Reports on a survey of 72 motherless families that indicates a need for future research and modification of social laws to meet the needs of fathers who rear children in the absence of mothers. (Author/SB)

This paper comments on Arthur Powell's plenary paper "The Diversity Backlash and the Mathematical Agency of Students of Color". A highlight of some of the main arguments in Arthur's paper is offered, and questions are raised concerning elements of importance in setting a research agenda committed to equity in mathematics education. [For "The…

Leaders and employees of today's organizations typically assume increasing responsibility for their own and their organization's learning. Much of that learning is informal or incidental. This article reviews theory and research to update that model and identify future research challenges. Through this review, groundwork will be laid for…

A case is made for financial support for research and study in the humanities, which form part of what we call our cultural inheritance.

It is argued that social scientists have done a disservice to their own work by trying to mold it according to the model of basic natural science. The main recommendation is that they should organize the work according to models which suit their own purposes. (JB)

Reviews literature related to the possibility of increasing the effectiveness of contraceptives, particularly for the less-developed countries, and concludes that over the short and medium terms, the availability of induced abortion, be it surgical or chemical, is likely to be the most crucial component of any major effort to reduce birth rates"…

Article shows the difference between educational research techniques and problem-solving practitioners, and explores the base out of which these differences in orientation grow. (Author/ML)

Reviews some of the more concerted, large-scale efforts in the earth resources areas" in order to help the computer community obtain insights into the activities it can jointly particpate in withthe earth resources community." (Author)

Suggested are possible areas of investigation to further clarify issues related to both idiot savants and to the cognitive functioning of retarded children and the population in general. (KW)