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Valle, Victor M. – 1983
Ten important issues surround the challenges that Latin American university administrations will face in the near future. Those issues are: (1) the importance of administration to higher education and the need for analyzing situations, resolving problems, making decisions, and communicating at all administrative levels; (2) the uniqueness of…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, College Administration
Logsdon, John M., Ed. – 1982
U.S. research institutions are undergoing significant changes from patterns established in the decade following World War II. Declining undergraduate enrollments are predicted to lead to "steady-state" universities; federal policy is emphasizing industry-university research cooperation and calling for a decreased federal role in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Employment Opportunities, Engineering, Federal Aid
Institute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC. – 1989
The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable created a working group of government officials, corporate executives, university administrators, and scientists to examine current trends in the university research enterprise, predict the impact of trends on the future of the enterprise, determine the options for the future of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Degrees (Academic), Engineering Education
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1989
This report, prepared in response to a requirement in the Academic Research Facilities Modernization Act, proposes a plan for the modernization of general research facilities in which academic research is conducted, including research buildings, research laboratories, support rooms, and other institutional or departmental facilities in scientific…
Descriptors: Facility Planning, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Group for the Study of Higher Education and Research Policy. – 1987
The contributions of various disciplines to the field of higher education and research studies are discussed in 10 seminar papers, which also review Burton R. Clark's work, "The Higher Education System: Academic Organization in Cross-National Perspective." Titles and authors are as follows: "Internal and External Regulatives in…
Descriptors: Anthropology, College Science, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1986
In response to the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy request to identify promising areas for U.S. research investment in science and technology, this report contains briefings by outstanding researchers in several fields of science. This volume is the fifth in a series of briefings which are used to anticipate important new…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Futures (of Society), Government Publications, Innovation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
Information pertaining to biotechnology research that was funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is presented in this report. Findings obtained from state agricultural experimental stations and colleges of veterinary medicine are discussed in 11 appendices. These include: (1) information on USDA's biotechnology…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Biological Sciences, College Science, Experiment Stations
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board. – 1983
This document analyzes science and technology activities in the United States and their relationships to the efforts of other major industrialized countries. Major areas addressed in the seven chapters are: (1) international science and technology (considering national investments in research and development--R&D, outputs of R&D,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Engineering, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Gilder, Eric – 1987
Efforts to contain the spread of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have been slowed by numerous arguing factions, political, religious, and medical, all of which perceive the AIDS epidemic through a different set of symbols. The images can be more easily understood using Kenneth Boulding's Threat, Integry, and Exchange (or TIE) model. The…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Conflict, Current Events
Seifert, Mel – 1977
The sixth semi-annual report of the Sheldon Jackson College Aquaculture Program covers the period January 1 through June 30, 1977, and summarizes the last half of the second year of operation of the educational program and the entire year for the hatchery. The educational component of the program is described in terms of the academic program,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cooperative Programs
Bennof, Richard J. – 1984
Data on fiscal year 1982 federal support to U.S. institutions of higher education are presented, along with a condensed narrative analysis. The 15 federal agencies represented account for an estimated 95 percent of total obligations to colleges and universities and virtually all support for science and engineering (S/E) research and development…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Colleges, Engineering, Federal Aid
Kassel, Simon; Campbell, Cathleen – 1980
This report examines the impact of the Soviet Academy of Sciences on the development of technology in the Soviet Union, finding that the future of Soviet technology depends significantly on the Academy and that severe problems stemming from its nature and its relationship with Soviet industry encumber the Academy's ability to serve Soviet…
Descriptors: College Science, Development, Education Work Relationship, Engineering
BRAINARD, ROBERT W. – 1967
THIS BULLETIN, PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY, REPORTS THE CURRENT LITERATURE IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY. THE COVERAGE ENCOMPASSES BOTH "POLICY FOR SCIENCE" AND "SCIENCE FOR POLICY" MATTERS. SCIENCE IS USED TO DENOTE ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCIENCE. THE BULLETIN IS INTENDED FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN STUDYING, FORMULATING,…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies
Black, Ruth G. – 1974
This document, part of a five-volume set, summarizes the major results of a survey of FY 1973 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare obligations to institutions of higher education and other nonprofit organizations. The companion volumes contain data in tabular form covering Department support to: (1) institutions of higher education; (2)…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Hospitals

Windram, Mary P. – Roeper Review, 1988
Three gifted students (ages 7 to 8 years) with reading problems experienced more difficulty than their peers in science. Incorporating the science inquiry approach into their reading program helped them realize that reading was not a separate activity and improved their reading skills. (Author JDD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Science, Gifted