January 1979

THE RECORD

No. 58

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EDITOR: Marilyn Duncan

NEW, VISITING FACULTY JOINING SCHOOL FOR SPRING

Teaching at the LBJ School during the spring semester will be one new permanent faculty member and six visiting faculty members.

New to the School as of January 1 is Barbara Jordan, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who holds the five-year Lyndon B. Johnson Public Service Professorship (see August issue of the Record). This semester Ms. Jordan will teach two seminars, one on intergovernmental relations and another on political values.

David Porter, Associate Professor of Public Administration, George Washington University, comes to the LBJ School as a visiting associate professor to teach a seminar on human services. Dr. Porter recently served as an associate professor and visiting fellow at the International Institute of Management in Berlin.

Kent Mathewson, President of the Metropolitan Fund, Inc. of Southfield, Michigan, will teach a course on metropolitan regionalism this spring as a Visiting Lecturer. The seminar will be similar to a highly successful course offered by Mr. Mathewson last spring at the LBJ School.

Calvin Blair, Professor of Marketing Administration at UT, will be a Visiting Professor at the LBJ School this spring and will offer a section on International Policy in Political Economy.

As announced in an earlier issue of the Record, J. Harlan Cleveland, Director of the International Affairs Program at the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies (Princeton, N.J.), holds the Distinguished Tom Slick Professorship in World Peace for Spring 1979. Dr. Cleveland will teach a seminar on the New World Order.

Visiting Professors James Roach and David Welborn, whose appointments with the School began September 1, will continue teaching at the School in the spring semester.

Returning to the School after a fall semester leave of absence in Pennsylvania is Professor Dagmar Hamilton, who will teach a seminar in government ethics and one section of Policy Process.

GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF HUMANITIES EXPLORED AT SYMPOSIUM HELD HERE

The role and performance of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the problems faced by humanists and humanistic scholars in this society, and general trends in the future of government support for the humanities were among the topics explored at a symposium held here December 3–5.

The symposium on government and the humanities was sponsored jointly by the LBJ School and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

Conference participants were drawn from academic institutions nationwide as well as from various federal agencies with humanistic programs. Keynote speaker on December 3 was Joan Mondale, wife of Vice-President Walter Mondale and honorary chairperson of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

Calling for rejection of "the imperious aristocracies of academia," Mrs. Mondale said:

"There are few places more wonderful than an esteemed center of higher learning. But there are few institutions less attractive than an official court of mandarins.

"America, of all nations, has exploded the myth that there is one single kind of excellence, one approved system of values, one indisputable canon of taste.

"Today, one of our proudest boasts is this—that we have expanded and pluralized our ideas of scholarship, of humanistic inquiry, of acceptable disciplines, and we have done so without compromising our standards."

At the December 4 morning session, the opening address was given by Charles Frankel, President of the National Humanities Center. Speaking on the topic, "Why the Humanities?" Dr. Frankel told the audience that without federal support the humanities will be "diminished not only in size, not merely in the material aspects of their needs, but in what is most important—their own sense of themselves and their potential in the world."

"What will our country offer its members as diet for their minds and souls?" he asked. "They are the citizens of a free society. They must make their own decisions about the good, the true and the beautiful, as about the genuine article and the fake, the useful and the useless, the profitable and unprofitable.

"But they can only choose from among the alternatives that our institutions, public and private, make available to them," he went on. "And when they choose they must do it within a pricing system that inevitably affects their choices, and that is influenced not only by market forces but by public policy and the movement of public revenues."

The following portion of the morning session was devoted to two addresses on the topic, "Humanities and the Public," followed by a panel discussion.

Archie Green, Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution, and Robin Winks, Master of Berkeley College at Yale University, presented the introductory addresses. Other panelists included Elizabeth Janeway, writer; Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, chairman of Chicano studies at the University of Minnesota; Catharine R. Stimpson, editor of SIGNS and Associate Professor of English at Barnard College; John Wideman, Professor of English at the University of Wyoming; and Robert Walker, Professor of American Civilization at George Washington University. Moderator was Roger Abrahams, chairman of the UT Department of English.

