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Rice, Michael – 1985
More than 40 leaders from business, government, and academia gathered for a 2-day symposium to focus on the social impact of new communications and information technologies and the extent to which the ways they are being used is decided as a matter of deliberate human choice, and how much by the influence of biased capabilities inherent in the…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Information Science, International Cooperation
Valdez, Armando, Ed; And Others – 1983
Symposium organizers commissioned papers that examined existing Chicano research in studies of family, labor, and migration, three subjects continually recurring in Chicano research. The papers were organized in four sessions: historical and contemporary research on Chicano workers, foundations of research on Chicano families, Chicano domestic and…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Characteristics, Immigrants, Labor Force
Download full textRobson, R. Thayne, Ed. – 1984
This book contains four papers commissioned by the National Center on Employment Policy to review programs conducted by the Office of Policy, Evaluation, and Research in the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration. The Council's policy statement entitled "Appraising Employment and Training Research" appears first. In…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Employment, Employment Programs
DeFries, Ruth S., Ed.; Malone, Thomas F., Ed. – 1989
This volume of papers includes 21 of the 38 presentations given at the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The objectives of the forum were threefold: (1) to present to the public a balanced and authoritative view of the wide range of global change issues, including the science of the earth system, the impacts of global change on…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Decision Making, Earth Science, Educational Change
Burke, Edward P., Ed.; Quigley, Mark S., Ed. – 1993
The conference reported in this document had three aims: to initiate dialogue on furthering the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) through disability policy research; to identify the resources and infrastructures available to enhance the process; and to articulate steps that can be taken to monitor implementation of the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
National Association for Science, Technology, and Society, University Park, PA. – 1993
This document of conference proceedings is divided into five sections. The first, STS (Science Technology and Society) Studies, contains five papers: (1) "Scientific Discourse and Public Policy" (Jane C. Webb; George R. Webb; Charolette Webb); (2) "An Answer to Neil Postman's 'Technopoly'" (David K. Nations); (3)…
Descriptors: Bioethics, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Association for Institutional Research. – 1983
Proceedings of the 1982 forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the 1982-1983 AIR Directory are presented. Titles and authors of general session addresses contained in section 1 are as follows: "On Quality: The Federal Connection" (David Pierpont Gardner); "New Initiatives of State Policy in Higher…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Neave, G.; And Others – 1990
This monograph presents four papers on the interaction of the market and higher education institutions in relation to the evolution of management and administrative patterns according to the requirements of new political and economic situations. In particular, the papers discuss the changes which a market ideology has brought to European higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1988
This conference brought together directors of research grants and research-based contracts funded by the Division of Innovation and Development of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS). The proceedings contain copies of three speeches given at the conference, along with transcripts of the question-and-answer sessions…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglas, Harry E., III, Comp. – 1985
This conference report of the National Society of Allied Health focusses on the theme of health promotion for black Americans, with emphasis on creating cooperative partnerships to address the various social and environmental conditions adversely affecting minority group health status. The keynote speaker provided an historical perspective on…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Blacks, Business Responsibility
