THE RECORD
September 1, 1977
NO. 44
LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
EDITOR Carolyn Moore
REGIONAL CHANGE CONFERENCE TO
FOCUS ON ECONOMICS, POLITICS
A symposium, "Alternatives to Confrontation: A
National Policy Toward Regional Change" will be conducted September 23‑27
at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center.
Sponsored jointly by the LBJ School, the LBJ Library
and the University of Texas at Austin, the conference will explore both
differing regional perspectives and national policies which would unify rather
than divide the nation. Governors, U.S. cabinet members, mayors, and other
local and national leaders, including several UT professors, will discuss the
problems and issues and offer policy prescriptions.
President Carter has been invited and plans to
attend if his schedule permits.
Participants will explore such topics as population
shifts, economic growth and decline, energy policy, urban and rural problems,
welfare reform, and unemployment in an effort to gain a broader perspective on
the conflicts between the older industrialized regions of the Middle West,
North and Northeast, and the developing South and West.
The first two days of the conference will be a
working session for academic and technical economic experts, who will define
the issues and outline alternative solutions.
The second half of the symposium will be open to the
public. These sessions will include open discussion of regional change by
regional representatives, national figures, and technical experts.
Two publications will develop from the conference
proceedings. One will be a textbook, and the other will be taken from the
public conference proceedings, presenting papers by Secretary of Labor Ray
Marshall and other participants. The publications will be edited by Victor
Arnold, coordinator of the conference.
For further information on this important symposium,
contact the Office of Conferences and Training at (512) 471‑4741.
ROSTOW WELCOMES NEW STUDENTS
Dean Elspeth Rostow welcomed 73 first‑year
students to the LBJ School at the beginning of Orientation Week, August 22.
The new students come from a variety of geographical
areas and backgrounds. Some demographic information on the new class:
There
are 44 men and 29 women; 41received undergraduate degrees in Texas. There is
one foreign student this year. The largest number of undergraduate degrees is
in Political Science and Government, but there is also an assortment of other
backgrounds, such as history, economics and journalism. Three of the new
students and eight second‑year students are in the joint degrees program
with the School of Law.
With the sixty‑four second‑year students
returning to classes, the total enrollment at the LBJ School for the academic
year 1977‑78 is 137.
[news item]
An Alumni Social will be held during the
"Alternative to Confrontation" Symposium weekend after the Friday
evening session, at approximately 10:00 p.m., at Malcolm MacDonald's home, 1706 Rabb Road, in the Barton Springs
area of Austin.
This will be an opportunity for everyone to meet the
new board members and to visit with other Alumni who will be in Austin for the
conference. For further information, contact Wilda Campbell at 471‑4177,
or Malcolm MacDonald at 443‑1799.
O'NEILL, WRIGHT TO VISIT LBJ
SCHOOL
U.S. House Speaker Tip O'Neill and Majority Leader
Jim Wright will address LBJ School students on September 10 in the East Campus
Lecture Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
"On the Record"
Just a reminder that the Office of Student Affairs
is now known as the Office of Admissions, Counseling, Internship and
Placement—the OACIP.
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Kathy Brown, formerly of OACIP, has joined the
Business Office staff as Senior Administrative Clerk. She replaces Cathy
Slusser, who was promoted to Business Office Accountant I. Another new member
of the Business Office staff is courier Mark Poulos.
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Dr. Richard Schott attended the annual meeting of
the American Political Science Association, September 1‑3 in Washington,
D.C.
Dr. Schott was in a panel discussion on
"Science, Technology, and Bureaucracy." Political scientists from
across the country were in attendance.
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Editor Marilyn Duncan and her husband, Steve, became
the parents of an 8 lb. girl, on August 12. Julie Ellen and her parents are
fine. Marilyn will return to the Publications Department later this month.
The student handbook will be available in the OACIP
or the Office of Publications by the
middle of September. We regret the delay.
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Alumni are encouraged to contribute to the Record
for the alumni column. Short articles of an informative or editorial nature (or
even a good joke) are welcomed. Contact Malcolm Macdonald for further
information at (512) 443‑1799.
CORRECTION:
Alumnus Terry Grogan received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Oklahoma, not from the University of Texas as was
listed in last month's Record.
SNOW RETURNS FROM INTERNSHIP
Second‑year student Joellen Snow recently
returned from a 2 1/2 month internship in Paris.
While there, she worked for the Organization for
Economic Coordination and Development (OECD). The project dealt with how
guidelines for behavior of multi‑national enterprises adopted by OECD
relate to the United States' labor laws and practices.
The internship was arranged by Dr. Sidney Weintraub.
ROSTOW ADDRESSES ALUMNI COLLEGE
Dean Elspeth Rostow spoke to a group of ex‑students
attending UT's first Alumni College, which was held during the week of July 11.
The Alumni College was a week‑long program of
lectures and informal discussions with some of the University's most
outstanding professors.
Dean Rostow's topic was "Will Success Spoil the
Sunbelt?"
