A study by the Council on Governmental Relations and the Association of American Universities examining overhead or indirect costs of research at 21 institutions of higher education has concluded that universities pay a significant amount of the cost of federally supported research but found it difficult to compare overhead rates at different…

This paper reviews the history of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency from the first international conference on the study of mental deficiency in 1960, the birth of the organization in 1964, international congresses of the organization every three or four years since, and official recognition by the World…

This article looks at the role of metacognition in various current theoretical conceptions of giftedness and reviews studies linking metacognition to giftedness. It is concluded that theoretical and research support exists for the importance of metacognition in giftedness but that major unresolved issues still persist and should be investigated.…

Discusses and critically examines three issues that affect research in counselor education and supervision: mentoring practitioners, methodological diversity, and funding. Calls for counselor educators to improve research training counselors receive, particularly in area of treatment effectiveness. Urges counselor educators to provide mentoring to…

Bridges gap between systems theory, clinical research and clinical practice to address patterns that prevent families with substance-abusing youth from entering treatment. Reviews developments in family systems thinking that provide foundation for working with hard-to-reach families, discusses specific family interactional patterns that present…

Responds to previous article by Fincham, Beach, Moore, and Diener (this issue) on child sexual abuse. Contends that other perspectives need further investigation to effectively serve children's best interests. Discusses ways that researchers and practitioners can help abused children by building on some of Fincham et al.'s ideas and introduces…

Notes that continuing progress in developing empirical information on different facets of long-term care service use has been possible because of improvements in design of data sets. Highlights some observations about progress in development of long-term care data and relationship between policy questions in long-term care and design of relevant…

This overview of federal dissemination efforts introduces six articles intended to stimulate thinking about certain basic issues of dissemination of education research knowledge and the roles that the federal government can play in that dissemination. Some of the history of federal dissemination efforts in education are traced, especially the main…

This article describes how the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service (CES) might serve as a model for improving the dissemination of education research and development results. After reviewing the distinctive aspects of each dissemination system, various features of CES are listed that might be replicated and others that…

The links between research and development (R&D) and business planning were investigated through interviews with R&D and business executives in nine industrial corporations. Results show planning is generally program or project oriented, with little evidence strategic planning is the norm. Suggestions for improving R&D planning are…

Discusses ongoing efforts of the National Rural Education Association (NREA) to support rural research and data collection activities. Describes research activities and projects at three university-based rural education research centers established with NREA endorsement. Provides criteria and application procedures for NREA-endorsed research…

A research and development approach to performance monitoring in public agencies involves establishing objectives, selecting indicators, establishing criteria for comparison, and using information. Examples from Virginia education agencies indicate that performance monitoring requires commitment, patience, openness to ideas, and risk taking. (SK)

In higher education, there is distinction between what is valued as scholarship and the pragmatic needs of the larger world. In the dominant view of scholarship, research and theory are superior to practice. An alternative view is that, in many fields, knowledge emerges from the complexity and rigors of practice. (Author/MSE)

Following a change in British government funding of university research, 42 of 63 institutions submitted proposals in continuing education, 26 projects were funded in 14 universities, only 3 of 32 continuing vocational education projects were funded, and 24 of these were reclassified as development projects, as were a high proportion of other…

Data from National Association of Social Workers national membership list suggest that gap between practitioners and clinical researchers may stem from different mindsets and from actual differences in commitment to importance of clinical evaluation. In minds of practitioners, there appeared to be sharp distinction between formal single-subject…