Moscow State University, one of the main centers of science, will play an important role in scientific research and creative inquiry during the Tenth Five-Year Plan. (AV)

Higher education institutions in Russia are becoming the country's major scientific research centers. The effectiveness of this university research is discussed. (Author/RM)

Explains how the higher education system fulfilled targets of the Ninth Five-Year Plan in science ahead of schedule. This was achieved through improvement in organization of scientific research, application of progressive research methods, and increased effectiveness of scholars' labor. (Author/AV)

More effective use of scientific potential will increase productivity of scientists' labor and improve the quality of their products. Therefore, ties between science and practice must be strengthened, research problems must be determined, and scholarly research must be planned. (Author/AV)

The author describes the importance of coordination and information management in distributing scientific research work in the appropriate portions among scientific institutions, higher education institutions, and other institutions which conduct research in the pedagogical sciences. (Author)

Discussed are admissions and scientific research activity in higher education in the USSR. (RM)

Higher education institutions must vocationally train highly skilled specialists and integrate ideology and values into the curriculum. The content of education must be updated with the latest advances in scientific thought, and more scientific research should be encouraged. Three models for organizing the educational and research process are…

Compares funding of scientific research and education in the Soviet Union by government agencies and independent research departments. Suggests that funding for scientific research should be coordinated by government ministries in charge of educating science specialists. (Author/DB)

Plans of the higher schools for the Tenth Five-Year Plan, 1976-80, include improving the quality of specialist training, developing important scientific research, strengthening ties with production, and improving ideological education. (Author/AV)

Three education ministers of union republics review notable changes in the higher school between the 24th and 25th Congresses of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and discuss ways in which the education of specialists can be improved during the Tenth Five-Year Plan. (Author/AV)

At the dawn of its very existence, the Academy of Sciences became a major center of mathematical research. (Author)

Three methods for improving scientific-pedagogical research are suggested: (1) increase the role of theoretical inquiry in the study of pedagogical phenomena, (2) unite the analysis of theoretical ideas with the study of typical features of pedagogical practice, and (3) evaluate critically the conclusions and recommendations of research.…

Forecasting of scientific research in higher education in the Soviet Union should be coordinated with forecast figures for the rest of the economy. Recommends additional research related to different types of higher education institutions and interrelationships between research done by higher institutions and government agencies. (Author/DB)

The author reviews clinical, neurophysiological, psychological, pedagogical, special and technical research underway in the field of special education for handicapped children. (Author/AV)

This collaborative monograph by four authors is a comprehensive survey of the mass training of medical doctors in the USSR. (Author/ND)