Japanese science/technology policies emphasize creative research management for strengthening breakthrough innovation. Key lessons include the following: cultivation of creative researchers, clear strategic directions, systematic teamwork and collaboration, focus on strategic industrial relevance, balance between autonomy and control, and the need…

Wageningen University's extension science program shifted from a positivist to a constructivist foundation. Participatory methodologies and interactive policies are being developed, and the program's name has been changed to Communication and Innovation Studies. (SK)

Adopts primary literature as a means of developing scientific literacy among high-school biology majors. Reports on the development and implementation of a primary literature-based curriculum in developmental biology. Discusses the process of adapting original research articles to the high-school level, as well as a conversational model developed…

Under a new policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, spouses of the system president and chancellors can apply for the title "associate of the chancellor" and receive benefits such as business cards, library cards, travel expenses for university business, insurance coverage, etc. (MLW)

Introduces a concept into the theoretical arena of humanistic educational philosophy, i.e., acknowledgment. Defines acknowledgment, points out its characteristics, cites examples of its manifestations, and suggests its importance in teaching and building relationships with children and young people in schools. (Author)

Using various official sources (such as Ofsted reports), the article explores competing conceptions of the under-achieving school which have been operationalised in recent years. It suggests that there have been multiple, potentially conflicting definitions in policy discourse to which recent innovations have merely added a further layer of…

The League for Innovation in the Community College, a small group of community college presidents that helps to promote innovative and promising programs in two-year colleges by seeking funds and sharing resources, is criticized for being exclusive. (MSE)

Business schools, rich in resources and flooded with applicants, are doing little planning and are ignoring important trends. A three-year study that included visits to 60 business schools, interviews with 200 corporate executives, and surveys of 9,000 educators, executives, and business-school students and alumni is described. (MLW)

Describes the background, setting, materials, controls, and a sample of a simulation game on the task of diffusion in a school setting. (CMV)

Describes a teleconference between U.S. students and students from other countries. Points out that current world issues became more relevant for U.S. students. Stresses the value of international telephone technology to show students the relationship of their ideas and values with those of young people from around the world. (GG)

Contends that, when discrete choice models are taught, particularly the probit model, it is the method rather than the interpretation of the results that is emphasized. This article provides a graphical technique for interpretation of an estimated probit coefficient that will be useful in statistics and econometrics courses. (GG)

An innovative professional master's of continuing education program at the University of Calgary took five years to be established. It had to overcome differing views of faculty, the opposition of the dean of education, and other types of political and philosophical resistance. (SK)

The British Teaching Company Scheme (TCS) stimulates university-industry partnerships in innovative projects. The growing importance of small and medium-sized enterprises has necessitated some changes to help small businesses supervise interns, support multiple internships, manage projects, and disseminate innovations. (SK)

Dissemination of quality content and best practices in education increasingly includes the use of electronic media in lieu of textbooks or direct student-teacher interaction. Several National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported projects are using enhanced and supplemented video to attract a broader student audience to science and enhance the…

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Public Law 93-247 as amended) provides financial assistance for, among other purposes, demonstration programs aimed at prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. To encourage innovative approaches to identifying, treating, and preventing child abuse at the community level, the Texas…