In June 1986, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its "Report and Order" and its "Third Computer Inquiry," which proposed to remove the then-current requirement that AT&T and the Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) provide enhanced services only through separate subsidiaries. Instead, AT&T and the BOCs…

The 1879 Post Office Act created the four categories of mailable matter used today and, in part, signalled the emergence of the modern mass circulated magazine. Between 1863 and 1879, Congress liberalized the terms on which regular periodicals could use the mails and put newspapers and magazines on the same footing. Requiring payment of postage at…

Arguing that the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) decision abolishing the Fairness Doctrine rested on unquestionable and untestable ideological assumptions, this paper asserts that the FCC has pursued broadcast deregulation with inadequate consideration of either social scientists' knowledge about the news media and their audiences, and…

Understanding the way farmers respond to risk is a prerequisite for sound agricultural policymaking. Clarifying established agricultural economic theory to describe how individuals make choices among risky alternatives and providing a more precise set of concepts for studying behavior under risk contributes to such an understanding. A…

This document presents a summary of all resolutions presented to the Delegate Assembly of the Association of Teacher Educators by the Resolutions Committee of that organization from 1972 to 1977. The resolutions are classified according to: (1) intra-organizational source; (2) order in which received; (3) year received; (4) geographic source; and…

Outlines a Federal Power Commission report that lends credence to charges by several prominent petroleum researchers that the United States Geological Survey has consistently and hugely over estimated the amount of economically recoverable oil and gas left to be discovered in the United States. (Author/GS)

Major developments in the field of information science and technology are described for the decade 1968-1978, a period when some very important changes occurred. Information is defined as "the messages of human experience"; however, a distinction is drawn between information content and information processing. Reference is made to the…

Although rising unemployment is heaviest among unskilled and underskilled workers, it is important to realize that skilled workers now being laid off will never return to their present occupations. Growing shortages of skilled manpower in many occupational areas in addition to unemployment in many job skills are changing work patterns and basic…

Included are summaries of the current national and international literature related to science and public policy. The summaries are grouped into these topical categories: General; Science, Domestic Problems and National Goals; Needs and Allocation of Resources for Science; National R & D Programs; Science, Education and the University; Science,…

This report documents and describes the substantial student representation at the all-University, college or school, and departmental levels of Syracuse University. It notes that 25 students are members of 6 major policy-making committees, that 17 graduate and 28 undergraduate students will become members of the University Senate in Fall 1969, and…