Describes the activities of the National Submicron Facility which was established at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York to serve as an information resource for the nation's research community in microstructure science and engineering. (HM)

Article is a description of history, organization, aims and activities of this research center. A bibliography of significant publications of the center is included. (RW)

"Psychologists in the People's Republic of China are engaged in research concerning theory, Chinese language, child development, vision, audition, and areas of physiological psychology including acupuncture, pain, memory, and central nervous system functioning. The Institute of Psychology within the Chinese Academy of Sciences represents the…

National Science Foundation projects, including over 70 Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers and over 25 Engineering Research Centers, attempt to overcome the incompleteness of the separate research sectors of government, universities, and industry. The concept of next-generation technologies bridges the short-term focus of industry…

This article urges establishment of an infrastructure to promote reform in the design, adoption, selection, and implementation of high quality commercial technology, media, and materials (TMM) to benefit all students, especially students identified as learning disabled. Four "brutal" market realities suggest that the emphasis must be on quality…

Discusses the difficulties involved in determining the cost of clinical research in light of the changing health care market. These include confusion about terminology, lack of specificity, estimation of the cost of complications, duration of patient participation, and the assignment of personnel and infrastructure costs. (MDM)

Discusses results of a survey of instructional design professionals that was conducted to determine how they spend their time. Highlights include job titles; undergraduate and masters degrees; faculty positions; design work; project management and administration; research; and suggestions for further research and the use of new research…

Proposes future directions for career counseling with lesbian, gay male, bisexual male and female, and transgendered persons. Suggestions include efforts for theory development, empirical research, career assessment, counseling practice, and counselor education. (Contains 53 references.) (GCP)

Presents a response to commentaries regarding the main articles of this target issue. Suggests a model for school psychology research and practice that positions the discipline for leadership on the transactions that coexist among educational, cognitive, and developmental processes and mental health interventions. (Contains 11 references.) (GCP)

Some universities have found that European companies are more willing than their American counterparts to finance high-risk start-up ventures whose products may require years of research and development. The institutions risk angering congressional leaders but suggest potential benefits outweigh problems. (MSE)

The 100 highest-spending research universities and technological institutes are ranked according to total spending on research and development and separately according to their total federally financed research and development expenditures. The 100 institutions account for about $12.3 billion of the total $15 billion in such spending for all…

Careful work in comparing, analyzing, and critiquing the positions and communications put forth by various professional curriculum organizations would be valuable to the curriculum research community. Provides an example: "Principles for Australian Curriculum Reform," prepared by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA). (MLF)

Congressional education committees will soon reconsider education laws about to expire. The most controversial task is reauthorizing the preschool grants program under the Education of the Handicapped Act. These committees will also restructure the Higher Education Act and the Office of Educational Research and consider a Children's Investment…

Shares information about the latest technology which offers expanded insights into the reading process and how the brain operates. (MG)

Describes Canisius College's efforts to improve student retention over a seven-year period. Includes research data for freshman-to-sophomore attrition figures and graduation rates. Focuses on alliances and agreements that have created the ground for college-wide cooperation in retention. Describes nine intervention strategies implemented at…