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Time to Get Serious About Workplace Change

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

In the early 1990s, Lockheed Martin’s Government Electronic Systems plant in Moorestown, New Jersey, was suffering from the decline in defense markets. Layoffs were widespread. By 1992, it looked as if the… Read More

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Technology and Growth

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Although many economists agree that technology, broadly defined to include organizational ability and culture, is a major contributor to economic growth and that investments in physical and human capital and R&D are… Read More

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University Rankings Revisited

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

To the list of life’s very few certainties, Americans at least may confidently add a new category: ratings. We are an extremely competitive people, a fact reflected in our political and economic… Read More

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Roundtable: Infant Care and Child Development

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Texas at Dallas sponsored a symposium on infant care and child development in March 1997.… Read More

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Social Change and Science Policy

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

One can almost hear the collective sigh of relief coming from the federally funded science community. Only a year ago, analysts were forecasting 20 to 30 percent cuts in funding for nondefense… Read More

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Biological Invasions: A Growing Threat

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

To the untrained eye, Everglades National Park and nearby protected areas in Florida appear wild and natural. Yet within such public lands, foreign plant and animal species are rapidly degrading these unique… Read More

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The ITER Decision and U.S. Fusion R&D

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

The United States must soon decide whether to participate in the construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). ITER is the product of a years-long collaboration among several countries that is… Read More

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Summer 1997 Update

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

In “The Perils of Government Secrecy” (Issues, Summer 1992), I argued that the growth of the national security classification system had exceeded all reasonable boundaries and proposed some legislative and… Read More

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An Investment Budget

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Budget proposals in the House of Representatives for FY 1996 served as the shadow of the hangman’s noose in capturing the attention of the science community. The House budget proposal that year… Read More

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Editor’s Journal: Straight Talk

Issues — Tue, 01 Jul 1997 04:00:00 +0000

Which of the following does not belong? a) firebrands b) visionaries c) opinion leaders d) S&T policy wonks
Unfortunately, the answer is obvious. Let’s face it: Most of what’s written in S&T… Read More

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