This paper makes a plea for the construction of a common agenda for higher education and science, technology and innovation (STI) policy research. The public higher education and research sector in all countries is currently in the grip of several challenges arising from increased accountability, internationalization and in some cases dwindling…

This report is the 24th in an annual series that provides information on the magnitude and distribution of federal Research and Development (R&D) programs. The data for the 1974-76 period on which the report is based were received from agencies early in 1975 and reflect plans in the President's 1976 budget. They were disaggregated in the…

Instruments and manuals prepared for those conducting the research of the IEA project comprise Volume II of the final report of the 18-nation study of educational attainment at the elementary and secondary school levels. Section 1 includes technical research guidelines for national centers, school coordinators, and test administrators. Section 2…

Proposed federal fiscal 1998 budget allocations are presented, including general changes in Education Department and other agency appropriations from the previous year and dollar amounts of appropriations for student assistance, graduate support, institutional assistance, aid to the disadvantaged, educational research and statistics, aid to…

Activities and programs of the Institute for Research and Development in Occupational Education (IRDOE) are reviewed in this annual report for fiscal year 1980. The report describe twenty-three contract projects, an increase from nine the preceding year. Three projects related to handicapped populations, two projects involved staff development and…