This resource tool builds a normative framework to examine the intersections of disability rights and gender in the human rights based approach to development. Through case studies, good practices and analyses the research tool makes recommendations and illustrates effective tools for the implementation of gender and disability sensitive laws,…

Setting priorities for allocating funding and other resources is one of the central issues of federal science policy. Presented in these hearings are the views of witnesses (government officials, scientists, economists, and industrial personnel) on various issues related to setting priorities for science. Among the issues addressed (in the form of…

This report analyzes recent trends in company-funded basic research support and incorporates findings from a special mail survey and personal interviews with research and development (R&D) officials of 54 firms. The report also provides insight into industry/university cooperative basic research efforts. Following an introduction, the report…

The four papers in this volume discuss various facets of the poverty-demography interaction: the rationale for the desired family size of the poor, the problems of attaining such size, the effect of family size/structure on household economy, and the future well-being of the children of the poor. "Mass Poverty, Demography, and Development…

An 8-week observational study of the behavior, on and off the computer, of a class of seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents was performed. In addition, an in-depth case study of a single student revealed that the student was able to maintain the most on-task behavior when paired with another student on a computer activity. Analysis of the…

This is a collection of conference papers given by graduate students enrolled in a seminar course in Comparative Librarianship. Topics focused on library education and library development programs in foreign countries and Southwest Wisconsin. Professor Philip Altbach opened the conference with a summary version of his paper entitled…

Adaptive behavior was measured for 79 institutionalized retarded persons (11 to 48 years old) to investigate patterns of levelling off in developmental progress, as measured by the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS). Total scores for part 1 (adaptive behaviors) and part 2 (maladaptive behaviors) were analyzed…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS UPON EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN OF A COMPREHENSIVE OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM EMBRACING NOT ONLY GOOD INSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO PSYCHOTHERAPY, A GOOD MENTAL-HYGIENE ATMOSPHERE, AND WHOLESOME AND EFFECTIVE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN SCHOOL, HOME, AND COMMUNITY. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO SELECT AND/OR DEVELOP…

The development of solutions to national and international communications problems is a matter of the highest priority because of the speed and impact of current communications changes. Canada, which has developed many sophisticated communications technologies and applications, has found that in working out a communications relationship with the…

Communication and cooperation between public and nonpublic schools might have potential for an immense and beneficial national impact, especially in confronting certain urban problems which nonpublic schools are better able to deal with than are public schools. At present there is a great lack of such communication and cooperation, due to a…

In 1970, at the request of the School Board, the Minneapolis Public Schools began a review of the school district's goals. Several approaches to establishing and revising goals were used. By January 1974, 1,506 people in Minneapolis had participated in the goals ranking procedure. This group included 630 community representatives, 569 school…

This report suggests a set of measures and procedures that local governments may use for estimating the specific impacts of development on a community's economy, natural environment, public and private services, appearance, housing, and social conditions. It also offers a framework and a methodology for a community to use in arriving at its own…

This curriculum guide is prepared for the textbook entitled "The Aerospace Age," published in the Aerospace Education I series. The guide is organized by objectives, behavioral objectives, textbook outline, orientation, suggested key points, suggestions for teaching, instructional aids, projects, and further reading. Major points…

To develop a theoretical construct of touch as it relates to nursing, an extensive was made of the basic and accepted theories of touch, and a survey was conducted of current practices of touch by approximately 900 health personnel in two Dallas, Texas hospitals. Survey data were gathered by observation of 180 sessions involving approximately 540…

The report carries the finalization of termination of Federal involvement in the affairs of the Menominee Indian reservation in terms of law enforcement, highways, taxation, public welfare, and education. As reported, when the termination act became operative, county status was granted to the reservation and it became Menominee County. The report…