Extracts from a position paper adopted by the Council for Exceptional Children at its Miami Convention in April 1971. (Author)

The inadequacy, or lack, of educational and vocational rehabilitation services for the deaf in Puerto Rico is detailed. (KW)

Excerpts of testimony by the author before the Senate Subcommittee on Indian Education hearings, February-March, 1969. The education system, culturally biased toward whites, is discussed, as well as proposals for greater Indian control of education. (DM)

The British have used the Industrial Training Act of 1964 to develop a dynamic training policy; and this is seen as a major factor in an economic growth strategy. (EB)

Emphasizes the social implications of biological knowledge and discusses two main government roles in biology: (1) a creative and supportive role, including support of education and research, (2) control, regulation and protection related to the applications of biological knowledge. Public control is considered necessary in areas such as food and…

The former secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare discusses his opposition to the creation of a separate department of education and describes how the Carter administration pushed the legislation through Congress. (JOW)

Tells the story of the New Deal's educational activities, concentrating on (1) redefinition of the federal government's responsibility for education, (2) the effect of federal intervention on the education of Blacks and other educationally deprived groups, and (3) the nature of federal administration and its consequences. (MP)

In suggesting that affirmative action goals and timetables cause racial tension, and in recommending reliance on "free and automatic" access to economic opportunities, the chairperson of the Commission on Civil Rights makes the commission a political parrot of current administrative policy rather than a strong advocate of federal…

Considers government policies that may affect production units' decisions about technology. Discusses the relevance of a national economy's sociopolitical framework and classifies macropolicies according to their effects on the variables of objectives, resources, markets, and technologies. (SK)