JACK RABIN is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the Graduate Program for Administrators at Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He serves as editor/co-editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Public Administra­tion (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). He has authored or edited numerous books in the field. JAMES S. BOWMAN is a Professor of Public Administration at Florida State University, Talla-hassee. His extensive research encompasses the attitudes of elite groups in public policy, the current state of public administration, and teaching and research in political science. These studies have been published in leading journals in their fields. Dr. Bowman serves on the editorial boards of the Public Administration Quarterly (formerly Southern Review of Public Ad­ministration) and the Review of Public Personnel Administration.