This article illustrates how social research has moved into the public policy process while retaining the essential characteristics of research. It also shows how concerns about participant confidentiality have interacted with attempts by the General Accounting Office to analyze data. Journal availability: see TM 503 798. (CP)

The effects on universities of different kinds of accountability mechanisms are examined, and ways are suggested in which higher education institutions can discharge their obligations to society while preserving their intellectual and fiscal integrity. (Author/LBH)

Ways in which the administrative and regulatory processes function in Quebec are discussed, and the effect of national health insurance on academic medicine is examined. Considered are medical manpower, hospital budgets, the climate of uncertainty brought on by legislation and regulation, and lessons for the U.S. (LBH)

Additional teacher time allocations in contract agreements will be necessary to provide the formal individualized education programs for handicapped students required by PL 94-142. (MLF)

The author notes the assessment requirements of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and discusses the value to educators of understanding handicapped students' needs in planning their instruction and assessment. (MF)

A survey of the major cases in the area of school desegregation is present, and failure of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to act in a timely fashion in enforcement of the law is commented upon. (Author/MJB)

The author proposes a substitute for demonstrating the validity of employment tests, based on his study of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and federal executive agency guidelines and of court decisions relating to personnel selection. He states that test validation is still best but may not be necessary if steps are taken to avoid adverse…

Berkeley researchers and research administrators generally agree that the DHEW requirements and the campus policy of the implementation have resulted in increased protection for human subjects. Direct and indirect benefits of the requirements are discussed. For journal availability see HE 509 147. (LBH)

It appears to be impossible for the federal government to describe by legislation or regulations standards that are of general applicability among the states. State legislative processes offer the best available means for meshing federal aid with state and local resources. (Author/MLF)

To solve expensive problems with dwindling funds calls for better ideas, such as: faculty retraining; sharing remedial work with the high schools; reduction of redundancy through cross-registration; a 12-month calendar; computerized information; and ascertaining students' hopes. (Editor/LBH)

To right-wing groups and some feminists pornography symbolizes immorality. The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography supported this thinking. It concluded that pornography increases aggression and it instituted a crackdown on pornography. Since no empirical evidence supports its conclusions, the commission was more concerned with censorship…

Two models are prevalent in obscenity research: one is democratic and political, the second is rational and scientific. An inquiry using the former model found that obscenity did no harm while another study using the latter model had opposite findings. It is difficult to mediate citizens' rights with moral ideology. (VM)

Summarizes the history of federal aid to education appropriations and explains the characteristics of categorical grants, general aid, and block grants. Appended are 16 notes. (MLF)

Federal leadership is moving in the wrong direction on Civil Rights. Describes the State of Michigan's actions on civil rights and maintains that current federal policies are undermining the progress that has been made nationally. (PS)

Describes the evolution and activities of the Social Science Advisory Panel at NBC (National Broadcasting Company) that brings knowledge about children and television to the production of Saturday morning children's television programs. Highlights include self-regulatory aspects of the panel, issues confronted such as violence and stereotyping,…