Reviewing the ancient history of how the humanistic tradition was carried orally by bards, oracles, and soothsayers, Dr. Green said that the continuity of that humanistic tradition carries to this day, even in our complex society. He noted that he is particularly interested in the "folk," used in the large sense, the rank-and-file citizen, the man in the street, the marginal citizens.

"When we came to this New World, we developed cultural institutions supported by the government from the beginning," Dr. Green pointed out, adding that the main function of the dominant cultural institutions in American life is one of acculturation or assimilation. "The metaphor we've used for that is the 'melting pot' and it has worked, but at a great price .... The carriers of the humanistic tradition, in rank-and-file society, these people have paid a heavy price for the 'melting pot' or homogenization experience."

Dr. Winks, also emphasizing the importance of the "folk" element in American humanities, noted that our cultural interests are derived from a pluristic heritage.

Commenting that the government is obviously deeply involved in the humanities, Dr. Winks suggested that many in academe fear that the common will override the excellent and that many of us will come to the point of being unable to tell the difference between the two.

"It is not the business of government to tell us the difference, but it is the role of government to help us promote excellence by underwriting excellence," Dr. Winks said, citing public television as a positive example of such support. "... Another example: for many years, the National Park Service has set aside great cultural heritages, thereby helping us to define and understand what we as a people take pride in."

At least one of the panelists took issue with the image of the "melting pot" in American culture. John Wideman, claiming that the concept of a melting pot suggests a homogeneous mass of experience, put forth the metaphor of a house of cards, made up of cards of all sizes. "The whole is nothing more or less than the whole configuration of cards and a very small one may support a large one. The point is that if you pull one card out, the whole shebang may fall down."

Commenting that there are many styles by which people come to their own identity, Dr. Wideman said:

"If you take away that style, you take away diversity. .. . And we have to learn to talk about divergent experiences."

The December 4 session featured addresses by Joseph Duffey, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Roger Rosenblatt, columnist and member of the editorial board, The Washington Post. Both men spoke on the topic, "Government Support for the Humanities."

Dr. Duffey maintained that federal funding for the arts and humanities has increased more rapidly over the last decade than any other part of the federal budget. He added that "that period of rapid growth is behind us," and that much must be done with the momentum gained so far.

Mr. Rosenblatt recited anecdotes from his years with the NEH, citing the joys of giving away money and recalling with humor the visit from a man who proposed putting "Be Honest" on all the billboards in America. He used his own personal encounter with a Velasquez painting to emphasize the importance and excitement of bringing something beautiful to the multitude "which is ourselves," a purpose he believes is at the heart of the humanities in general and at the heart of the endowments.

Panelists for the session included Lydia Bronte, Associate Director for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation; Nikki Giovanni, poet; Preston Jones, playwright; Donald Saylor, LBJ School second-year student; and Robert Lumiansky. President of the American Council on Learned Societies.

The discussion centered around accountability of funding and alternative funding sources for humanistic activities. Nikki Giovanni was of the opinion that the solution lies in public recognition of the problem. "We've thrown money at every other problem," she said. "If we want to win something, or we want to get to the moon, we throw money at it. Why don't we throw money at beauty?"

Mr. Jones expressed concern about the relationship between the formation of the government endowments and the declining funding available from some private foundations which had been mentioned by Dr. Lumiansky.

Ms. Bronte said the Rockefeller funding had remained at the same level due to the size of the original endowment, and Dr. Duffey replied that he viewed the private funding as more connected to the tax structure and general economic conditions. He pointed out that several funding agencies will often cooperate in matching funds for humanistic activities.

Both Dr. Lumiansky and Donald Saylor expressed interest in the state-based councils for the humanities. Mr. Saylor said that state councils have grown from six pilot states to 20 percent of the NEH budget and that challenge grants were now 20 percent of the budget.

In the closing session on December 5, speakers and panelists looked at future options for government support of the humanities.

Dr. Charles Blitzer, Assistant Secretary for History and Art, Smithsonian Institution, maintained in his opening address that the future of private institutions in this country is bleak. He noted that conflict arises because most humanists are dependent on such institutions and feel that the private sector should remain private, yet without government support, most private institutions will be unable to survive.

