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Peer reviewedRossiter, Margaret W. – OSIRIS, 1985
Discusses: material/personnel shortages and surpluses around 1950; federal aid to nonmilitary research; loyalty oaths and security checks; rise of the behavioral sciences; science education, from the Cold War to creationism; antinuclear protests and the limited test ban treaty, 1954-1963; Sputnik and the space program; and health, safety, and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Historiography, Public Policy, Research
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1986
This report summarizes a survey into the governance, use, and support of the behavioral and social sciences in the United States for the last 40 years. The document contains sections which deal with: (1) some major aspects in the history of the relationship between the federal government and the behavioral and social sciences; (2) major fields of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, College Science, Employment Patterns, Federal Aid
England, J. Merton – 1982
Provided in this book is a legislative and administrative history of the National Science Foundation (NSF) during its formative years (1945-57). The 15 chapter book is organized into three parts. Part 1 ("The Long Debate, 1945-50") narrates the legislative history of the Foundation's creation. Part 2 ("Beginning, 1950-54")…
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Anderson, Charnel – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962
This study is one of several examining the history and background of instructional technology in American education. The period, 1650 to the end of the 19th century, was chosen rather arbitrarily to cover technological developments other than conventional audio-visual devices involving photography and sound techniques. Material in this report is…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Technology, United States History, Technology Uses in Education
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1978
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are the commissioner's assessment of the condition of education in the nation; education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1976
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Disadvantaged Youth
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1980
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, Civil Rights, Access to Education
