The National Science Foundation (NSF) annually publishes information generated by its survey of research and development (R&D) expenditures by United States industry. These data are collected for NSF by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Other organizations also publish information on industrial R&D expenditures collected by surveys or derived…

A veteran of public television discusses the problems public broadcasting faces. (HB)

This article outlines some of the creative and practical things taking place in the East Bay Regional Park District as well as its guiding philosophies and policies. (PD)

Discusses the new changes in the Foreign Affairs Manual which require that nonsponsored foreign students show clear evidence of available funding for their entire degree programs in the U.S. (Author/PG)

Fish Lake, a native community approximately 400 air miles from Winnipeg (Canada), has many of the economic, social, and educational problems which are typical of numerous communities in Northern Canada. (NQ)

The dominant influence of the Federal Government in contemporary Australian tertiary education has grown largely from policies adopted during World War II. Perhaps the most important of these was the decision to establish the Financial Assistance Scheme, the forerunner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme. (Author)

Guidelines for a new discipline of budgeting as colleges and universities move toward decentralized responsibility for fund raising, budgeting, and expenditure control. (Editor/PG)

Discussion of the reasons women give for working. Statistics show that two out of five workers will be women in 1980. Women noted reasons for working as financial, fulfillment of social needs, and achievement goals. (EK)

A discussion of the legal and economic aspects of television via satellite. (HB)

Reported are data regarding spending in the United States for 1977 and comparisons with past years. R&D spending is expected to reach $40.8 billion in 1977, 9% above the level of 1976. Basic research spending is expected to reach $5.2 billion in 1977, an increase of 8% over 1976. Applied research is expected to increase by 8.5% over 1976.…

A visit was made to Dacca University to survey the acquisition of Soviet Union and United States monographs and journals. The project was undertaken to ascertain the influence of the USSR on the intellectuals of Bangladesh in comparison to that of the United States. It was discovered that, since 1972, the USSR has supplied very few publications to…

This paper analyzes the impact of bill S-9300/A-11991 which amends the New York State Education Aid Formula for the 1976-1977 academic year. Under this amendment, New York City will receive a $26 million increase, and the state of New York will receive a $64 million increase in education aid. This report examines the bill, and reports on the…