This paper discusses five key issues in the design phase of a construction project that can improve the quality, cost, or time of construction. These five ways are: education specifications, design standards, prototype designs, value engineering, and selecting a qualified architect. To facilitate discussion, the background section of this paper…

This report by the National Association of State Boards of Education Capitol Study Group on School Leadership proposes changes in the principalship. States need to define the qualities effective principals according to a set of standards and require evaluation of knowledge, skills, and dispositions defined in the standards. Policymakers must make…

The policy series reported on in these briefs engages policymakers from executive and state government in discussion with researchers and practitioners serving fathers and families. Each meeting of the series brings together a regional cluster or cohort of states. Discussion topics include: (1) coordination of fatherhood activities between federal…

The policy series reported on in this brief engages policymakers from executive and state government in discussion with researchers and practitioners serving fathers and families. Each meeting of the series brings together a regional cluster or cohort of states. Discussion topics include: (1) coordination of fatherhood activities between federal…

Discussion of how three major trends in American education today -- growing politicization; increasing erosion of lay control in local school districts, and the growing lieklihood of more centralized systems of school finance -- are combining to escalate States' involvement in educational policy decisions. (Author)

Discusses the characteristics of the 1970 Illinois environmental program and the backlash activities taken by the Illinois General Assembly during the spring 1973 session. Indicates that the momentum of pollution fight is weakened by declining public support. (CC)

Purposes that States take advantage of early childhood education to initiate a variety of programs to consider the problems of children in grades 1-12 in the seventies. (MF)

From the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Education Commission of the States (3rd, Denver, Colorado, July 7-9, 1969).

The relationship between the NCAA and its member institutions is analyzed. The procedures afforded member institutions when they become targets of an NCAA investigation are described and the basis for judicial intervention of associational activity and authority supporting a member institution's right to sue the NCAA is presented. (MLW)

Operating as "profit-center" athletic departments makes collegiate sports enterprises vulnerable to various public laws--including antitrust laws. The ticket priority system used at the University of Virginia, which may constitute an antitrust violation, is discussed. (Available from: University of Richmond Law Review Association,…

The regulation of specialization is seen as essential to the regulation of advertising for truthfulness and quality assurance. Leadership by the American Bar Association in the specialist movement is discussed. State developments are outlined. (AVAIL: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2, $5.00) (MLW)

Issues, such as admissions and tuition, that once were institutional prerogatives are seen now as having to be addressed more collectively. The need for states to have independent boards and staffs sensitive to educational values, but with the public-interested-oriented perspective is argued. (MLW)

Some suggestions for state agency action to restore, maintain and augment quality are provided. They include upgrading minimum standards, monitoring programs at military installations, providing planning and coordination emphasizing quality, raising questions about goals and outputs at each institution, and encouraging interinstitutional…

Addresses four broad areas related to the evaluation of child care at the state level: methodology, logistics, politics, and the benefits of statewide efforts. Also discusses the relationship between evaluation and the impact of day-care services on children. (CM)

Traces the evolution of college governance from the early eighteenth century, when church and state exercised joint control, to the mid-eighteenth century, when religious, secular, and political tensions strained the effectiveness of that model. Examines the turmoil in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. (Editor/RK)