Discusses a recent example of the activities of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) on the issue of peer review to explain the importance of its Governmental and Professional Liaison (GPL) activity. AERA can and should contribute to federal support for strong and useful educational research. (BJV)

Presents several alternative approaches to the traditional research paper for teaching research and library skills. (MM)

Describes three approaches to training counseling students in the processes of research and publication. Discusses duration as the major difference among approaches, varying from a span of several years to one semester to a half-day workshop. Presents ideas about working productively within each of these time frames. Notes research training should…

Models for collegial networking as a means of increasing the participants' scholarly productivity are presented. A Midwestern historical methodology research interest group is described as an example of the long-term benefits of forming networks of scholars. (MSE)

This research project reviews various treatment methods used for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents between the years 1970-1986 in the United States. It points out eight elements that were frequently used: family involvement, remediation of basic skills, vocational preparation, socialization, creative therapy, crisis intervention, health…

The Lakota ethnoastronomy project researches Sioux astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythology, religion, and view of the universe and traces them through the nation's history, and has resulted in both an improved understanding of Sioux tradition and legislation to return federally held land to the tribe. (MSE)

Discusses the role and resources of planetary astronomy in planetary exploration. Identifies the categories of support made available by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and reviews the impacts of these findings on planetary researches. Analyzes the publishing habits of American astronomers. (ML)

Essays are presented in which the authors offer four entirely separate perspectives on the issue of correspondence study's image. The authors examine the defensiveness of some of correspondence study's practitioners, the role of scholarship in correspondence study's image, the lack of such scholarship in the United States, and university-level…

The research appraisal checklist, which contains 51 criteria ordered under 8 major research categories, is examined as a method of appraising a nursing research report. Criteria include title, abstract, problem, review of literature, methodology (subjects, instruments, design), data analysis, discussion, and form and style. (CT)

The author poses the following questions and examines the answers: What are schools doing about teaching research at the undergraduate level? Do schools have required research courses or do they integrate information into existing nursing courses? What information are they teaching? (CT)

The discussions of participants of a workshop concerning the effects of retrenchment on teaching and research, institutional policies, and institutional operations in European higher educational institutions are summarized. (MSE)

Provides an analysis of 20 years of research and graduate study experiences in engineering colleges, focusing on 17 variables including full-time, faculty, part-time faculty, master's enrollment, doctoral enrollment, master's/doctoral degrees awarded, researchers, research expenditures, and number of research projects. (JN)

A New York University "magnet" program supported by the Ford Foundation provides opportunities for 11 member institutions' faculty members to pursue research, curricular, and professional projects. (MSE)

Discusses the relationship between information science research and practice and briefly describes current research on 10 topics in information retrieval literature: vector processing retrieval strategy, probabilistic retrieval models, inverted file procedures, relevance feedback, Boolean query formulations, front-end procedures, citation…

Discusses several characteristics considered to be important to a good undergraduate research program in chemistry. They include providing adequate time for students, proper selection of the research problem, a firm requirement that significant work will be performed, and a suitable format in presenting the research results. (JN)