Reviews the Science Talent Search scholarship program which rewards scientific research efforts of secondary students. Also includes a description of this year's ten top winners and their projects. (SL)

Brief descriptions of the accomplishments of recent recipients of the National Medal of Science are provided. (CP)

Reports on the development and validation of a Likert-type instrument to assess the attitudes and opinions of high school chemistry students, chemistry teachers, and university scientists toward the behavioral objectives of laboratory work in high school chemistry instruction. Ratings of a sample of secondary students, teachers, and scientists are…

Describes a program aimed at helping to alleviate the problems of high turnover of science teachers in inner city schools and of high unemployment of scientists and engineers by establishing an intern program to credential people with science related background. (SLH)

Discusses the impact of fellowship programs that send scientists and engineers to work in United States congressional offices. (SL)

Reports that total research and development (R&D) spending for the United States is expected to reach $40.8 billion in 1977, up 9 percent from 1976, according to National Science Foundation (NSF) figures. Employment opportunities for scientists and engineers should be improving. (SL)

Provides the syllabus for a course which examines the role of creative thinking with the scientific method and the interrelationship of science and society. (CP)

In determining how to allocate resources, focus must be placed on the tradeoffs between utilization of already-established courses within a college of pharmacy (or the university) and the design of a totally new group of courses for the training of clinical scientists. Most necessary courses are already available. (Author/LBH)

The Special Libraries Association 1987 conference had the theme "Global Information Access--Expanding Our World." Topics discussed included: information access in the Third World, the value of information professionals, copyright fees and fair use, CD-ROM technology, and military libraries. (EM)

Introduces the concept of state-forbidden research terrains and examines one such terrain in detail: post-revolutionary Cuba. Examines how U.S. decision makers create and maintain forbidden research terrain and explores the consequences of Cuba's closure to social science investigation. Suggests actions that social scientists might take to open up…

Describes the reduced employment opportunities for library and information science professionals in the United Kingdom as a result of financial constraints and restructuring in the public and private sectors. The need to train students in skills required by employers to meet employment demands is discussed. (40 references) (CLB)

Poses several questions about some of the factors that contribute to creativity in humans. Provides a variety of possible psychological, cultural, and biological reasons for creative discoveries. Offers testimonies by several renowned artists, scientists, and psychologists. (TW)

Previous studies of scientists' movements in academic jobs found no evidence that research activity affects attainments. This study found a significant effect of productivity on the prestige of the destination department during job moves. Influential factors were prestige of prior job, prestige of doctoral department, and number of articles…

Reports findings of study of information brokers in Victoria, Australia, which identified services offered by individual brokers and information brokerage businesses, resources used to provide those services, their clientele and pricing strategies, the attributes needed for a successful broker, and relationships between brokers and traditional…

Reviews literature on the relationship of gender and science. Identifies four basic approaches: (1) the recovery of forgotten scientific achievements by women; (2) analysis of the history of women's participation in scientific institutions; (3) examination of how science has defined the nature of women; and (4) analysis of the masculinist nature…