Economic considerations in regulating neurotoxic substances
Date: April 28, 1989
Creator: Provenzano, George
Description: This report discusses economic consideration in regulating neurotoxic substances which involves balancing the economic benefits of utilizing these substances commercially against their actual or potential risks to human health and the environment.
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Issues in capitation: risk of financial ruin for providers and ways to control this risk
Date: October 1985
Creator: Vertrees, James G.
Description: The purpose of this report is to explore issues relating to healthcare expenses. To examine the concept of risk for providers in a capitation payment environment and to estimate the effectiveness of various risk limiting techniques.
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Technology, public policy, and the changing structure of American agriculture, Background papers, Volume II
Date: May 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Description: This report discusses the commodity programs that have been developed over the years with the objective to raise farm outcomes.
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The Role of technology in the education, training, and retraining of adult workers: a report
Date: October 5, 1984
Creator: Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
Description: This report shows how new technological tools or devices are being used in adult education and training it examines the evidence of their effectiveness and costs and it suggests prospects for the future use of technologies.
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Financial assistance, education debt and starting salaries of science and engineering graduates: evidence from the 1985 survey of recent college graduates
Date: November 10, 1987
Creator: Science, Education and Transportation Division
Description: This report provides statistics on financial aid debt, type of financial aid, salary and percent of financial aid for the Science/Engineering students.
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Japan's science and engineering pipeline: structure, policies, and trends
Date: October 23, 1987
Creator: Cummings, William K.
Description: This report discusses the Japanese higher education graduates in science and engineering. It discusses the work force in these fields and the major structural reforms in the education system.
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Persistance in higher S/E education: S/E baccalaureate to S/E doctorate productivity of U.S. baccalaureate-granting institutions
Date: September 1987
Creator: Maxfield, Betty D.
Description: This report describes a study which purpose is to further analyze the BA to PhD pipeline data for the 170 institutions that have either been identified as highly productive institutions or institutions of special interest to policymakers and educational planners.
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Soviet science and engineering education and work force policies: recent trends
Date: 1988
Creator: Balzer, Harley
Description: This report discusses the Soviet education in the science and engineering that has been characterized by major quantitative achievements and serious qualitative and administrative shortcomings.
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Institutional productivity: the undergraduate origins of science and engineering Ph.D.s
Date: July 1987
Creator: Maxfield, Betty D.
Description: This report describes a study which purpose is to address the question of whether certain types of educational institutions are more effective than others in producing baccalaureates who continue on to earn a science/engineering (S/E) Ph.D., and subsequently enter the S/E work force as well as pursue research careers.
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Issues in American engineering education: a selective review of the literature: a draft report
Date: 1987
Creator: Goldman, Steven L.
Description: First part of this report describes the project, provides a timeline of significant events in engineering education, and summarizes the findings. The second part discusses the objectives of the study which is divided into three parts, and the third part is a bibliography of the materials on which this report is based.
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