures. The study attempted to identify major trends and possible events that could influence vocational education in the 1980s and to analyze policy issues likely to be associated with them. Following the introduction, chapter 2 addresses procedures followed in each of three…

A plan is presented herein for development of a Rural Education Information System for the 10 states which comprise the Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement. Since the Council considers its principal function to be support of educational policy analysis and formation in its member states, the information system design…

This booklet is based on a series of discussions and a colloquium held in response to Chicago's need to establish new priorities for society's capitalization and social service needs, which are increasingly in conflict; the public's decreasing confidence in the political, labor, and business leadership of the city; and the inadequate communication…

The four papers in this document consider alternative programs and innovative models and techniques concerned with career change and its impact on vocational education. In the first paper, Jo Shuchat addresses the issue of what vocational education is or is not doing to accommodate the increasing interest women have for nontraditional job…

The extreme variability of the 50 projects under the NIE Program to Increase the Participation of Minorities and Women in Educational Research and Development necessitates an evaluation design that is flexible enough to accomodate significant differences in project characteristics, yet comprehensive enough to allow meaningful aggregation of…

A questionnaire was developed to determine the priorities and perceived needs for families and children living in Delaware, as seen by early childhood educators and human services administrators and workers. The two-page questionnaire was mailed to approximately 250 persons working in human services, health care, and education. Respondents were…

This manual outlines a process of establishing a student discipline program that can be tailor-made to specific schools or districts. The first chapter describes two basic considerations that must serve as the foundation for any discipline program--public expectations and legal requirements. The first part of this chapter explores sources of…

This document reports the results of a year-long study of the processes used successfully to manage policy in a medium-sized school district in Ontario, Canada. The study was subjective and qualitative, and involved three techniques: observing meetings and people at work, conducting interviews, and examining documentary material. The researchers…