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Peer reviewedDelamere, Trish – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1984
Identifies six needs assessment procedures applied in educational and other organizations, provides examples of how each is used, and discusses the relationship of needs assessment to problem solving. Kaufman's Outcomes Model is described and the Organizational Elements Model is presented as a pragmatic approach to contemporary decision making and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Literature Reviews, Methods, Models
Peer reviewedGull, Cloyd Dake – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
The author uses the concept of a technology-science cycle to review early research in coordinate indexing and online searching and to predict the future directions of information technology. (CLB)
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, History, Indexing, Information Science
Peer reviewedLong, Janice R.; Hanson, David J. – Chemical and Engineering News, 1988
Details the 1989 funding proposals for research and development. Describes trends in federal spending. Discusses proportions of funding for the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and other basic research agencies. Includes tables that detail money spent and proposed for many research agencies. (CW)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgets, Charts, Federal Aid
Middaugh, Michael F. – 1991
This handbook gives a broad overview of the practice of institutional research in higher education. The first of the handbook's four chapters describes how to define the context for institutional research by looking at where the institution is now, where it is going, and how it can arrive at its desired end. Chapter 2, which discusses how to…
Descriptors: Experimenter Characteristics, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Measurement Techniques
Download full textWilson, Bruce L.; Firestone, William A. – 1983
Because of their proximity to local districts and state and local funding, regional educational service agencies (RESA's) and their staffs of linking or change agents are key tools in communicating new knowledge for educational improvement. This paper explores factors promoting knowledge sharing by distinguishing among knowledge bases (research,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Education Service Centers, Educational Research, Educational Theories
PDF pending restorationNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1987
Designed to provide easy access to information pertaining to science and technology, this data book provides indicators on: (1) funding for research and development; (2) human resources utilization and supply; and (3) international science and technology efforts. Graphs and charts are used to note research and development efforts from a nationwide…
Descriptors: College Science, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationNational Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1987
Designed to provide easy access to information pertaining to science and technology, this data book provides indicators on: (1) funding for research and development; (2) human resources utilization and supply; and (3) international science and technology efforts. Graphs and charts are used to note research and development efforts from a nationwide…
Descriptors: College Science, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Financial Support
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1984
This three-part report addresses recent education reform issues. Part I summarizes education priorities, then describes education's administration, structure, and financing. Part II deals with education's development since 1981. The first section notes major education legislation. A second section presents major issues in the current reform…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
