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Peer reviewedGideonse, Hendrik D. – International Review of Education, 1981
In the United States, recent educational research and development efforts reflect an overriding concern for maximizing these impact areas on practice, as illustrated by five thrusts: development work; evaluation; fundamental research; dissemination; and attention to the process of social inquiry. The complexity of American education makes research…
Descriptors: Diffusion, Educational Research, Federal Programs, Objectives
Download full textDepartment of Energy, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Research. – 1991
This report, profusely illustrated with color photographs and other graphics, elaborates on the Department of Energy (DOE) research program in High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC). The DOE is one of seven agency programs within the Federal Research and Development Program working on HPCC. The DOE HPCC program emphasizes research in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Computer Software
PDF pending restorationLicklider, J. C. R.; And Others – 1979
The four papers in this collection were commissioned by the Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation to assist in planning a research agenda for science education for the next ten years. A background paper by Dr. J.C.R. Licklider, "Impact of Information Technology on Education in Science and Technology," discusses the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Technology, Federal Programs, Information Systems
PDF pending restorationRapoport, Alan I. – 1999
This issue brief presents data illustrating the diversity across federal agency support in the science and engineering fields as emphasized in their funding of both academic research and science and engineering graduate students. Funding data show that changes in the balance of academic research funding across agencies are likely to affect both…
Descriptors: Engineering, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Graduate Students
Kinsey, Jean – 1995
Assurance of an adequate and safe supply of food at a reasonable price is consumers' primary stake in the outcome of 1995 farm bill deliberations and related food and agricultural policies. Farm programs have provided an economically stable environment wherein farmers produce an abundance of food. The declining portion of household budgets…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education, Consumer Protection
Peer reviewedKostoff, Ronald N. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Describes the practice of federal evaluation of research impact through three approaches: retrospective methods; qualitative methods, including peer review; and quantitative methods. Recommended areas for study in federal research impact assessment are suggested, including predictive reliability, comparative studies, time and cost estimates,…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Evaluation Methods
Lum, Lydia – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
When Jackson State University officials and their collaborators assembled a proposal for a $12 million social and behavioral research center to combat terrorism, they hoped Federal officials would give a nod of approval to what they believed was a high-value concept. The proposal, Featuring the predominantly White Mississippi State University as…
Descriptors: State Officials, National Security, Black Colleges, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedChubin, Daryl E.; Robinson, Elizabeth M. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Discusses a study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) which examined the federally funded research system and the role of data for decision making in research policy. Highlights include data needs; research expenditures and personnel; the research process; measuring the outcomes of research; and the research evaluation process.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
Results of a review of 34 contracts relating to bilingual education awarded by the Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs and the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation are presented. The review analyzed awards made from 1982 to 1985 and focused on: the extent of and justification for contracts…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Contracts, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education
Evans, Rupert N. – 1979
Federal support for research in vocational education dates from the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. However, only one substantial study of vocational education research has been undertaken. In 1974, the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council was awarded funds from the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education for a two-year examination…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This 2-volume set contains 10 papers, 5 in each volume, that review and evaluate findings from the Youth Research and Technical Assistance Project, whose purpose was not only to explore studies and evaluations related to youth training and employment programs but also to provide a broader synthesis of evidence, findings, and research from related…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities, Federal Programs, Job Training
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1993
This report updates the National Strategic Research Plan of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and reports progress made from 1991 through 1993 as required by the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-553) which established the Institute. An executive summary…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Communication Disorders, Data Collection, Disability Identification
Kagan, Sharon L.; And Others – 1993
This report provides an overview of the second year of the Family Education and Training Program, a project constructed to: (1) investigate the impact of a comprehensive child care training program on the employability of low-income mothers; and (2) assess the effect of training and support in parenting and job readiness on parenting skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Career Development