Nathan Huggins suggested that the most urgent task now facing humanists is to transcend the pluralism underlying American culture and strive for a synthesis. He noted that the federal government should be a "visible hand" bringing that synthesis to fruition for the common good.

Panelists for this session—including David Nalle of the International Communication Agency; William Whalen, Director of the National Park Service; Charles Frankel, President of the National Humanities Center; and Stanley N. Werbow, Dean of the UT College of Humanities—expressed varying degrees of optimism on the future of humanistic studies. Most tended to agree with Dr. Huggins' remark that government should ask, "Where is the common good?" in making funding judgments.

In his closing speech on "The Humanities and the Public Purpose," Joseph Duffey emphasized to the audience that the humanities must redefine their relationship to the altered social order of the day in order to survive.

Mr. Duffey stressed the importance of the new scholarship and attitudes that have widened our definition of culture to include the diverse traditions of the American people. On the other hand, he said, "I do not want to deny or minimize the fragmenting effects of this heightened awareness of American pluralism."

As "the humanities can serve to rejoin the fragments of technical jargon by stressing the universality of the questions at the edges and junctions of the disciplines," they also can play a role in "overcoming fragmentation in a culture composed of sharply differing traditions," even though the task is a much more difficult one, Mr. Duffey said.

By finding the differences in our various cultures, he continued, the humanities can help us discover the common ground.

"Even the most private and intimate issues, our sense of inner being and solitude, are expressed in the humanistic tradition in terms accessible to others, indeed to a public of quite distinct backgrounds," he said. "In this way, the humanities can be the source of a genuine public language."

The proceedings of the conference will be published by the LBJ School with the support of the LBJ Library. Professor Kenneth Tolo is editing the volume.

'ON THE RECORD'

There are several new faces among the staff members at the LBJ School.

William (Will) Pang, the new computer programmer in the School's Computer Center, comes to the School from UT's Computation Center and Astronomy Department. Will has a B.S. in math and is currently a student in electrical engineering at UT.

Anita Wallace, the newest faculty secretary, has worked at the University for two and a half years. Her most recent position was with the Institute for Constructive Capitalism, Graduate School of Business.

Christy Wittie, new secretary in the OACIP, recently graduated from Texas A&M University in elementary education. She also worked part-time at Texas A&M as a secretary in the Animal Sciences Department.

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Associate Dean Jared Hazleton and Professor Ken Tolo have been appointed to the Steering Committee of the recently funded Human Resources Professionals Program, directed through the UT Center for the Study of Human Resources.

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Professor Lynn Anderson, member of the Advisory Committee to the Legislative Council Property Tax Study Committee chaired by Representative Wayne Peveto, was elected Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee in November after the committee was charged with making detailed recommendations on implementation of the tax relief amendment.

Professor Anderson, who chaired all but two of the advisory committee's sessions, told the Record that his committee submitted its report to the Legislative Council Committee on January 5. The report embodies forty-nine specific recommendations for tax reform and implementation of the tax reform amendment.

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Loren E. Lawrence, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, presented a brown bag seminar December 12 on past and present problems in U.S. immigration policy.

After tracing the history of U.S. policy and attitudes toward immigrants, Mr. Lawrence discussed some of the problems arising from historical processes. These included illegal immigration, the impact of immigrants on the American economy, and the social effects of anti-alien attitudes.

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On December 13 and 14, Professor Lynn Anderson was a principal speaker at two workshops for municipal officials in Muskogee and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The workshops, which were sponsored by the Oklahoma Legislative Council, the Oklahoma Municipal League, and the Oklahoma Association of Municipal Finance Officers and Treasurers, were devoted to the upgrading of municipal financial management practices in the State of Oklahoma and were directly related to interim studies and proposed legislative changes being prepared by the Oklahoma Legislative Council.

The Computer Center (3.319) will be open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12 noon, and 1–4 p.m. during the Spring Semester, according to Computer Programmer Will Pang.

NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

LBJ School Dean Elspeth Rostow recently nominated six second-year students for the Presidential Management Internship Program. The School's nominees are DeAnn Friedholm, Mitchell Goldstein, Russell Hedge, Jan Hilton, Todd Kaufman, and Don Watson. Alternate is Don Saylor.

