Outlines the five policy imperatives of the Reagan administration for education--diminution, deregulation, decentralization, disestablishment, and deemphasis. The authors predict that education will continue to decline in importance on the national political agenda. (Author/WD)

Discusses the implications of federal legislation and local government encroachment on cable systems, and advocates that cable television be given the editorial and journalistic discretion given to newspapers. (RBF)

Summarizes the presentations of more than 30 leaders in the field of communications who met recently to discuss how telecommunications are going to affect our lives in the 1980s with particular regard to publishing, advertising, retailing, broadcasting, and cable television. (CHC)

Important considerations for institutions wanting to establish supplementary early retirement benefits to encourage the practice are outlined. Regulations concerning pension plans, tax-sheltered annuities, and deferred compensation are reviewed. Individually negotiated early retirement supplements are not recommended. (MSE)

Examines the Age Discrimination Act of 1978 and the conflict between the criteria of social choice that decision makers wish to employ to end the moral and legal constraints that nondiscrimination laws seek to impose on such criteria. Available from the Yale Jaw Journal, 401A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06820. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the political and economic factors that lay behind a federal mandate for evaluation of the 4-H program. Reviews the themes of other articles in this journal issue dealing with various aspects of the evaluation. (GC)

Highlights the new copyright law as it applies to television and films, particularly the concept of fair use. Discusses the problems the new law has presented to the educational use of copyrighted video and film material and suggests that such users organize to present their position more effectively. (JMF)

Describes trends in the state of the nation's wildlife, minerals, air, water, forests, living space, and soil resources. Positive gains in 1980 are offset by threats to the progress made during the past decade. (WB)

This discussion of broadcast teletext explores some of the options available to public broadcasters and potential obstacles to implementing a teletext service. Topics covered include transmission alternatives, factors affecting service, design specifications, marketing possibilities, financial support, editorial control of information, standards…

Outlines the controversy that has erupted over the Department of Education's proposed regulations on bilingual education, regulations related to the Supreme Court's ruling in Lau v Nichols. (IRT)

The Department of Education does not originate policy and it has little chance of streamlining administration of federal programs. (Author)

Argues that technological developments in cable television, computers, and telecommunications could decentralize power and put the resources of the new technology more broadly at the command of individuals and small groups, but that this potential requires action to be realized. (Author)

As reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is considered, two controversial issues influence the debate: (1) the escalating costs of higher education; and (2) differential regulation of institutions based on measures of their performance. In the current economy, financial aid should allow students to consider alternatives to four-year…

Presents an interview with the director of the Indoor Environments Division at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the issue of poor air quality inside schools and what the government is doing to address it. (EV)

Discusses issues facing the field of educational telecommunications, including the expansion and deregulation of the telephone industry; the blurring of institutional identity; the need for federal support of public television, compatible technical standards, and clearer outcomes assessment; the privatisation of educational technology, and the…