All institutions of higher education receive support from different combinations of patrons holding different expectations about the rewards of their patronage. In fact, much of what goes on in colleges and universities is the result of accommodation of the interests of governmental, industrial, and philanthropic patrons mediated through the…

A project organized by the Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education at the State University of New York at Albany is described. The purpose of the project was to develop closer linkages between practice and research in didactics in mathematics and science education. A state-wide research network was created of higher education faculty with…

The current federal relationship to higher education and the historical underpinnings of this relationship are examined, along with a statistical profile of the federal fiscal impact on higher education. After sketching the historical division of responsibilities for education in the U.S. federal system, attention is directed to the central…

To further the National Institute of Education's goal of ensuring a coordinated and nationally linked outreach capability for providing schools with the knowledge and services generated through research and development (R&D), the nation's R&D centers developed an interorganizational and collaborative school improvement program known as the…

This report briefly reviews the current situation in Tanzania with respect to scientific and technical (S&T) information provision at the research and development (R&D) level, and formulates proposals to revive a workable situation for the R&D community. A presentation of the objectives of a mission to Dar es Salaam is followed by a…

Prepared for a 1984 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference, this report begins by briefly describing research findings and proposals and recommendations for research on education and the new information technologies in selected member countries, i.e., the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia;…

The most legitimate role that the independent research can play in a collaborative research effort in the schools is that of intermediary or broker. Researchers need to establish good relations with school administrative staff and teachers, allaying their mistrust of outside researchers. Research should be carefully designed to relate as directly…

This report contains highlights of findings and major conclusions of a task force investigating the impact of research, development, and field activities of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The various data gathering activities and their results are summarized in Section A. Data collection efforts involved questionnaires sent…

This document is composed of edited speeches from a meeting of directors of National Science Foundation (NSF) projects, NSF staff, and other selected invitees convened by the Division of Science Education Development and Research (SEDR). An introduction by Walter L. Gillespie, a copy of the three-day agenda, and 16 addresses are included. The…

To determine whether the content of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL) Regional Exchange, which is published as a regional insert to a quarterly magazine entitled the Educational R&D Report, is geared to its target audiences, a content analysis was conducted on five of the AEL inserts. The research questions formulated for the…

Declining productivity is a major problem in the American economy. Gains in productivity, and finally, actual rates of productivity, have been declining since the late 1960s. Specific problems arising as a result of this decline in productivity are the inflationary pressures that we face as a nation, the increased regulatory environment under…

THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 1964 THROUGH A 5-YEAR GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION. ITS PURPOSES ARE TO (1) ESTABLISH A NATIONAL INFORMATION DEPOSITORY IN THE FIELD OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND AN INFORMATION CENTER, (2) CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (3) PROVIDE FINANCIAL…

BY 1964 THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVITY AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INVOLVED ABOUT 130 EXPERT POSTS IN ABOUT 30 COUNTRIES. THE ILO SENDS CHIEFS OF PROJECTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL DIRECTORS OF CENTERS IN EACH COUNTRY TO INTRODUCE GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ENSURE THEIR…

THIS ARTICLE REPORTED A 2- AND 3-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF 20 DELINQUENT MALE DROPOUTS, HALF OF WHOM RECEIVED 10 MONTHS OF A COMPREHENSIVE, VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY PROGRAM, HALF OF WHOM DID NOT. METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AND THEMATIC STORIES WERE USED IN ASSESSMENTS. A SHORT INTERVIEW OBTAINED DATA ON JOB HISTORY, LEGAL AND MARITAL…

The technological-driven future will evolve through the next decades to massively impact elementary and secondary education, starting in the 1980 decade and building toward revolutionizing education in the 1990 decade. The evolving "silicon revolution" is producing a continuing list of new electronic technology poised at the threshold for massive…