With an eye to the other contributions in this volume on the special needs of adult students, the authors provide some recommendations for research and practice. (Author)

Describes how public policy establishing the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program helped to establish the state's environmental technology industry. The multidisciplinary "science-push" program generated economic development benefits including leveraged research funding and at least 200 new private…

Offers an agenda for the future of mass communication research. Suggests that equating mass communication with mass media invites the risk of economic success for mass media and societal failure for mass communication. Advocates conducting experiments in democratic behavior from a research and development context. (MG)

Describes Army's Project A attempt to model job performance in entry-level Army jobs. Describes research procedures used to develop basic array of up to 32 criterion scores for each of nine entry-level jobs and explains how this basic set of scores formed the starting point of attempt to model latent structure of performance in this population of…

Examines historical and contemporary linkages between Black children and social policy. Focuses on: contributions of Black children; the obscurity of Black children in social policy; cultural diversity and policy implementation; and prospects for the future. (RJC)

Focuses on investigations of infant sensation and perception over the past 25 years. Describes the knowledge base concerning the sensory and perceptual world of the infant in the mid-1960s. Methodological highlights in the study of vision and audition are covered. (RJC)

Describes the new concept of HYPERBASE and its relationship to classical hypermedia; a multimedia database retrieval system (SOPHIADOC) and its features in relation to the HYPERBASE concept; and an experimental use of SOPHIADOC to organize and scroll selected images on the "First Emperor of China" videodisk. Fifteen project publications…

Public confidence in the results of research conducted by universities and research and development laboratories is being threatened by the disclosure of instances of ineptitude, plagiarism, and outright fraud at some of our most prestigious institutions. Pressures for consistent success in research can promote an environment conducive to…

Reviews current research developments in several areas of personnel selection methodology which represent attempts to develop alternatives to traditional paper-and-pencil methods of test development. Areas examined include computer-interactive tests in employment situation, new uses for life history information, physical tests for physically…

A study group at the University of Illinois at Chicago is currently studying more than 40 teachers to determine what kinds of practical research and inquiry these teachers conducted through their daily practice. (TE)

Uses three hermeneutical or quasi-hermeneutical studies in career development to illustrate important dimensions of this type of research. Discusses collecting, recording, and analyzing research material and presenting the interpretative framework. Addresses issues of subjectivity, reliability, validity, accessibility, feasibility, and…

The authors trace the evolution of the Minnesota Research and Development Center at the University of Minnesota and describe it as an exemplary partnership between a university and a state governance agency. The origins of the relationship are described. The multiple impacts of this center are also discussed. (Author/CH)

Data are presented on dollar amounts spent by the 100 colleges, universities, and schools of professional education spending the most for research and development in 1993. For each institution, the amounts of federal funds expended and total funds expended are given as is the institution's R & D spending rank. (MSE)

Includes "Introduction" (Vessuri); "University-Industry Relationships and Periphery Development: The Case of the University of Campinas, Brazil" (Dagnino); "R&D at the Autonomous National University of Mexico" (Chazaro); and "Scientific Activities in Large Institutions of Higher Education: The Case of the…

This article demonstrates the impact of functional analysis methodology on clinical work, by describing the evolution of assessment procedures based on "brief functional analysis" methodology at University of Iowa outpatient clinics. It discusses the positive impact functional analysis has had on outpatient clinic assessment as well as…