A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report found no evidence that leaks of technical information from universities or other research centers have damaged national security. However, in areas where control is warranted, decisions should be based on criteria. These criteria and issues related to security control and technological transfer are…

Bioinformatics embraces powerful new knowledge and techniques which, Janus-like, promise advances in medicine and agriculture and threaten new weapons for warfare. To guard against misuse of bioknowledge, nations must foster free international communication against experts. (Author)

Using genetic engineering as an example, issues related to functions of universities/industry and scientific research are discussed. A research agreement between MIT and Exxon Corporation (on combustion science) is outlined, addressing issues related to such agreements (including patents/patent ownership and publications). Suggests future…

Tested the hypothesis that there is a negative relationship between the occupational specificity of academic programs and students' instructional satisfaction with students from three different academic programs. Results supported the negative relationship model with both statistically significant differences and substantial relationships.…

Scholastic aptitude and achievement records of 954 transfer students to the College of Engineering and 2,226 native engineering students were compared by sex, ethnicity, and school background. Generally, academic achievement of native students was supported over that of transfer students, with the exception of academic superiority of female…

Describes a course dealing with special functions and their applications to chemical engineering problems. Its major objective is to provide an adequate understanding and appreciation of the usefulness of special functions in the modeling of problems taken from various areas of engineering and applied physics. (Author/SK)

Discusses the health hazards of working with the visual display systems of computers, in particular the eye problems associated with long-term use of video display terminals. Excerpts from and ordering information for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report on such hazards are included. (JJD)

Discusses possibilities for science after the year 2000, focusing on the nature of complex matter, collective properties of complex systems, role of engineering in future science, and technology (applied science). Indicates that energy supply is the outstanding world scientific/technological problem of the twenty-first century. (Author/JN)

The intelligent purchase of school office equipment, specifically word processors, typewriters, calculators, and furniture, requires analysis of present needs and a realistic evaluation of future needs. (MLF)

Focuses on labor problems in Japan, including job-hopping, labor shortages, small businesses, working women, unemployment, white collar workers, and conflict between male and female employees. (SK)

Suggesting that physics need not be entirely mathematically oriented, offers examples and personal anecdotes illustrating how the applications of physics in other disciplines can be used to supplement traditional lectures and the physics of everyday phenomena. (JN)

Discusses the production of videotaped courses at the postgraduate level and their use by industry in the U.S. and compares this development with that of educational television in United Kingdom universities. An assessment of the future for this form of open/distance learning is given. Seventeen references are listed. (LLS)

The development of the University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq, is discussed, illustrating how it has adjusted its work to national needs as expressed in national development plans. As industry in Iraq has broadened its scope, the curriculum in the university has widened. (Author/MLW)

Presents transcripts of freshmen engineering majors solving elementary physics problems to examine some limitations of formula-centered approaches to problem solving. Although students use formulas successfully, the qualitative conception of the underlying physical situation is weak. Results from written tests indicate that this phenomenon may be…

Reports the past use reactions to and experiences of teaching at remote locations through the use of electronic blackboards. Includes discussions of: (1) the equipment and its operation; (2) strengths of the system related to both remote and in-class students; and (3) mechanical, pedagogical, and psychological limitations. (SK)