This study suggests to Extension that, with issues shifting from individual welfare to general welfare, we must become advocates in public issues. (EB)

Six purposes for Statewide evaluation programs and reasons for order of priority are indicated. (MF)

Surveyed divorce settlements in Georgia and Washington during 1970 and 1980 to replicate Seal's study of no-fault divorce in California. Findings indicate few substantive changes. With no-fault divorce, alimony was rare, child custody was awarded to mothers, assets tended to be shared, and child support had not decreased. (Author/JAC)

Considers the strengths and weaknesses of community college liaison with state governments; evidence of positivism and threats toward community colleges in state legislation; and the implications of legislators' perceptions for community college leadership. (DMM)

Collective bargaining in public higher education is examined in terms of enabling legislation, bargaining unit differences, and problems of personnel composition. Areas of difference are then analyzed on a geographical basis of single-campus, horizontal-multiple-campus, and vertical-multiple-campus organization. (MLF)

Court cases are reviewed to show factors that courts are most likely to examine in determining the legality of leasing public recreational facilities to private operators. A checklist for developing defensible leasing arrangements of public recreational facilities to private operators is provided. (CJ)

A 1979 law enacted by the state of Connecticut in response to a lengthy and bitter teacher strike may have served as a catalyst to improve the negotiation process. The law mandated a mediation process and compulsory binding-interest arbitration. (Author/WD)

The evaluation plan of Massachusetts' plan to evaluate its right to education law for the handicapped (Chapter 766) is outlined. (DB)

Presents the legislative action program of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), including general political objectives and the organization's stance on specific bills in the New Jersey legislature. A summary of national legislative goals and political action information for NJEA members is also provided. (SJL)

Maryland has passed legislation requiring school districts to structure their purchasing procedures to attempt to reach a goal of purchasing at least 10 percent of the dollar value of goods and/or services from minority enterprises when funds are provided through the Public School Construction Program (PSCP). (Author/MLF)

The state laws currently being passed to promote competency-based education and testing are so lacking in detail and so unrealistic in their expectations that they will do little to restore public confidence in education and may even have a disruptive influence. (SJL)

After analyzing state legislation on administrator bargaining, the author concludes that more conservative interpretations of managerial status may combine with the delegation of managerial authority to administrators to remove the legal basis for administrator bargaining. (Author/IRT)

This article focuses on opposition to a new law that orders Maryland's state-supported schools to bare intimate facts about their financial status to an ethics commission which makes all of the reports available to the general public. (Author/SA)