ANDERSON ATTENDS COUNCIL MEETING
Professor Lynn F. Anderson, Director of Conferences
and Training, attended a meeting of the National Council on Governmental
Accounting in Seattle, Washington, August 18‑19. As one of two educator
members of the 21‑person council, his mission is to develop and
promulgate authoritative principles and standards for accounting and financial
reporting by governmental units. Apart from his participation on Council
decisions concerning upcoming modifications in existing principles which will
be incorporated in exposure drafts, he has recently served as Chairperson of
the Council's Nominating Committee, charged with securing nationally‑known
replacements for expiring memberships. He is also Chairperson of the Council's
Task Force on Financial Disclosure, a study group charged with improving the
quality and level of disclosure of financial operations by state and local
governmental entities.
BENDIX TO VISIT LBJ SCHOOL
Dr. Reinhard Bendix, who will be visiting UT Austin
in mid‑September for further discussions of the Sid Richardson Chair in
the LBJ School, is tentatively scheduled to address LBJ School students on
Tuesday, September 20.
Dr. Bendix is a professor of political science and a
lecturer in sociology at the University of California at Berkeley and, more
recently, has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center of
Scholars in Washington, D.C. He is the author of numerous books and articles,
one of the best‑known of which is Class, Status and Power, which he edited with S. M. Lipset.
He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
sociology from the University of Chicago. A former chairman of the Department
of Sociology at Berkeley, Dr. Bendix has received numerous professional honors
and awards.
It is especially hoped that those second-year
students who were unable to hear Dr. Bendix speak last spring, and all first‑year
students, will attend.
MANAGEMENT SEMINAR CONDUCTED
The Advanced Public Purchasing and Material
Management Seminar, conducted August 29‑31 at the Thompson Conference
Center, provided forty‑eight state and local officials an opportunity to
experience a brief but intense professional exercise designed to improve their
management and operational skills.
Instructors at the seminar were Herman Crystal, past
President of the National Association of State Purchasing Officers; William
Bonds, past President of the National Purchasing Institute and current
Purchasing Agent for the Austin Independent School District; Gaylord Jentz,
Professor in General Business at UT Austin; and Solon Bennett, Head of
Purchasing and Supply, City of Austin.
SCHOOL AWARDED TITLE IX GRANTS
As of this August, the LBJ School has been awarded
two grants under Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
One of the grants provides for fellowship
assistance, six public service fellows, and general institutional support for
the School.
The other gives direct support to certain of the
School's activities, provides funds for the continuation of the placement
activities of the Office of Admissions, Counseling, Internship and Placement,
provides for the development of a continuing and mid‑career education
program for the School, and provides support for one Policy Research Project
and one Topical Seminar.
Dr. Richard Schott is the Title IX Project Director
for the School.
COMING EVENTS
Saturday, September 3
LBJ School picnic for students, faculty, and staff.
Zilker Park polo tables, 2 p.m. Supper, 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 11
Covered dish mixer for students, faculty, and staff.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall's home, 2509 Hartford Road, 6:30 p.m. Sign up on list in
OACIP.
[news item]
The library has catalogued and shelved all available
IRPs; however, some are missing. If anyone has a copy of a report, the library
would appreciate borrowing it for copying purposes. The original will be
returned.
THOMPSON HEADS SCHOOL LIBRARY
Linda Thompson is the new head librarian in the LBJ
School Library. She was appointed May 1, replacing Kent Talbot, who joined the
staff of the Oklahoma City University Law School Library.
Ms. Thompson has worked in the library since 1971
and was promoted from assistant director of Policy Reference Service.
The library staff will be happy to receive
suggestions regarding library operations.
Library hours are:
Sunday
2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday
8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday
8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday
8 a. m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
ANDERSON TEACHES ACCOUNTING
SEMINAR
Thirty city finance officers attended the
"Intermediate Governmental Accounting Seminar," held by the LBJ
School on August 15‑17 at the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center. The
course work was taught by Lynn Anderson, director of the School's Office of
Conferences and Training, and Donald H. Cormi and Kenneth P. Finch, both
accountants in San Antonio. The program was held in cooperation with the Texas
Municipal Finance Officers' Association and the MFOA Career Development Center.
ROSTOW ATTENDS D.C. SIGNING
At President Carter's invitation, Dean Elspeth
Rostow was at the White House on August 25 to attend the signing ceremony of
the Executive Order creating the Presidential Management Intern Program.
The program is designed to provide internships at
the post‑Masters degree level in the field of public management. It is
anticipated that the program will attract to the federal service level
outstanding graduates of public administration and public policy schools, and
of business schools conducting public management reforms.
POLICY RESEARCH PROJECTS
ANNOUNCED
There will be ten Policy Research Projects at the
LBJ School for the 1977‑78 school year.
