Senator Orrin Hatch argues that affirmative action is illegal, immoral, and won't work. (IRT)

Examines the process of awarding federal grants for education programs, including application procedures, terms and conditions of awards, required reports and monitoring, and the issue of the accountability of the administering agency and of grantees. (SK)

Introduces this special issue by outlining the issues (enrollment decline, federal budget restraints, federal cost containment guidelines, and inflation) that will be addressed. (IRT)

Recent literature regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is reviewed. Also discussed are the results of a national survey of regional directors of Offices for Civil Rights to gain insight into the economic and social impact of Section 504 since its full implementation. (JH)

Major decisions should be made to initiate a national policy to protect the individual, direct information development, and establish international guidelines. Eight aspects of federal information policy reveal potential sources of conflict. (SW)

Explores concerns for the development of information from the perspective of a private organization. Developments in electronics, energy challenges, international issues, communication, and government regulation of information are noted as crucial issues to information organizations. (SW)

Examines the job applications of leading companies and reports on questions that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission might find unacceptable. Outlines possible remedies. (IRT)

Economic considerations dominate urban mass transit planning in the United States. The theme of this essay is that economic analysis is too narrow a basis for urban policy decisions. (Author/RLV)

Two problems based on the same set of circumstances illustrate applications of the federal wage guidelines and also illustrate that pay increases can exceed seven percent without violating the guidelines. (Author/IRT)

Among the problems are disagreement on how much information should be collected and, because of the use of broad-band tests, the difficulty of deciding who is an applicant for particular job. (Author/IRT)

Industry's problems lie with inadequate productivity gains and profits caused by mismanagement of the economy. The inflationary problem has little to do with environmental costs. (BB)

Cost-benefit analyses suggest that consumer information strategies are preferred to direct regulation, and less restrictive strategies are preferred to more restrictive. Choice of strategies depends on the goal of intervention: changing behavior or improving overall welfare. (SK)

The harm to human health and our environment caused by leaking underground storage tanks can be devastating. Schools can meet new federal waste management standards by instituting daily inventory monitoring, selecting a reliable volumetric testing company, locating and repairing leaks promptly, and removing and installing tanks appropriately. (MLH)

Table details crime data 1991 and 1992 from 774 colleges and universities including reported incidents and number of arrests by type of crime. Shows robberies and assaults on college campuses are increasing. However, because of confusion about the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, the federal law requiring colleges to report crime…

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 builds on earlier federal laws and clarifies the obligations school boards have toward employees with disabilities. One useful tool for figuring out what reasonable accommodations are necessary is the Work Experience Survey. A resource list identifies additional sources of information on employer…