The Presidential Management Internship Program was signed into order in August 1977 by President Carter. The program annually recruits 250–300 new graduates with master's degrees in public affairs to work for two years in executive agencies in Washington, D.C. and throughout the U.S. Placements are made through the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

This year's nominees were selected by the Dean on the basis of recommendations by the School's Placement and Internship Committee.

The applications of the six nominees will be judged by a regional committee, which will make recommendations to the U.S. Civil Service Commission on the basis of such factors as scholarship, commitment to public sector employment, and ability to overcome social and economic barriers. Finalists will be announced in April.

Last year five LBJ School nominees were selected to participate in the program. All five are currently serving internships in Washington, D.C.

SEMINARS IN BASIC PUBLIC PURCHASING, GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING SCHEDULED

The LBJ School's Office of Conferences and Training will sponsor three professional development seminars in January and February as part of its continuing education program.

On January 10–12, a Seminar in Accounting for Small Governmental Units (Texas counties) will be held in the Thompson Conference Center. The seminar is being presented by the School in cooperation with the Texas Association of County Auditors and the International Municipal Finance Officers Association. The seminar is a repeat of a highly successful program held here last summer. It is designed primarily for officials in smaller Texas counties with limited background and experience in financial management activities.

A seminar on Basic Public Purchasing will be conducted January 22–24 in the Thompson Center. This program is designed for newly appointed public purchasers, professionals with limited purchasing experience, and professionals without formal training in basic purchasing skills.

The same program on Basic Public Purchasing will be held February 26–28 in San Antonio in cooperation with the Region 20 Educational Service Center, Cooperative Purchasing Organization. The conference is specifically designed for those individuals who lack budgetary support to travel out of the San Antonio area for professional development.

DUNN TESTIFIES BEFORE SOCIAL SECURITY COUNCIL

Jeffrey Dunn, 1978 LBJ School graduate, testified as a private citizen before the U.S. Advisory Council on Social Security in hearings held December 7 in Miami, Florida.

The Council, appointed in February 1978 by the Secretary of HEW, is authorized under Section 706 of the Social Security Act and has been charged by the Secretary with conducting a comprehensive review of the social security program. It is to report its findings and recommendations to the Secretary for transmittal to the Congress by October 1, 1979.

Mr. Dunn presented a recommendation for reform of the present social security system, deriving his comments from the independent research project report he wrote at the LBJ School. He also submitted written comments to the Committee for the record.

ALUMNI FORUM

Alumni Social Events

Last month's second annual alumni Christmas party on December 9, 1978, drew over 50 alumni and guests for a pot-luck dinner at Bob and Laura Campbell's home. Most recent graduates outnumbered other alumni, but nearly every graduating class was represented in the group.

If local alumni are not receiving notices of social events, please contact the Board so we can keep you informed of activities this spring.

Continuing Education

An exciting continuing education program is being planned for February, but details are not yet firm . . . please tune in for more information in the February Record.

Meanwhile, the Continuing Education Committee is considering another program for the spring on the general topic of personnel management. The Committee would like ideas and suggestions from alumni about personnel management topics of greatest interest and applicability. With alumni input, the program can be tailored to the needs of the majority of potential participants. Contact Bill Stotesbery with your suggestions.

20th TAX ASSESSOR INSTITUTE HELD HERE

The Twentieth Institute for Tax Assessors was held December 10–12 in the Thompson Conference Center. The conference was sponsored by the LBJ School in cooperation with the Texas Association of Assessing Officers and the Texas Municipal League.

The opening general session on "Preferential Assessment and Taxation of Agricultural Property" featured an address by Thomas F. Hady, Director, Economic Development Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Panelists, representing a variety of perspectives, included James W. McGrew, Executive Director of the Texas Research League; J.D. Whitmire, Tax Assessor-Collector for the Coldsprings-Oakhurst ISD; Pat Smith, Director of State Affairs, Texas Farm Bureau; and Darby Neal, Regional Tax Administrator, Champion International, Huntsville.

Five concurrent workshops were held that afternoon on various topics of interest to assessors: Assessment of Leased Equipment, Current Problems in the Assessment of Personal Property, Personal Effectiveness in Administrative Settings, Valuing Real Property in an Inflationary Economy, and Appraisal of Land in Rural and Urban Subdivisions.