The projects and their faculty members are:
1. Administration of Macroeconomic Policy in the
Johnson Presidency
Professor Jared Hazleton (Project Director)
Professor James Anderson (Political Science,
University of Houston)
2. Public Employment Programs as a Remedy to
Unemployment
Professor John Gronouski (Project Director)
Professor Robert Glover (Center for the Study of
Human Resources, UT)
3. Implementation of PL 93‑641 in Region VI
in Regard to Organizational Choices and Outcomes
Professor David Warner (Project Director)
Mr. Dennis Thomas (Associate Director, Texas Office
of State‑Federal Relations)
4. Policy Issues Affecting Texas' Role in U.S.
National Energy Strategy
Professor Stephen Spurr (Project Director)
Professor Marlan Blissett (LBJ School)
Professor William L. Fisher (Bureau of Economic
Geology, UT)
5. Identification, Protection, and Management of
Land Areas Representative of Texas' Natural Heritage
Professor Keith Arnold (Project Director)
Mr. Don Kennard (Texas Natural Area Survey Project)
Mr. Red Oliver (General Land Office of Texas)
6. Welfare Reform: Linkage Between Cash Payment
and Public Employment Policies
Professor
Lodis Rhodes (Project Director)
Dr. Charles Tesar (Department of Human Resources)
7. Policy Research: Character, Funding, and
Organization
Professor Jurgen Schmandt (Project Director)
8. Labor Relations for Federal Employees: The
Johnson Period and After
Professor Albert Blum (Project Director)
Professor I. B. Helburn (Management Department, UT)
9. Impact of Safe Drinking Water Act on Texas
Communities
Professor Gerard A. Rohlich (Project Director)
Professor David Eaton (LBJ School)
10. Analysis of Mexican Economic Development
Professor Sidney Weintraub (Project Director)
Professor Vic Arnold (LBJ School)
STUDENTS RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS
Twenty‑five LBJ School students have been
awarded special fellowships for the1977‑78 academic year. Students
receiving the fellowships are:
Mitzi Newhouse Fellowship: Lynn Belton, Angela Hatton
Title IX Fellowships: Benjamin Cole, Mitchell Goldstein, Sharon Slepicka,
Harley Duncan, Susan Finnegan, Lee Solsbery
Johnson Congressional: Daniel Rabovsky
Moody Fellows: James Dodson, Laura Doll, Tony Grigsby, Peggy Hamilton, Lilas Kinch,
Chris Kuykendall
Governor's Interns: Albert Hawkins, Barbara Kulsrud, Don Preston, Ellen
Juran, John Schulze
Legislative Interns: Larry Farrow, J.R. Prestidge, James Popp, Mary Kay
Stack
'PRODUCTIVITY' REPORT PUBLISHED
"Public Sector Productivity Programs:
Background and Analysis with Special Reference to State Governments" has
joined the growing list of published policy research project reports.
An outgrowth of the School's PRP on State
Governmental Operations conducted in 1975‑76, the study explores a
variety of issues which surround the design and implementation of productivity
improvement programs in federal and state governments. The difficulties of
defining and measuring productivity in public agencies are discussed, as are
the failures of several such programs to live up to the expectations of their
sponsors.
Especially problematic, the study concludes, has
been the tendency to oversell the potential benefits of productivity programs
or to view them as just another administrative gimmick. For productivity
programs to have a chance of success, "they must be made an organic part
of the management processes of agencies and state government generally. Second,
linkages in these processes—between policy decision making, budgeting,
planning, personnel, capital improvement, and day‑to‑day
operations—must be discovered and strengthened. Third, productivity gain
will probably result from the cumulative effect of many incremental
improvements . . ."
Research for the study was conducted by students
Wayne Campbell, Terry Grogan, Richard Ross, and William Stotesbery under the
general direction of Professor Richard Schott.
The publication can be purchased for $3.00, plus 15
cents state sales tax (where applicable) from the Office of Publications.
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
SCHEDULED
Personnel managers from various levels of government
will be attending the Fourth Annual Public Personnel Management Seminar,
September 29‑30, at the Thompson Conference Center.
Sponsored by the Office of Conferences and Training,
the program will be directed toward current problems facing personnel managers
in the public sector.
Subjects to be discussed include an update on the
use of grievance procedures, a review of EEO policies, an examination of
developments in employment benefits related to current fiscal restraints, inflation
and employee satisfaction. The program will also include a special focus on the
handicapped employee.
The featured speaker will be Graham Watt, president
of the National Training and Development Service, Washington, D.C.
For further information on the conference, contact
the Office of Conferences and Training at (512) 471‑4741.
ALUMNI, INTERNS ATTEND D.C.
PARTY
On August 11, more than 50 alumni and summer interns
in the Washington, D.C. area met for a party at the Dubliner Inn. Also
attending the party were several past and present faculty members, including
Leigh Boske, Alan Campbell, Kingsley Haynes, Jared Hazleton, Hoyt Purvis, Beryl
Radin, Kenneth Tolo and Sidney Weintraub.
During the gathering, Civil Service Chairman
Campbell announced the latest developments on the Presidential Intern Program
and the Graduate Student Co‑op Program. Alumnus Norm Linsky distributed
information concerning the organization of an informal D.C.‑area LBJ
School alumni association.
Arrangements for the party were made by Sarah Cox
and Martha Katz, of the Class of 1976.