The usefulness of the curriculum vita (CV) as a data source for examining the career paths of scientists and engineers was studied. CVs were obtained in response to an e-mail message sent to researchers working in the area of biotechnology who were funded by the National Science Foundation (55 responses) or listed as authors (industry only) in the…

In Exeter (ALM 2, 1995), Wolfgang Schloeglmann and the author presented some results of their research. One of these results is a useful metaphor: Teaching mathematics to engineers and scientists who have finished their university studies and have worked for many years in, for example, industry, is structurally similar to the technology transfer…

This report provides an overview of the benefits of the state of New Jersey's investments in higher education. Since fiscal 1998, over $300 million in state support has been provided for technology infrastructure and inter-institutional connectivity, scientific and other equipment, technology-based economic development initiatives, renowned…

Describes the State-financed system of training and refresher courses for scientific and technical information in the U.S.S.R. Details are given concerning the various levels of training, the institutions where it is carried out, and the curricula and syllabuses. (Author)

The second part of a two-part article contains an attempt to synthesize the viewpoints of United States science as seen (1) from Indochina (2) by American scientists and (3) from the vantage point of history. (JR)

Information transfer among scientists can be regarded as analoguous to a complex rate process highly dependent on the characteristics of the information forms. A general model is presented and an attempt made to quantify certain pathways. (25 references) (Author)

Reports the results of a survey conducted for the National Science Foundation which indicate generally favorable public attitudes toward science and technology and their ability to solve national problems. (JR)

Describes the 1973 employment situation for chemists and chemical engineers. Indicates that chemistry in all its various facets continues to be a promising and rewarding field although there are no longer any easy pickings. (CC)

On the premise that the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of information requirements in today's world calls for a new approach to information science education, a curriculum involving a truly generalist approach at the undergraduate level and a work-study program at the graduate level is proposed. (2 references) (Author/KE)

An informal survey was conducted, tapping the opinions of scientists doing research related to the features that should or should not be included in the man-machine interface of interactive bibliographic search and retrieval (IBSR) systems. An analysis of the responses showed a significant level of agreement concerning interface features. (2…

Questions concerning whether physicists are socially responsible as professional physicists, citizens, and teachers are discussed. It is felt that science curricula must include social applications of science and general studies in schools must include more science. (DF)

Analyses of a 1969 survey of over 60,000 faculty members in colleges and universities in the United States indicate that natural scientists are to the ideological left of engineers, but more conservative than social scientists; that more successful and influential scientists and engineers are more liberal than the rank-and-file; and that if…

The general finding is that task and socioemotional information flowed relatively freely across geopolitical boundaries within the three general geopolitical subsystems represented in the sample of theoretical high energy physicists. (29 references) (SJ)