The following day included two general sessions on the topics of "Relieving the Property Tax Burden: Exemptions and Circuit Breakers" (address by Will S. Myers of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) and "Current Legal Problems and Legislative Issues in Texas Property Taxation" (address by Steve Bickerstaff, Chief of the County and State Affairs Division, Office of the Attorney General of Texas).

Panelists for the discussion on property tax relief were Walt Lilie of the Texas Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts; Ben Shaw, Tax Assessor-Collector, Bexar County; and John A. Gronouski, LBJ School Professor.

Sitting on the panel on legal problems and legislative issues were Max Noller, Director of Revenue and Taxation for the City of Dallas; The Honorable Wayne Peveto, State Representative from Orange and Chairman of the Texas Legislative Council Property Tax Code Study Committee; Walt Parker, Executive Director of the School Tax Assessment Practices Board; and Jack McCreary, Austin attorney.

The Institute was coordinated by the LBJ School's Office of Conferences and Training.

GRAIN SHORTFALLS WORKING PAPER PUBLISHED

The Office of Publications recently released the ninth volume in the School's working paper series.

The volume, entitled A Method to Evaluate the Likelihood of Grain Shortfalls, was authored by Professor David Eaton in cooperation with Jared Cohen and Charles ReVelle of The Johns Hopkins University, Kenneth Potter of Pennsylvania State University, and W. Scott Steele, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The paper develops a function capable of generating time series of grain production in imitation of the statistical behavior of the historical record. A numerical example based on world total grain production data is developed to demonstrate the technique.

The authors use the method to formalize a nonparametric, order-statistics technique for assessing the likelihood of unusually lean harvests. After illustrating the approach with an example related to world total grain production, they discuss the relation between the number of simulations and (1) measures of the likelihood of significant grain shortfalls, and (2) measures of the uncertainty and certainty of those results.

Copies of the working paper are available from the Office of Publications for $2.50 each.

PRODUCTS LIABILITY AND EDUCATION DISCUSSED AT PRE-SESSION CONFERENCE

(The December issue of The Record began a report on workshop proceedings of the Pre-session Legislative Conference held here November 29–December 1. Following are descriptions of the two final workshops based on notes by LBJ students B.C. Comish and Brooks Myers.)

The afternoon session on products liability was moderated by Professor John F. Sutton of the UT School of Law, who discussed the legal history of products liability in Texas and offered a current definition of the term in Texas law. He noted that product defects come under three categories: defect of design, defect in manufacturing, and defects in marketing (presence of unreasonable danger because the supplier failed to give adequate information or warnings). The central problem for legislators, he said, is to determine how the law can furnish adequate protection to the innocent injured party without unreasonably burdening the supplier.

The Honorable Fred Orr, Chairman of the (Texas) House Interim Study Committee on Products Liability, noted that continuous problems lie in the number and amounts of judgments rendered and the number of "unsafe" products reported. Taking a fairly hard line on product misuse by consumers, Rep. Orr said the state's economy could suffer if judgments and rising insurance rates continue to penalize small businesses.

Other panelists for this session included a group of attorneys from Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Most expressed the opinion that the current law favors the supplier and manufacturer. Houston attorney Joseph Jamail said the burden of proof is so difficult to establish that punitive awards are relatively rare, noting that in his experience the consumer win ratio in products liability cases is 20 percent. He felt the law should put the burden of proof on the party who stands to profit from the sale of the product.

San Antonio attorney Jack Hebdon and Austin attorney Don Adams both denied that the number of product liability cases is so high, especially when serious injury is involved.

Austin attorney Jim Boyle stated that some reforms are needed in the area of public liability insurance, but that the law should emphasize prevention of accidents through defects by holding manufacturers responsible for product quality.

In the final workshop, which centered on the topic of public education, panelists were State Representative Wilhelmina Delco of Austin, John Townley, Superintendent of the Irving Independent School District, Professor L.D. Haskew of UT's Department of Educational Administration, and Camilla Bordie, Legislative Counsel for the Texas Legislative Board.

