Government support for pre- and post-doctoral education in the sciences, which was abundant over a decade ago is waning. An example is the phasing-out of the training grants and fellowship programs at the National Institutes of Health. (DF)

Outlined are the history, programs, and staff of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, West Germany. (SL)

Faculty members in social/behavioral science programs at the Universities of Chicago and California at Berkeley have been given the highest overall "grades" for quality by their academic peers in a survey published by the National Academy of Sciences. Includes scores for anthropology, geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology…

Figures presented at a recent meeting of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Advisory Committee indicate that traditional training grants may not be the best route to producing physical researchers. The NIH director suggests that NIH give serious consideration to new policies emphasizing other mechanisms. Related issues are…

Describes the organization of education, particulary higher education, and medical and scientific research in North Vietnam. Description is based on experiences during a lecture tour as well as available literature. (AL)

Describes an annual three-month seminar at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Yugoslavia. The curriculum assumes a certain level of training--the new Ph.D. The goal is to discuss in detail subdisciplines of physics through formal lecture and informal discussions. (LS)

Describes tentative federal budget cuts affecting science education in the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and the specific areas these budget cuts will affect. (DS)

Provides top-rated programs (by university) in biochemistry, botany, cellular/molecular biology, microbiology, physiology, and zoology. Overall scores included with each program were obtained from 1,848 biologists who were asked to rate programs in terms of faculty quality and their effectiveness in educating graduate students. (Author/JN)

Describes the natural resources program of the United Nations University, its focus, subprograms, projects, and emphasis. (SL)

Reviews results of a study conducted at the University of Iowa to determine how federal regulations and policies affect university operations. The cost to the university of federal impact is reviewed in detail. (SL)

Describes a National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative designed to broaden access to advanced computing facilities for university researchers not eligible to tap into federally subsidized networks. Rationale for and issues related to the initiative are also considered. (JN)

Distinguishes between computer hardware and software and discusses status of software, application development productivity, software production, and research directions. (JN)

Describes UNIX time-sharing operating system, including the program environment, software development tools, flexibility and ease of change, portability and other advantages, and five applications and three nonapplications of the system. (JN)

Realization of the potential of computer electronics for enhanced human productivity and economic impact depends strongly on the university. New human resources and continuing education for the existing work force and new ideas for research and development will come from that sector. University-industry coupling is fostered. (JN)

Describes a project by which Stanford University's Department of Medicine has turned itself into a consulting collective to raise money for research by junior faculty and to link the department to industry while precluding conflict of interest or the rise of wealthy scientist-superstars. (Author/JN)