Should evaluators care about the impact of evaluation on the public policy process? If the larger purpose of evaluation is social betterment, the public policy arena affords tremendous opportunities for evaluators to have both short- and long-term impact by influencing policy formulation, implementation, and outcomes. Working in the public policy…

An attempt to detail the varied perceptions held by educators and those held by politicians. Provides the actual language they employ to justify their shared disdain. The composite quotations in the article help put the reader in "the other guy's shoes", and serve to modify behavior patterns, which help to narrow the chasm between these two key…

This is a report on the harassment of black elected officials. It does not address harassment of other minority elected officials, nor of women who are other than black. The report does not address the harassment of appointed public officials or of other black professionals. The report touches only minimally on other proportions of the continuum…

Discusses Rokeach's conceptualization of values and specifically examines Rokeach's model of political orientation based on the importance of Freedom and Equality. Contends that content analysis of four American political books using Rokeach's model underscores these two values as those most important for differentiating ideological positions. (MH)

Attempts to uncover clues concerning the ways people of different orientations responded to incoming information during the 1976 Presidential campaign. (MH)

Examines the history of U.S. political primaries, discusses Democratic Party reforms in the presidential nomination process since 1968, and cites important generalizations about how the process works today. States that the system lessens party leader influence, giving the media power to set public expectations and declare winners and losers. (GEA)

Appears also in Elementary English," vol. 48 no. 4 (April 1971), pp. 241-42, 293, and in College English," vol. 32, no. 7 (April 1971), pp. 815-16. (RD)

Appears also in College English," vol. 32, no. 7 (April 1971), pp. 815-16. (RD)

In anticipating what educators might expect from President Reagan, the author examines the positions Reagan has taken as a practical politician, as a right winger, as a presidential candidate, and as a moderate. (IRT)

The Oregon Association for the Advancement of Health Education's steering committee fosters political action in support of health education in the state. The committee's development is outlined and suggestions for organizing similar groups are offered. (JMF)

Various aspects which contribute to the political activities of adult educators are examined: (1) attitudes toward political activity, (2) efforts undertaken to influence legislation and government policy, and (3) methods by which adult educators have organized themselves to increase their role in political decision making involving adult…

Examines attitudes and actions of small town mayors and city managers as they relate to the process of building the newspaper's coverage of issues the town government faces. Finds that efforts to set the press's agenda are related to the extent of the effort to influence press content. (RS)