Word: abramowitz
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Those on the national scene who support the legislation echo Ylvisaker's call for increased coordination and coherence in educational policy. Elizabeth Abramowitz, the White House's chief lobbyist for the proposal, says educational decision-makers are buried in bureaucracy. "It may sound trivial on the face of it," Abramowitz explains, "but the Secretary of Labor, for example, may never consult with the Commissioner of Education because he (the Commissioner) is five levels below...
...education to Cabinet status will help improve its status and visibility. "President Carter has said education has only been brought up twice in Cabinet meetings," he notes, adding that a new department would insure that educational programs got their fair share, for example, when budgetary hats are passed around. Abramowitz envisions the Secretary of Education as a "senior educational adviser to universities, helping them secure mission-oriented dollars for research and facilitating the national educational rule-making process...
...these matters. Accompanying him are top Asia experts from his National Security Council staff and the State Department, plus the NSC's security planning coordinator, Samuel Huntington; its science and technology specialist, Benjamin Huberman; and the Pentagon's Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Morton Abramowitz. Despite the size of his entourage, which is certain to flatter his hosts, Brzezinski is not expecting concrete results. He told TIME: "This is not a tactical trip. It is designed to emphasize that our relationship with China is continuing and longterm, based on common interests...