Getting through the choppy seas of curriculum reform and high stakes testing, as well as meeting predetermined standards and adequate yearly progress, is often difficult for a teacher, let alone a school or district, to ascertain what specific content should be taught and what is actually being taught. Teachers often do not know what has been…

Author describes the facilities and services available at the University of Leeds Centre for Television Research. (HB)

Author proposes avenues of action to prepare programs for the needs of the elderly by the end of the century. (MB)

Paper is a preliminary effort to set forth a perspective concerning the demise of the Harvard R & D Center. (MB)

Highlights a review of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at Santa Barbara. Because of the positive review, the National Science Foundation will continue to sponsor the institute to 1989. Institute activities and staff are also highlighted. (JN)

Discusses the limitations of current social science research on American Indians, the lack of Indian participation in research and tribal reactions thereto, the dearth of American Indian researchers, and proposals for curriculum integration in educational research training for Native Americans. (SK)

The relationship between the government and universities conducting federally sponsored research is under a strain. University researchers dread nit-picking. Government auditors claim poor management and questionable spending practices by university researchers. (Author/RE)

Because its problems are unique, each telecommunication center requires innovative hardware that cannot be developed, mass-produced, and sold in quantity, such as the hardware used in the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System. (CMV)

Discusses how to determine the benefits and costs of distance education programs. Highlights include analyzing long-term costs, including student and academic support, program administration, marketing, and research and development; identifying and serving stakeholders; focusing on niche programs where a market exists; understanding the…

Technology transfer practices in the European Union emphasize industry-science relationships and protection of intellectual property. The United States has impressive success in transfer for commercial application due to the regulatory environment. Global interaction of research, industry, and international patent systems is needed to manage a…

This article summarizes research regarding the delivery of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) supports to students with autism. Focus is on: (1) what AAC modality is preferable to use (manual signs or graphic symbols); and (2) what is known about the use of voice output communication aids with people with autism. (Author/DB)

Examines the claim in a recent paper that biotechnology develops in a self-organizational mode, which is empirically supported by a multivariate analysis of documents from core biotechnology journals showing a relationship between title words and region of origin. This paper argues that this claim is an artifact of the method used. (Author/MES)