Family impact analyses are focused on one basic question: What will a given law, policy or practice do to families? There are two major activities in the process of analyzing family impact that has been developed by participants in the Family Impact Seminar: the first involves figuring out exactly how a law, policy, or system under study actually…

As a result of increasing mobility of students and knowledge, cross border education, especially in higher education, is receiving general attention in the Asia and Pacific region. The toolkit serves as a reference tool to assist local policymakers in the formulation of a regulatory framework for cross-border education that is growing rapidly in…

The results of a study on the way federal government guidelines influenced the administration of 132 Teacher Corps projects at the local level are reported. Research was oriented primarily toward determining those guideline provisions that seemed to have the most powerful impact on local actions during the early years of a project. Major findings…

Discusses the role of scientific information in four areas: research management, distinctions between science issues and policy issues, criteria development and standard setting, and risk analysis. Recommends ways to improve the process by which scientific data are evaluated and incorporated into standard-setting actions by EPA decision makers.…

The task of monitoring an agency's regulatory environment is defined, the utility of policy analysis for local administrators is argued, and suggestions for incorporating policy analysis assignments into fieldwork instruction are offered. A distillation of four policy analysis frameworks is applied to a series of Senior Aides guidelines.…

The existing Copyright Act of 1976 makes it virtually impossible for distance educators to transmit audio-visual or non-dramatic, literary works to students through any medium which may be received by the general public. It is a law that perhaps unintentionally discriminates against distance learning students. Certain revisions of the law are…

To assist state vocational education administrators in the development of Methods of Administration (MOAs) describing plan for the implementation of their civil rights responsibilities, a project provided several forms of technical assistance. (March 1979 Office of Civil Rights guidelines required the formation of MOAs.) Three major activities…

Selected issues related to the special populations provisions of the Perkins Act are examined in this paper. Special populations' access to and participation in vocational education are reviewed, and major Perkins Act provisions addressing special populations and congressional intent behind the provisions are summarized. The U.S. Department of…

This compendium of four mini-projects carried out by a special task force of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) addresses policy and management issues related to providing accessibility to handicapped students in higher education. Topics range from executive policy decisions on compliance with federal…