Suggests that by publicly focusing on the criminality of blacks, the police give white society a convenient scapegoat and at the same time lay the ground work for bigger and bigger police budgets. (Author/AM)

As important educational practices are being determined more by the legislatures and courts and less by local school boards, the United States is moving toward an unplanned, centralized, national system of educational policymaking. The author, a former Associate Director of the National Institute of Education, explores the negative implications of…

A discussion of seven considerations for the development of a land-use policy statement and the role of extension in developing an effective strategy for state land-use planning. (EM)

This article defines and outlines the Canadian perspective on population policy. It presents the positions of important interest groups in the policymaking process such as the environmentalists, social justice advocates, and quality of life proponents. The debate surrounding the Green Paper on Immigration is examined. Debatable future issues are…

Suggests that it is inconceivable that more schooling, other relevant variables being constant, will not produce more learning. The critical question for policy is: How large is the effect? (Author/AM)

Economic difficulties for the university library made it necessary to assess the library needs of faculty and students in teaching and research. Proposed are several functions for the library committee: a new linkage to the University, planning and management, and cost-benefit research. (Author)

The academic profession is used to study the necessity and effectiveness of affirmative action programs. This is an area in which crucial career characteristics can be quantified and have been researched extensively over the years. (Author/AM)

Introduced by an editoral comment (by F. Weintraub), the article reviews the history, background, and implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142). (IM)

This report attempts to clarify the position of the Office of Child Development (OCD) in the recently announced reorganization of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. (BD)

In anticipation of several consequences to the federal governments' interpretation on Mainstreaming or "the least restrictivement environment" for the handicapped of the new federal legislation (PL 94--142), NJEA's Committee on Exceptional Children proposed the policy discussed here. (Editor/RK)

Evidence from one source indicates that the Education Commission of the States (ECS) has little impact on state education policy making. Perhaps this slight impact is all that is desirable or feasible. (Author/IRT)

Describes Building Ties Project, a program that provides comprehensive assistance to local interagency planning committees addressing mental health service needs of older adults, including training program development materials and consultation. Notes that in two years, project activities in 23 counties increased services, improved interagency…

A nineteenth-century campaign to involve universities in teacher training was finally successful in 1895. The Scottish Education Department was opposed to university participation in teacher training, and in 1905, when training colleges were transferred from churches to the state, the government reorganized training to keep universities at the…

Developed by the Audiovisual Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries, the guidelines presented here reflect technological innovations in audiovisual services. Areas covered include library planning, budgets, personnel, facilities, equipment and supplies, collection development, acquisitions, cataloging, collection…