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Direct linkKemper, Peter – Gerontologist, 2003
This article provides a framework for understanding how long-term care (LTC) research contributes to policy, develops a typology of research contributions to policy with examples of each type, and suggests ways to ensure that contributions continue in the future. The article draws on in-depth interviews with LTC experts working at the interface…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Public Policy, Models, Long Range Planning
Askling, Berit – 1987
This paper discusses some practical and theoretical aspects and problems of curriculum change and reform with a focus on the formal and informal power structure in professional Swedish education. Special attention is also paid to how teachers use a widened scope of action in curriculum planning and setting standards. It explains the formation of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Rowles, Graham D.; And Others – 1986
Analysis of 1980 census data reveals that elderly people (age 65 and over) living in Central and Southern Appalachia suffer more inferior life circumstances than the elderly population in the nation as a whole, falling well below national averages in terms of income, access to transportation, availability of telephones, and presence of resources…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Family Structure
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1991
This report presents financial data for higher education in New York State for 1984-85 through 1988-89. Section I provides a general overview of State fiscal support over 5 years in total dollars and as a proportion of total State revenues. Section II focuses on amounts and shares of institutional revenue from all sources, restricted and…
Descriptors: Costs, Data, Educational Finance, Engineering Education
Download full textInstitute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC. – 1985
Designed to provide assistance in the assessment of the need for biomedical and behavioral research personnel, this report presents research findings related to specific medical careers. The review includes an examination of the system under which biomedical and behavioral scientists are trained for research careers and the United States…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Biomedicine, Dentists, Government Role
Burkitt, Ian; Husband, Charles; Mackenzie, Jennifer; Torn, Alison – 2001
The processes whereby nurses develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver individualized and holistic care were examined in a 2-year study of nurses in a range of clinical settings and a university department of nursing in England. Members of two research teams of qualified nurses joined various communities of nursing practice as…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Caregiver Role, Clinical Experience
