Discussed is a study called "Gaining New Ground--Technology Priorities for America's Future" produced by the Council on Competitiveness. Highlights of the report are presented. Potential influence on federal technology policy is assessed. (CW)

This paper describes fraud and health risks to consumers from the unregulated weight control industry, reviews safe weight loss guidelines, notes the role of health educators, and argues for increased regulatory control measures. (SM)

Environmental, cost-benefit, and regulatory reasons for colleges to have a comprehensive consumption and waste management program are offered, and elements in a policy statement on recycling and resource use are outlined, including encouragement of precycling, reduction of use of disposable products, separation of recoverable and recyclable…

Presents historical trends toward rural development policy. Describes the agrarian perspective and the industrial and urbanization perspective as current visions which guide policy. Recommends a new vision focusing on "livability for people" and "viability of community systems." (KS)

Primary differences between U.S. and Canadian use of General Educational Development Tests are as follows: Canada developed French version and uses metrics in math tests; some provinces use grade-level certification, not used in the U.S.; Canadian-content social studies test was developed; most provinces/territories set uniform pass levels; and…

Argues that vitae of library and information science (LIS) faculty reveal interest in themes pertinent to information policy and skills essential to participation in political arenas, but that research activity supporting expert advisory roles is currently weak. It is suggested that LIS faculty should participate in policy formation when their…

Discusses liberal and conservative foreign policy contributions to the end of the Cold War, as marked by the rapid liberalization of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Emphasizes that the collapse of the Soviet empire occurred at the end of a decade of sustained conservative government in every major country of the Western world. (FMW)

The president of Teach for America, a privately funded teacher corps, believes that school districts, states, universities, and nonprofit organizations must assume new roles, implement substantial policy changes, restructure, and reallocate resources to improve teacher recruitment, selection, training, and assessment. (SK)

Develops the concept of policy model as an analytical tool for educational policy studies, using the Irish educational system as the cultural setting. Defines policy models as frameworks embodying linguistic, normative, and epistemic dimensions governing policy processes. Describes characteristics of policy model in relation to aspects of the…

Examines the problems associated with educational initiatives that seek to promote gender equity, explaining that such initiatives are inherently contradictory; argues that the danger in current gender theory, policy, and practice in educational policy is the replacement of one "truth" with another reinforcing the traditions sought to be overturn.…

Uses contrasting models of communication to illuminate historical tensions between the policy goals of liberalization and democratization. Asserts that the present public-policy conception of telecommunications is more closely aligned with the transmission model than with a community-cultural-ritual model. (CR)

Relates the work of Archibald George William Dunningham, a librarian from New Zealand who worked as a consultant for the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the newly developed nation of Indonesia from 1953 to 1968. Discusses meeting with leaders of librarianship, education, and government to help formulate…

Because higher education is increasingly important to economic and social development throughout the world, diversity must be celebrated within the system. Governments and societies need to reappraise and broaden the values defining scholarship, and university staff need more time for reflection and engagement in scholarship. (Author/MSE)

A college or university works best when society's leaders acknowledge the social value of respecting and honoring both its functions preparing young people for their roles in society as it exists, and preparing the ground for a new and potentially better society. This perspective is important in balancing the university's response to market…

Research on parenting shows that the stability of the emotional connections and the predictability of the caretaking relationship are the significant variables that predict positive child adjustment. Offers social policy recommendations that support men in their fathering role without discriminating against women and same-sex couples. (SLD)