Dr. Townley made the following points and suggestions:

1) the previous two legislatures should be commended for the progress made on education finance; however,

2) the very existence of equalization aid admits the imperfection of the current distribution system and the need for further improvement; and

3) the big issue in education finance for the next session will be to define taxable wealth and intangibles—the rising costs of education will require expanded resource sources.

Camilla M. Bordie noted that the last session came close to establishing competency testing and it will likely be an issue in the next session. She said there is concern in many quarters (parents, employers, colleges) that students are graduating without adequate skills.

Among the questions she said are central to the issue of competency testing are the following:

What skills will be tested—basic vs. life skills?

What type of tests are needed—demonstration or normative?

If a standardized test is used—what are the norms or standards of the test?

When will the tests be given?

Who will be accountable?

What remedial programs will be provided and how will they merge with current federal competency programs?

How will transfer and handicapped students be treated?

She also noted arguments against competency testing:

The art of testing is imprecise at this time.

Creative teaching may be crowded out by stress on basics.

Students and schools are held accountable for results outside of their control, i.e., the isolation of the disadvantaged.

Competency test content will determine the curriculum and the teaching methods.

L.D. Hashew noted that legislation in the past affecting the school curriculum has consisted of single shot additions which then compete for teachers' and students' time and attention. He claimed legislators tend not to look at curriculum from a comprehensive perspective.

He added that the issue of oversight for education quality will be important. Currently local school districts control quality of teachers employed via hiring standards. He said the legislature will need to decide who should control oversight (legislature, State School Board, local districts) and what method of oversight is appropriate.

Wilhelmina Delco, member of the House Subcommittee on Curriculum of Education, reported on her subcommittee's findings. She noted that while the public is concerned with a return to "basics" and "salable skills," there is little consensus about what is "basic" and "salable."

She said the committee has examined the model for education finance in Washington State, where education curriculum is divided into basic skills, work/ life skills and district discretionary courses. At the elementary level 95% of curriculum is basic skills and 5% discretionary. By the senior year in high school 60% is basic skills, 20-30% life/work and 10-20% discretionary. The subcommittee recommends that an adaption of the Washington model be adopted in Texas, but recognizes it will incur added costs.

Conference proceedings will be published by the LBJ School.

TOPICAL SEMINARS TO COVER RANGE OF POLICY TOPICS

Fifteen topical seminars on a variety of topics will be offered by the LBJ School in the spring semester.

They are:

Problems in Twentieth-Century U.S. Public Policy, to be taught by Professor Walt Rostow (History) and Professor/Dean Elspeth Rostow. The course will focus on seven mini-case studies within large problems of the U.S. in the twentieth century: presidential leadership; legislating social change; administering the federal government; foreign policy; human rights; inflation; and energy.

Instruments of U.S. Foreign Policy, to be taught by Visiting Professor James Roach. This seminar will be concerned with six "instruments" of foreign policy: technical and economic assistance; intelligence; arms control; military assistance; information, education, and cultural programs; and international agencies. The focus will be on the origins of and continuing rationale for the existence of agencies and activities; their organization and functioning; and their current policy roles and emphases.

Higher Education Policies, to be taught by Professor Stephen Spurr and Professor Kenneth Tolo. The support of higher education constitutes a substantial portion of national and state budgets. The seminar will investigate present issues of major political and policy importance both at the state and federal levels. Topics may include manpower planning and control through legislative or administrative action, state-wide governance and coordination, federal funding of basic and applied research, minority admissions and financial support, centers of scholarly excellence, role of testing in higher education, and institutional governance.

Seminar on Intergovernmental Relations, to be taught by Professor Barbara Jordan. The course will concentrate on pressures that yield decisions at various levels, focusing on the form in which pressures come from the public sector itself, from interest groups, from private sector, etc.

Seminar on Human Services in the Post-Industrial Age, to be taught by Professor David Warner and Visiting Professor David Porter. This course will examine organizing for the provision of education, medical care, job creation, and housing services. Strategies such as vouchers and new administrative approaches will be examined with an attempt to put these issues into a theoretical construct which will be helpful in organizing these services, administering them, and in policy formation.

