Analysis is made in this document of three types of information solicited from faculty members in schools, colleges and departments of education (SCDEs): (1) demographic data descriptive of the faculty population as a whole; (2) faculty perceptions about institutional missions, organizational arrangements, and activities and products relating to…

Argues that a combination of communication difficulties and differing agendas hamper educational endeavors between social science researchers and educators. Recommends creating formal positions at the state or local level to facilitate linking basic and applied research to educational policy. (MJP)

This report has been prepared in response to the need for basic data on the nature of schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) and on the roles they play or might be expected to play in knowledge production and utilization (KPU) in education. Investigative activity involved examining the KPU activity of 135 SCDEs, and the resulting…