This survey on faculty involvement in research and the ability of faculty investigators to obtain support in research areas of their own choosing elicited information from doctorate-level departments in each of 16 selected science and engineering fields on: (1) the number of full-time doctorate faculty and the proportion of time they spend on…

Presented is a speech by Bertram Brown, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, on the effects of decreased federal funding of mental health research. Brown notes that there has been a 56% slash in the purchasing power of the research grant program when inflation is accounted for. It is suggested that causes of the dwindling support…

Initiated in 1974 to ascertain research needs in the Southern region, the Rural Development Task Force investigated the nature of rural development problems and needed and clientele oriented research. Current research was reviewed, priority areas were identified, and allocation of Scientific Man Years were recommended. Major problems identified…

This feasibility study for developing a measure of effectiveness in reading contains five sections. "The Need and Requirements for a Measure of Effectiveness in Reading" presents the problem, functional specifications for a measure of effectiveness in reading, the minimum number of tasks required to uild an effectiveness measure, approaches to the…

To permit researchers to use the speed and versatility of the computer to process natural language text as well as numerical data without undergoing special training in programing or computer operations, a language analysis package has been developed partially based on several existing programs. An overview of the design is provided and system…

This publication contains texts of papers presented at the National Research Coordinating Units Directors' Conference, which was attended by 65 participants representing Research Coordinating Units (RCU), state and federal education departments, universities, and other organizations. Presentations were: (1) "New Vistas in Research," by M. Essex…

This report is concerned with the marine activities of the nation and how these activities contribute to the national well-being. Opportunities for the future are identified and discussed. The report centered around four main objectives: (1) to assess current and planned ocean programs for technical soundness, adequacy of scope, balance of…

This review covers research literature concerning the inquiry method reported by "Social Education" from 1960 to 1968. Studies were selected which dealt with either the learning outcomes or adaptability aspects of inquiry. It is cautiously concluded that under certain conditions inquiry is at least as effective as more traditional…

Presenting formal research findings and other evidence in a literature review, the author discusses the value of combining technical education and/or job training with adult basic education (ABE) as a means of motivating the educational participation of the functionally illiterate, hard core unemployed. Attention is given to special…

Topics discussed in this 1970 symposium included the economics of flight training, careers in flying, college versus high school graduates, defining the trained pilot, motivation and selection, innovation in pilot training, training goals, transfer of training, and the role of simulators. Conferees agreed that the present Air Force undergraduate…

The object of this study was to determine the extent to which children displayed predictable, recurring patterns of behavior when engaged in self-selected activities. Subjects were four girls and three boys, 4 years of age, all from middle class urban families. The classroom's free play space was divided into four equal areas. Toys were divided…

This paper focuses on two things: (1) the current status of the literature related to the standards for admissions, selective retention, and student involvement in program development and evaluation, and (2) identified areas in need of additional research in relation to these same three areas in the standards. Various topics included in the first…

This survey was conducted to establish research priorities in the field of technical and vocational education in North Carolina. Contacted by a mail questionnaire were 812 randomly selected community college administrators, private vocational school operators, State Department of Education personnel, and classroom teachers. In the questionnaire,…

Presented is an overview of a project designed to carry on the review of research in science education begun by Francis D. Curtis who published, beginning in 1926, three "Digests of Investigations in the Teaching of Science in the Elementary and Secondary Schools." The current project involved both the reprinting of the three Curtis…

An emerging consensus is that investigations of media effects should focus on the most basic political function of the media. Attempting to move out of the usual modes of conceptualization and analysis, this paper concentrates on three major points: the reconceptualization of political knowledge to encompass the respondent's subjective…