Critiques the use of computer-generated graphics and text in place of overhead projector transparencies in large lecture halls. Describes an experience in such a situation and suggests that colleagues can be helpful in assessing the effectiveness of educational innovations. (DDR)

Addresses the issue of student cheating in undergraduate programs. Discusses the role of student-managed honor systems in addressing this problem. (JRH)

Discusses the problem of decline in support for science and basic research. Argues that environmental science needs more recognition as a politically attractive funding mechanism to engage the efforts of young persons now enrolled in traditional graduate programs. Lists suggestions to provide incentives to encourage the development of new…

Reports congressional action on the projected FY 1977 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, the background and need for a federal science education policy, and probable emphasis in future NSF projects based upon the current proposed appropriations. (SL)

Discusses procedures involved in the federal review of applications for grants and contracts from the government. (PEB)

Reviews the existing federal budgetary processes to illustrate that educational programs in general have been hurt by impoundment during the last two years. Indicates that the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1973 would provide the Congress with anti-impoundment machinery. (CC)

Discussed are financial implications for college science teachers in terms of the transfer of Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program (MISIP) and, the elementary and preschool section of NSF's Improvement of Pre-College Instruction Group from the National Science Foundation to the new Department of Education. (CS)

Presents summaries and extracts of testimony taken from the hearings on the Department of Education Act held before the Senate Committee on Government Affairs in May, 1978. (MA)

Analyzes the Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education (CAUSE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAUSE awards by type of institution for the fiscal year 1979 and the period between 1976 and 1979 are presented. (HM)

Describes how the National Science Foundation awarded 59 grants to two- and four-year colleges in the first Comprehensive Assistance to Undergraduate Science Education Program (CAUSE) in 1976. The description of the program and how it responds to changing patterns in higher education are considered. (HM)

Discusses the problem of the protection of human subjects involved in educational research. Potential risks to which students participating in science education research may be exposed are discussed. The need for specific federal guidelines for protecting human subjects involved in science education research is suggested. (HM)

Reviews the Women in Science and Technology Equal Opportunity Act, which is designed to promote the full use of human resources in science and technology through a comprehensive program to maximize the potential contribution and advancement of women in scientific, professional, and technical careers. (Author/MA)

Gives summaries of conclusions for two studies: a literature search on "The Status of Pre-College Science, Mathematics, and Social Science Education 1955-1975," and the "Case Studies in Science Education (CSSE)," which attempt to describe the status of precollege science education in the 1976-77 school year. (GA)

Summarizes some features of the Science Education Development and Research programs (SEDR) of the National Science Foundation, designed for both the precollege and college levels in an attempt to discover policy trends and current events of interest to college teachers. (HM)

Discussed is copyright legislation, its history, the Fair Use Doctrine, ambiguities, and the major educational aspects of new copyright legislation pending in congress. (SL)