Descriptive data from the first three years of a five year longitudinal study of immigrant adolescents are presented in this report. The 30 bilingual students studied represent 20 countries and 13 languages. Students were administered the Self-Description Blank which measures the ratio of success to failure on an Eriksonian task of identity versus…

This document provides a panel report of research, development, and engineering (R,D&E) issues confronting international firms operating in developing countries. Biscussed are the R,D&E objectives of developing countries, the objectives of international firms, conflicts and the possibilities for cooperation between the two, and the role of U.S.…

Summaries of papers presented in a symposium deal with a related series of four issues concerning the development of maternal attachment: Is maternal attachment best conceptualized and measured as an emotional tie or as observable behavior? Is there continuity in the development of maternal attachment from the prenatal to postpartum period? Can…

A project was conducted to develop a set of standards for teacher education programs in agriculture and to utilize these standards in a locally directed effort at four universities in Illinois (University of Illinois, Illinois State University, Southern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University) which offer teacher education programs in…

This paper discusses two paradigms which shape the policies and programs involved in the provision of professional services for parents and children. The paradigm identified as most influential in this area in the past is characterized as incorporating an individualistic, pathological perspective. The programs associated with this paradigm are…

This report presents data compiled as part of a comprehensive program to measure and analyze the nation's resources expended for research and development (R&D). Industry, which carries out 69% of the R&D in the United States, spent $26.6 billion on these activities in 1976, 10% above the 1975 level. In constant dollars, this presents an…

This document reports results of a review of estimated 1977 federal research and development (R&D) funding and requested 1978 federal R&D funding. Highlights include: 1978 estimated R&D total is $26.3 billion, an increase of 7.6% over 1977; average annual R&D growth rate for the period 1974-78 has risen to 10.9% compared to 1.5%…

The document describes an educational development service designed to replace the more traditional student counseling service of a community college. It is committed to the principles of service, education and research and the implementation of both preventive and remedial programs which optimize all educational and personal growth opportunities.…

The Virginia State Council of Higher Education composed this master plan for the development of public higher education in the state for the decade 1967-77. Part I discusses the factors influencing the Plan: the college-age population growth, college attendance rate, loss of students through migration, under-educated adults, increasing…

The presentations and discussions at a two-day seminar held in Washington, D.C. in November 1971 are compiled here. They deal with the composite perplexity of the education consumer in his need for standardization of equipment, technology and materials. It is in part a statement of problems and in part the product of a concerted effort by some 70…

This report is a result of evaluation of the status of science education in the United States with suggested recommendations for the future role of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The overriding theme of the report for the future is summarized as "to educate scientists who will be at home in society and to educate a society that will be at…

This is a study of the faculty of a small college under conditions of planned change. It attempts to establish the role of the faculty in initiating changes in an assessment of an hypothesis regrading the conservative role of such bodies. Following some developments in organizational theory regarding processes of organization, faculty…

This publication reports on research and development expenditures projected for the year 1985. The support pattern for research and development activities within four major sectors of the economy are considered: industry, government, universities and colleges, and other nonprofit organizations. A summary of the projections methodology is followed…

Presents the second and last installment of the two-part series on Integrated Technology Transfer which was presented to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Switzerland. (HM)

Focuses attention on: (1) the priorities to which the developing nations should address themselves at the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development; and (2) reviewing the results of technological development activities, with particular reference to Africa. (HM)