The excitement and intense competition surrounding the search for new applications of superconductors resembles the entrepreneurial atmosphere of the early 1970s, when faculty were launching profitable companies based on developments in biotechnology and semiconductors. (MSE)

Increased university efforts to help faculty members transfer the results of their research from the laboratory to the marketplace are posing ethical dilemmas for both institutions and scholars. Stanford's Office of Technology Licensing is cited, as are biotechnology developments, and secrecy and competitiveness issues. (LB)

Although more institutions are looking closely at their practices and policies concerning technology transfer, campus patent officials fear many have not adopted adequate measures to guard against potential ethical, legal, and financial problems in bringing technology to the marketplace. Potential for faculty conflict of interest is seen as…

This report presents information on the overall levels of Federal funding to 105 predominantly Black colleges and universities, with particular emphasis on their scientific and engineering activities. The first part of the report covers general funding trends from fiscal year 1973 to fiscal year 1980, and presents information about the number of…

Discusses women's low participation in science and technology in terms of equity concerns, human resource utilization, and procedures used to assess scientific merit. Also explores the contributions that psychologists can make by understanding the impact of research and changing technologies on women's lives. (KH)

The president of Stanford University discusses his views on problems facing research universities, including research secrecy, ethics, and economics of proprietary knowledge generated in the university, faculty conflict of interest, place of humanities in a society driven by technology, and decline of government support for academic research.…

Describes a survey conducted for the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (ICCP) that examined qualifications and certifications held by information technology (i.e., computer science, information science, information systems, and computer literacy) faculty at two-year and four-year colleges. Continuing education requirements are…

Key recommendations from a report entitled "Building Communities: A Vision for a New Century," released by the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, are presented. Recommendations cover students, faculty, curriculum, lifetime learning, excellence in teaching, technology, global perspective, service, partnerships,…

More than 20,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers and more than 6,000 college and university faculty are directly involved in National Science Foundation (NSF) education projects. Building on more than 4 decades of knowledge and experience, NSF today is able to provide vigorous leadership in the nation's efforts to strengthen science,…

This report presents seven articles on current issues in higher education and a separate faculty salary report for 1997-98. Articles on the status of the profession are: (1) "Faculty Salaries, 1997-98" (John B. Lee and Robert Harmon); (2) "Workload and Productivity in an Era of Performance Measure" (Henry Lee Allen); (3)…

The monograph presents 16 issue papers prepared by the California Commission for the Review of the Master Plan for Higher Education. Papers have the following titles: "Access to Postsecondary Education in California"; "Financing Postsecondary Education in California"; "Graduate Education and Research in California…