Paper will appear in "Clinical Psychology and Personality: The Selected Papers of George A. Kelly , edited by Brendan A. Maher and published by John Wiley and Sons.

Presents reports from five educators on the research studies that influenced them most. (JL)

A computerized budget projection program developed for faculty use in proposal preparation is described. The three budget components are global budget parameters, personnel, and other direct operating costs. Efficiency of budget preparation is greatly increased, especially for multiple-year budgets. A sample printout is included. (MSE)

Stakeholder-based studies modify the relationship between evaluator and user, producing conflict that can cause evaluators to regress to familiar, traditional patterns that leave interactive evaluation strategies only partially implemented. (Author/PN)

Educational belief, events, and associations in the lives of Parker and Dewey establish the existence of a debt owed to Parker for the pedagogy Dewey implemented in his experimental work at the University of Chicago's model laboratory school. (Author/CM)

Discusses four practical dilemmas faced by Black educational researchers and evaluators: (1) choosing between being objective and being loyal to Blacks involved in programs under study; (2) conducting ethnic-focused versus ethnic-free inquiry; (3) using commercially published versus specially constructed measurement instruments; and (4) producing…

Reviews the funding patterns of two research grants programs. Explores reasons that proportionately few awards go to community college professors--research is not encouraged at two-year colleges; applicants without doctoral degrees receive few awards; community colleges have inadequate representation on review panels; and community college faculty…

Makes several biographical statements about Raymond E. Schultz, Professor of Community College Education (University of Arizona) prior to his death in l980. Introduces this special journal issue dedicated to Dr. Schultz, which focuses on his contributions to the field of community college education through articles by his former students. (CAM)

The results of attempts to write educational fiction and to do educational research as a form of storytelling are not convincing either as research or as fiction. Recent developments in the Centre for Applied Research in Education represent the most marked departure yet from conventional education research. (JN)

After reviewing the implications of nonreflective and reflective stances, the conclusion is that applied researchers adopting a social action perspective actually maximize their obligations as scholar-scientists even though a nonneutral posture is assumed. (Author/BW)

Discusses issues native ethnographers face working in their own cultures (i.e. the authors studying Appalachia): pattern recognition; selective reporting; economy in discovering cultural meaning; bias in informant selection, mode of entree, and establishment of rapport; value conflicts; separation of participant and observer roles; and…

This paper is concerned with the relationships between educational research, policymaking, and educational change. It takes its title from the prevailing stereotype of educational research as a mirror seeking to reflect the realities of the task of teaching. (Author/KC)

Discussed problems and deficiencies in past research on clinical diagnosis, pertaining to sampling problems with regard to clinical subjects studied, adequacy of control groups, base rates, clinical versus statistical significance, lack of cross-validation, and problems due to reliance on inadequate schemes of classification. Future research is…

Discusses three major reasons why more women do not pursue research positions in science and technology: (1) lack of awareness of female role models; (2) social rejection in graduate schools and sexual pressures on the job; and (3) lack of technological literacy. Makes recommendations to solve these problems. (JOW)