Current Problems in Governmental Ethics, to be taught by Professor Dagmar Hamilton. The seminar is not on the problems of law and government, but rather on current problems in governmental ethics. Topics covered will include dissenting employees; conflict of interest; political pressure on employees; bias; ex-party contacts; lying; responding to and defining "the public interest;" and possibly other topics to be chosen by students.

Seminar on Contemporary Policy Issues: Metropolitan Regionalism, to be taught by Visiting Lecturer Kent Mathewson. This course will explore the concept of metropolitan regionalism. Topics will include: (1) the nature and dimensions of metropolitan regions; (2) the issue of centralization vs. decentralization of metropolitan government; (3) local governmental geographic fragmentation as compounded by regional functional fragmentation; (4) protection of inner-city interests in a regional government dominated by suburban population; (5) implementation of metropolitan regional government; (6) the role of sub-state districts as agents of the state or local. governments; and (7) regional planning as a tool for economic development and/or planned growth.

Seminar on Political Values and Ethics, to be taught by Professor Barbara Jordan. Within the seminar Professor Jordan will develop a theoretical or philosophical framework for value and ethical judgments, and then relate these principles to certain "real world" cases. Her aim is not to develop a code of ethics or conduct but to develop "ethical sensitivity." She would like students to be able to ask the necessary question (or questions) as to what is ethical or unethical—with the hope that decisions would be easier for someone who had been through the course and that they would be able to argue and defend a position more effectively.

Schooling and Labor Markets, to be taught by Professor Norton Grubb. This seminar is designed to investigate the relationship between schooling (and other educational programs) and the labor market experiences of individuals, including occupation, earnings, and unemployment. Most of the material will be drawn from economics and sociology. In addition, historical material on schooling and labor markets will be examined.

Science, Technology, and Public Policy, to be taught by Professor Jurgen Schmandt. This seminar will provide an exploration of the role of science and technology in United States policy. Science and technology have become major responsibilities of the federal government since the 2nd World War. Since they enter into many policy issues, science policy is not the clearly defined domain of a single government agency or congressional committee. The aim of the seminar is to identify distinctive differences in the science-technology-government interface in different policy areas.

Policy Analysis as a Management Tool in Public Bureaucracies, to be taught by Professor Lodis Rhodes. The seminar has two goals. One is to cover the theoretical and conceptual perspectives from which one can view bureaucracies and seek to determine their effectiveness. The second goal is to illustrate how policy analysis as a functional activity can be used as a managerial/administrative tool in developing, implementing, and monitoring both internal and external policy initiatives.

Water Resource Management Policies, to be taught by Professor Gerard Rohlich. This seminar will review legislation on water pollution control at the federal, state, and local levels; analyze the major impact of this legislation and interactions among federal, state, and local governments and individuals; review and summarize the technical problems; and consider the social and economic benefits and costs in the development and implementation of alternate water resource management policies.

Thinking About the Design of a New World Order, to be taught by Distinguished Tom Slick Professor Harlan Cleveland. Dr. Cleveland's seminar will seek to outline fundamental international problems and explore the various organizational arrangements for addressing those problems. All forms of organizations impacting on international affairs will be surveyed, ranging from domestically oriented government agencies (U.S. Treasury) to transnational private corporations to international public organizations (United Nations). This organizational survey will serve as a tool for seminar participants in the discussion of the feasible possibilities, necessities and constraints entailed in the effort to restructure the world's political and economic order.

Organization, Bureaucracy, and the Individual, to be taught by Professor Richard Schott. This seminar will focus on the nature of large bureaucratic organizations, the formal and informal aspects of organization theory, and the role of the individual in modern organizational life. The course will examine the rise of bureaucratic organizations; their behavior, functions, and disfunctions; and the various pressures which they being to bear on the individual. Special attention will be given to the informal aspects of organizations, the problems of individual dissent, the development of organizational careers, and the enduring problems of the relationship between bureaucracy and democracy and public service ethics.

Applied Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis, to be taught by Professor Matthew Berman. This course is an introduction to econometric methods, emphasizing concepts and applications in quantitative research rather than rigorous statistical theory. Topics covered will be problems encountered in dealing with cross-section and time series data, identification and estimation of simultaneous equations systems, and some discrete multivariate analysis.