Education is a basic mission of the Nation's 20 "Applied Science" museums, and visiting young people are invited to get into the act. (Editor)

A retrospective look is taken at the internal workings of a reform of university governance in the Netherlands, including a description of the relations between the various actors involved. It was found that a state of equilibrium has not yet been reached, but the most acute stages of the transition have passed. Then a broader look is taken at…

The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare outlines new government antismoking policies and programs, with emphasis on education and information dissemination, regulatory action, financial and other incentives, and research efforts. (MJB)

The author, Director of the Bureau of Health Education, Center for Disease Control, discusses (1) an emerging shift in government policy from treatment to prevention in matters of health; (2) the need for developing a definition of reasonable expectations upon which to base health education efforts; and (3) three general interests at the national…

The State Planning System (SPS) is presented in the context of a mathematical model used to generate information about the possible impacts of postsecondary education policy decisions. Section I provides an introduction to modeling in higher education management, identifies some current postsecondary education modeling efforts, offers some…

Proceedings are presented of a two-day conference in which Wisconsin vocational and adult educators examined the energy crisis in light of programs in vocational, technical, and adult education in order to adapt to the changes expected in the job market. Major contents are (1) the keynote address by Governor Burt Zien on "The Role of the…

Enumerates different ways federal regulatory and legislative actions affect higher education as a business, social, and educational enterprise. Challenges the postsecondary community, particularly its associations, to carefully monitor legislation, alert institutions, share information, and take a united stand on important issues. (JT)

Traces the change and implications for university counsel of federal regulations growing out of Executive Order 11246 (which forbade employment discrimination by government contractors) including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare guidelines of July and October 1972 and the March 1973 joint memorandum stating policy of four federal…

Proposes the establishment of a Deaprtment of the University with a mandate to seek and disseminate knowledge and insights concerning all aspects of the University so that the operation and activities of the University may be progressively and continuously improved on the basis of appropriate scholarly understanding and debate. (JT)

This is a transcript of the congressional hearing held on April, 30, 1981, on the Consolidated Refugee Education Assistance Act. The text of the bill, H.R. 3076, is contained in the transcript along with various statements, letters, and supplemental materials. Statements by the followinq education professionals are included: (1) Paul Bell, deputy…

To determine whether program evaluation will be an important tool for policymaking and management in the Reagan Administration, it would be helpful to consider what the Reagan administration expected and received from evaluation in California during the period 1971-1974. In California, program evaluation activities were frequently implemented on a…

Written for and by principals, the guide provides a framework for developing school policies which encourage partnership with the parents of handicapped children. The first two sections focus on the principal's role in family impact analysis and characteristics of families with handicapped children as they relate to the school. The next section…

Both empirical and theoretical considerations suggest that countries that have adopted federal systems of government have a tendency toward certain types of problems which may constrain the success of educational planning at every level in the educational system. Specific operational examples of such problems are lack of role clarification, and…