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California State Legislature, Sacramento. Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach. – 1998
This report contains testimony and materials presented at the California Senate Select Committee on Higher Education Admissions and Outreach hearing, February 1998, held to examine the role of the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) in undergraduate admissions to the public universities of California. In her…
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Cabrera, Ed – 1999
In this lesson plan, students are assigned a member of the California Assembly to research and a political faction to represent. Students examine representative bills voted on by the California Assembly to determine if their member's voting record coincides with the views of their political faction. Ultimately, students must decide whether, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 12, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO. – 2001
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has designated the week of September 17-21, 2001, as "Back to School Week." During this week, state legislators from throughout the country are encouraged by NCSL to contact principals and teachers in their respective districts and arrange for classroom visits to help students…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Government Role
Elnicki, Chris; Johnson, Jackie; Mable, Lori; O'Brien, Colleen – 2001
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has designated the week of September 17-21, 2001, as "Back to School Week." During this week, state legislators from throughout the country are encouraged by NCSL to contact principals and teachers in their respective districts and arrange for classroom visits to help students…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Government Role
Breckenridge, Leah; Stokley, Sandy – 2001
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has designated the week of September 17-21, 2001, as "Back to School Week." During this week, state legislators from throughout the country are encouraged by NCSL to contact principals and teachers in their respective districts and arrange for classroom visits to help students…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Democracy, Elementary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1997
This hearing focused on youth violence and the importance of developing local and state solutions. Senator Fred Thompson made an introductory statement. This was followed by four panels on each of 2 days of testimony. Day one's first panel included involved students and business people from Memphis, TN. The second panel included two Tennessee…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Government Role
Holmes, Robert A. – AGB Reports, 1983
Politics is seen as likely to play an important role in higher education during the 1980s. The best way to ensure continued public support and funding from the state is by demonstrating academic quality. Trustees must play a central role in political influence/pressure brought to bear on legislators. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Governing Boards, Government School Relationship
Ciervo, Arthur V. – CASE Currents, 1982
Pennsylvania sought statewide media support for higher education by working on a project to encourage editorials against President Reagan's proposed budget cuts in student aid. Guidelines for visiting newspaper editors are provided. (MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Editorials, Government School Relationship

Brown, George E., Jr. – Physics Today, 1981
Strongly suggests that scientists must press vigorously for the protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social, and cultural, not just for humanitarian reasons, but for self-preservation as well. Highlights recent congressional activities relating human rights to science policy. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Equal Education, Females

Thapisa, A. P. N. – International Information and Library Review, 1996
Eleven members of Botswana's National Assembly were questioned about their information needs. The parliamentarians' perceptions of information, sources of information, and information-seeking behavior were investigated, and the National Assembly Library and research needs were assessed. The "Assessment of the Information Needs of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Seeking

Monroe, Pamela A.; And Others – Family Relations, 1995
A model of roll call voting by House members on the Family and Medial Leave Act (FMLA) of 1990 was tested. Found that support for the FMLA was tied to a range of dispositional and contextual demand variables: conservatism, presidential support, etc. The model accurately predicted 90% of the votes. (RJM)
Descriptors: Correlation, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life, Government Role

Hakim, Simon; Weinblatt, J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Whether consensus existed among groups involved in implementing the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was examined through the Delphi technique for legislators, policymakers, directors of rehabilitation centers, and client training staffs. Different perceptions of objectives are highlighted, and the usefulness of the Delphi technique is…
Descriptors: Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Planning, Decision Making

Sacken, Donal M.; Medina, Marcello, Jr. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1990
Events leading to the passage in 1984 of Arizona's bilingual education law are examined using interviews with policy elite and concepts developed by D. E. Mitchell and others (1985) for studying distinctive cultures of state educational policymaking. Passage of a mandatory or more comprehensive law was not likely. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Bassi, Suzanne; DeHoff, Randy; Hopson, Elaine – School Administrator, 2004
In hopes of shedding light on how public school leaders can better advocate on the state level for the needs of their schools and their students, The School Administrator turned to policymakers in different settings and with different political leanings. They invited a trio--a Republican state legislator from the Chicago suburbs, a rural…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Advocacy, Lobbying, Government School Relationship
Balch, Stephen H. – Academic Questions, 2005
Authorities in America have traditionally left governance of pubic universities to faculty and administrators, under a presumption of academic freedom and an apparent trust that all was well. This hands-off policy persisted as radicals virtually extinguished intellectual pluralism. Throughout the process, the NAS has seen successes in a campaign…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Freedom, Womens Studies, Social Work