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From the Horse's Mouth: A Dialogue between Politicians and College Students. CIRCLE Working Paper 27
Beem, Christopher – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2005
In January 2004, college students from postsecondary institutions across Wisconsin were invited to join US Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Mark Green at The Johnson Foundation's Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, Wisconsin. The purpose of the discussion was to engage students' attitudes regarding politics, and their understanding of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Citizen Participation
Vassilouni, Stavroula – 2001
This paper discusses the role of the Directorate of Studies in the legislative work of the Hellenic Parliament (Greece). The first section describes the establishment and organization of the Directorate of Studies, which consists of three departments: the department for the elaboration of bills and law proposals, the department for parliamentary…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries

St. Pierre, Robert G. – Evaluation Review, 1983
This article considers the advantages and disadvantages of having evaluation users increase the specificity of evaluation requirements through a review of legislative requirements behind several congressionally mandated national-level evaluations, and an in-depth examination of one congressionally mandated evaluation in which very specific design…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Evaluation Needs
PACU Goes to Washington: How Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities Fought Federal Student Aid Cuts.
Ream, James A. – CASE Currents, 1982
The strategy of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities to combat student aid budget cuts is discussed. The main event was a "Day in Washington" when members discussed the impact of the proposed cuts with the 25 congressmen and two senators from Pennsylvania. (MLW)
Descriptors: Activism, Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance, Federal Aid

Aberbach, Joel D. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1979
Discusses the increasing concern of Congress toward its function of oversight (congressional review of the actions of federal departments, agencies, and commissions, and of the programs and policies they administer). Notes factors which promote and increase the quality of oversight and analyzes trends in congressional committee oversight behavior.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Factor Analysis, Government (Administrative Body), Government Role
Freelen, Robert E. – New Directions for Institutional Advancement, 1980
Guidelines are presented for the various levels of the government relations effort, minimum programs, staff responsibilities, and the role of associations. Advice on the politics of transition--as higher education moves to a lower priority in the political process--is also given. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, College Presidents, Fund Raising

Davis, Kristine M. – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1981
Provides a description of communication in legislative hearings. Categorizes members' comments by type, purpose, valence, time focus, problem/solution orientation, audience, and topic. Indicates that the most important function of the hearings appears to be marshalling evidence for later debate. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Government (Administrative Body)
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1996
David L. Boren, former governor and Senator, has become the most powerful president in the University of Oklahoma's history. Boren wants to give the university the feel of a small private college. His stature gives him flexibility to act decisively and quickly. However, some faculty feel his priorities are wrong and others feel he's moving too…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Career Change

Fenske, Kenneth F. – Insights on Law & Society, 2001
Provides information about the 106th and 107th U.S. Congress sessions. Includes early bills in the Senate for the 107th Congress and information about low versus high bill numbers. Presents two activity ideas that accompany this information. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Government Role, Learning Activities, Legislation

Riffe, Daniel – Journalism Quarterly, 1990
Surveys 82 Alabama legislators and finds officials' views of the press as adversary or agent of consensus relates to perceived value of media for job-relevant information. Suggests a dysfunction of the "watch-dog" role because those believing the consensus model found the press more useful than those seeing the press as an adversary. (MG)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Legislators, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role

Vincent, Trudy A. – American Psychologist, 1990
Describes what is involved in the Congressional policy-making process, and describes the Capitol Hill community. Discusses the human element that is inherent in understanding and representing constituencies and in attempting to translate the constituents' concerns into policy. Considers what role psychologists might play in this policy-making…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Community, Community Role, Federal Legislation

Wohlstetter, Priscilla – Evaluation Practice, 1990
Means by which state legislatures practice evaluation are examined by analyzing oversight strategies for monitoring recent educational reforms in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. Focus is on the inextricable link between politics and oversight; the oversight strategy and methods for policy evaluation are largely…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Cage, Mary Crystal – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
Minority politicians who believe that colleges have ignored them in the past are winning political posts that are crucial for higher education and are using their new power. The ethnic composition of the faculty at the University of New Mexico has been the target of legislators in the last year. (MLW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Higher Education
Lozada, Marlene; And Others – Vocational Education Journal, 1995
Includes "A Capital Connection: In Washington State Educators and Legislators Find Common Ground" (Lozada); "Changing Voters' Minds in Cincinnati" (Ciancio); and "In California, Businesses and Schools Recognize Their Interdependence." (SK)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational Legislation, Legislators, School Business Relationship

Sidelnick, Mark A. – Art Education, 1992
Examines the five progressive stages of Michael Parson's model for understanding aesthetic development: (1) favoritism; (2) beauty and realism; (3) expressiveness; (4) style and form; and (5) autonomy. Argues that the model can be applied to all ages. Uses Parsons' model to show how a congresswoman's level of aesthetic development can influence…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Appreciation, Art Education