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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1988
State Governments throughout the country have taken steps to strengthen their economic bases by promoting growth of high-technology industries within their respective borders. A byproduct of this effort has been an increasing need for information on the geographic distribution of industrial research and development (R&D) activities in terms of…
Descriptors: College Science, Exchange Programs, Government Role, Higher Education
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Bowen, Daniel E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Describes the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project, Thailand's solution for meeting its country's need for scientists and technologists. Provides information on the six participating universities. Notes that the program includes secondary and higher education. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Gifted
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Palmer, David D.; And Others – Social Studies of Science, 1988
Examines the patterns of contracts between academic marine scientists and two kinds of federal funding agencies. Discusses the quality of working relationships, quality of academic marine scientific work, and dilemma of conflicting value systems. Finds that the scientists rate science-oriented agencies more favorably than society-oriented ones.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Federal Programs, Oceanography, Public Agencies
Johnson, Lynn G. – 1984
Cooperative arrangements between academic institutions and industry are examined, with attention to linkages in high technology research and development (R&D), the commercial application of R&D (technology transfer), and the preparation and continuing development of scientific and engineering personnel. Incentives and barriers to campus/corporate…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cooperative Programs, Economic Progress, Engineers
St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists