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Direct linkKuncl, Ralph W. – Academe, 2004
America is a knowledge-based society. But the knowledge business has a problem. It does not know enough. When General Electric or Microsoft has a problem, it spends several percent of its revenues--perhaps billions of dollars--on research and development. It does so despite enormous demands on the resources that drive its profits. Historically, as…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Government, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Download full textAlamprese, Judith A. – 1988
Recent national concern about the levels of adults' literacy skills has resulted in a demand for expanded and more efficient basic skills programs. In turn, governmental agencies at all levels, politicians, and community organizations are seeking continually increasing amounts of information about a variety of topics pertaining to literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Government
