As a result of investigations into overhead charges at Stanford University (California), lawmakers and federal agency officials are seeking ways to prevent universities from overcharging the government for indirect costs and ways to improve federal oversight of government payments. (DB)

During the Reagan and Bush administrations, many foundations supported causes they thought were being ignored by Washington. Now many of those causes are finding support in the Clinton administration, and foundations are turning to other issues. A ranking of the 50 largest foundations, based on 1991 grants and assets, is provided. (MSE)

Discussion of cost management in international research projects looks at research activities supported by the European Community (EC) and their mechanisms for support, model interinstitutional contracts, and the difficulties encountered by institutions, and comments on the vital continued EC participation by universities in research and…

Research projects within the European Community (EC) have used different strategies and instruments for information dissemination and lobbying on national and international levels. The scientific community must have stronger autonomous representation in Brussels as an equal partner of the EC bureaucracy, similar to that in some member states.…

Fifty-seven doctoral dissertations on deafness and related issues completed between May 1990 and March 1991 are listed. Dissertation title, researcher name(s), institution, department, and publication information are listed, along with an order number for those wishing to order copies of the dissertations on microfilm. (PB)

Two new programs, European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS) and European Community Action Program for Education and Training for Technology (COMETT), will allow for greater student and staff mobility. These programs need to be supported by adequate administrative structures. (MLW)

Describes a project which created a database of faculty and academic professional research interests at Arizona State University. Uses for library subject specialists, reference librarians, and collection development staff are discussed. Methods to link the existing collection development policy statement and the database are examined. Sample…

A study examined how department chairpersons enhanced research performance of college and university faculty. By applying grounded theory methods to a corpus of 33 interviews with chairpersons, the study resulted in a typology of chair roles (administrative, advocacy, interpersonal), then assessed the process of assistance for faculty at four…

Argues that (1) the purposes of environmental education are socially transformative; (2) the dominant approach to research in the field is behaviorist and deterministic; and (3) the role the dominant behaviorist approach to research play in professional development needs to be critically examined. Outlines a current international project…

Describes a school activity in which junior high school students display science projects in a noncompetitive atmosphere in four categories: (1) group projects; (2) hands-on activities encouraging young children and parent participation; (3) research projects; and (4) scientific portrayals of figures, concepts, or events. (MDH)

Defines office information systems, a specialized academic area within the domain of information systems, as the application of information technologies in office environments to support work processes, improve employee performance, and enhance organizational effectiveness in support of business goals and strategies. (JOW)

Examines the extent to which informal orders of the host educational environment affect conducting binational scientific projects in academic environments as perceived by the participants from the parties involved. Also studied is whether executing such projects is affected by linguistic factors. Projects under investigation were carried out by…

Advances a possible theoretical approach to education for sustainable tourism and describes a small-scale research project based on this approach. Seeks to integrate education for sustainable tourism into an established management curriculum using an innovative technique based on the idea of an adaptive concept. (Author/CCM)

Describes the method employed for scholarship that involves the analysis of original unpublished scripts. A professional-development grant provided an opportunity to travel to a university archive to read primary research materials unavailable through conventional means, and to develop a detailed analysis of selected works by Ray Bradbury,…

Summarizes a presentation by Richard Colwell to the Ohio Graduate Music Education Forum in February, 1996. Colwell argued that music-education research is not focused or organized enough to be answering questions that are truly helpful to practitioners in the field, and he suggested ways to improve music education research. (DSK)