The reaction of a parent whose two daughters attended one of the nursery schools known as Nurseries in Cross-Cultural Education (NICE). These schools are part of a project designed to promote interfamily, interrace relations. (RY)

To avoid building mediocrity" into a research effort, the recruiting of technical Ph.D. people must be carefully orchestrated. Methods described in this article have been used successfully in work connected with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. (Author)

Research on the relationship between heredity and nutrition in laboratory animals, particularly rats, points to a similar relationship between human heredity and nutritional requirements. Suggests an experiment which science honor students can undertake to investigate the relationship between strain differences in rats and the utilization of…

The model described here details the research proposal, recruitment of students, formation of the team, research process, and the benefits to students and faculty. (SK)

The role of the evaluation project director as middle manager is examined, five types of evaluation environment are defined and conclusions about the way in which different types of work environment affect the performance of evaluation management tasks are drawn. (Author/PN)

This study investigates educational research productivity in institutions of higher education in the United States based on contributions to American Educational Research Association annual meetings and 14 leading educational research journals over a seven-year period: 1975-1981. Data were analyzed along two dimensions: total productivity and…

A project that locates and preserves sources of local history material about the Queens borough in New York, a Chatauqua program that presents a first-hand account of life on the frontier, efforts to introduce public history as a university course, and research that focuses on Dwight Eisenhower's presidency of Columbia University are described.…

The final stage of a study of language and communication problems in severely mentally retarded children was conducted by teachers to the effect of expectation on performance. Factors influential in shaping attitudes were examined. Teachers and parents were surveyed and the children were observed and videotaped. (CL)

Offers overview of research in progress information systems which provide information on projects between inception and published reports, discussing demise of Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), and efforts of National Technical Information Service to maintain SSIE files. A listing of 28 research in progress information systems and…

Discusses a survey of the 1977 fiscal year research activity of 301 home economics units in institutions not associated with the land-grant system. (Author)

Conducted in Larimer County, Colorado, the study examined where the farmworker population can be found during the agricultural season and whether there will be a demand for their labor in the future. (NQ)