Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems: Science, Technology, and Public Policy. National Research Council (U.S.)

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-211
Author(s):  
Richard B. Shepard
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Research Council ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Science Technology

scholarly journals The 2012 Morris Hansen Lecture: Thank You Morris, et al., For Westat, et al.

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Prewitt
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Different Sources

Abstract This article, delivered as the 22nd Memorial Morris Hansen lecture, argues that the contract houses, typified by Westat, are uniquely situated in the cluster of institutions, practices, and principles that collectively constitute a bridge between scientific evidence on the one hand and public policy on the other. This cluster is defined in The Use of Science as Evidence in Public Policy as a policy enterprise that generates a form of social knowledge on which modern economies, policies, and societies depend (National Research Council 2012). The policy enterprise in the U. S. largely took shape in the first half of the twentieth century, when sample surveys and inferential statistics matured into an information system that provided reliable and timely social knowledge relevant to the nation’s policy choices. In ways described shortly, Westat and other social science organizations that respond to “request for proposals” (RFP) from the government for social data and social analysis came to occupy a unique niche. The larger question addressed is whether the policy enterprise as we know it is prepared for the tsunami beginning to encroach on its territory. Is it going to be swamped by a data tsunami that takes information from very different sources than the familiar census/survey methods?

scholarly journals Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jungwoo Ryoo ◽  
Kurt Winkelmann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
General Population ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
National Research Council ◽  
College Level ◽  
School Policies ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Working Together

AbstractThe practice of educating students in college-level science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects is influenced by many factors, including education research, governmental and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. Working together, stakeholders in STEM higher education must find creative ways to address the increasing need for a diverse US workforce with a strong STEM background (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology 2012) and the need for a more STEM-literate general population (National Research Council 2012).

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