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      Preparing for the Workplace: Charting a Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy

      Committee on Postsecondary Education and Training for the Workplace,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the state of postsecondary training for work in the United States, and addresses controversies about federal job policies, outlining a national approach to improved quality and accessibility in workplace…

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      Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing, Volume II: Working Papers and Statistical Appendices

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing

      More than a million teenage girls in the United States become pregnant each year; nearly half give birth. Why do these young people, who are hardly more than children themselves…

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      Performance Assessment for the Workplace: Volume I

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel

      Analyzes the JPM experience in the context of human resource management policy in the military. It includes topics such as the development of performance measures, the relationship between predictor scores…

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      Nature’s Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment

      Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting,National Research Council

      Recommends how to incorporate environmental and other non-market measures into the nation’s income and product accounts. This work explores alternative approaches to environmental accounting and addresses thorny issues such as…

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      Population Dynamics of Senegal

      Working Group on Senegal

      Part of the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa series, this volume examines key demographic changes in Senegal. It analyzes the changes in fertility and their causes, with comparisons to other…

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      Understanding Violence Against Women

      Panel on Research on Violence Against Women,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Identifies four areas with the potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: what interventions are designed to do, whom…

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      Assessing Policies for Retirement Income: Needs for Data, Research and Models

      Panel on Retirement Income Modeling,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assesses what we know and recommends what we need to know to estimate the short- and long-term effects of policy alternatives. This book details gaps in data and research, and…

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      Women’s Work, Men’s Work: Sex Segregation on the Job

      Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues,National Research Council

      Even though women have made substantial progress in a number of formerly male occupations, sex segregation in the workplace remains a fact of life. This volume probes pertinent questions: Why…

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      Teacher Supply, Demand and Quality: Policy Issues, Models and Data Bases

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines policy issues, projection models, and data bases pertaining to the supply of, demand for, and quality of teachers in the United States from kindergarten to twelfth grade. This book…

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      America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences

      Faith Mitchell,etc.

      Explores the trends among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. This volume presents the findings and analysis on racial and social…

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      Education for Tomorrow’s Jobs

      Committee on Vocational Education and Economic Development in Depressed Areas,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Deals with the ways in which vocational education can be strengthened to contribute to national education and economic goals. This book discusses changes in the economy and in the nature…

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      Making Policies for Children: A Study of the Federal Process

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Panel for the Study of the Policy Formation Process

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      Youth Development and Neighborhood Influences: Challenges and Opportunities

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

      On January 25, 1996, the Committee on Youth Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families convened a workshop to examine the implications of research on social settings for…

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      Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

      The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) convened a workshop on November 4-5, 1999, to identify new directions for health statistics and the implications for health data of changes in the…

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      Improving Data on America’s Aging Population: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The Committee on National Statistics and the Committee on Population, at the request of the NIA, convened a workshop in March 1996 to discuss data on the aging population that…

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      Improving Risk Communication: Working Papers

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources,Committee on Risk Perception and Communication

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      Learning, Remembering, Believing: Enhancing Human Performance

      Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses issues in learning and performance. This book presents theories and findings from a range of research settings: from pilots learning to fly to children learning about physics by throwing…

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      Modernizing the U.S.Census

      Panel on Census Requirements in the Year 2000 and Beyond,National Research Council,Committee on National Statistics

      Examines the traditional US census. This book evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census…

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      Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Expanding Dimensions, Building Solutions

      Panel on Reproductive Health,National Research Council

      Addressing the design and delivery of reproductive health services, this volume presents lessons learned from past programs and offers principles for deciding how to spend limited available funds. It is…

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      Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

      Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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      Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy

      Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Deals with how the systems for collecting and analyzing trade data have fallen behind the times - and presents recommendations for approaches to accuracy and usefulness of these economic data…

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      Measuring Health Performance in the Public Sector: A Summary of Two Reports

      Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Panel on Performance Measures and Data for Public Health Performance Partnership Grants was established at the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Its charge…

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      Alcohol in America: Taking Action to Prevent Abuse

      Steve Olson,Dean R. Gerstein,National Research Council,Elizabeth Hanford Dole,United States Department of Transportation

      Alcohol is a killer. One of every thirteen deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. This book takes a look at the problem, and is useful for those in the…

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      Quality in Student Financial Aid Programs: A New Approach

      Panel on Quality Improvement in Student Financial Aid Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Focuses on the accuracy of the needs-based award process, this book assesses various measures of system quality and possible alternatives, such as a total quality management approach. It discusses the…

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      Preventing Drug Abuse: What Do We Know?

      Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Deals with drug abuse prevention and its effectiveness. This book presents: the results of antidrug efforts; the role and effectiveness of mass media in preventing drug use; a profile of…

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      A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society

      Committee on the Status of Black Americans,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Drawing on historical perspectives and data, this book examines the many years of change and continuity in the status of black Americans. By studying and comparing black and white age…

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      Modeling Cost and Performance for Military Enlistment: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Military Enlistment Standards,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes a cost/performance trade-off model useful for illustrating the effects of budget decisions on the quality of expected performance in the military enlisted force. This book discusses technical issues associated…

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      Placing Children in Special Education: A Strategy for Equity

      Panel on Selection and Placement of Students in Programs for the Mentally Retarded,Committee on Child Development Research and Public Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

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      Youth Employment and Training Programs: The YEDPA Years

      Committee on Youth Employment Programs,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Between 1978 and 1981, the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) funded programs designed to aid disadvantaged youth. Beginning with YEDPA’s inception and lifespan, this report analyzes the data…

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      Who Cares for America’s Children?: Child Care Policy for the 1990s

      Panel on Child Care Policy,National Research Council

      Looks at the barriers to developing a national child care policy, evaluates the factors in child care that are most important to children’s development, and examines ways of protecting children’s…

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      Enhancing Organizational Performance

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance

      Reviews approaches to organizational change - total quality management, reengineering, and downsizing - in terms of how they affect organizations and people, how performance improvements can be measured, and what…

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      Sharing Research Data

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1985-05 Original Publisher: National Academies Original Identifier: NAP:00087 Subjects: Communication in the social sciences Intellectual cooperation Social sciences Communication in the social…

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      Work and Family: Policies for a Changing Work Force

      Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews changes in work and family structures and their effects on worker productivity and employer practices. This book presents a range of approaches to easing the conflicts between work and…

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      Measuring Housing Discrimination in a National Study: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Federal law prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of seven protected classes including race. Despite 30 years of legal prohibition under the Fair Housing Act, however, there is evidence of…

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      Performance Assessment for the Workplace

      Committee on the Performance of Military Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Covers several measurement and analytical issues in technical detail, including: range restriction adjustments, methods for evaluating multiple sources of error in measurement, comparing alternative measures of performance, and strategies for…

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      Ending Mandatory Retirement for Tenured Faculty: The Consequences for Higher Education

      Committee on Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers guidance not only for dealing with the elimination of mandatory retirement in higher education, but also for retirement-related issues facing colleges and universities. This book contains analyses of early…

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      Understanding and Preventing Violence

      Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the complexity of violent behavior in our society and puts forth a framework for analyzing risk factors for violent events. This book explores such diverse but related topics as…

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      Private Lives and Public Policies: Confidentiality and Accessibility of Government Statistics

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Confidentiality and Data Access

      Explores the seeming conflicts between privacy and data access, an issue of concern to federal statistical agencies collecting the data, research organizations using the data, and individuals providing the data…

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      New Findings on Poverty and Child Health and Nutrition: Summary of a Research Briefing

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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      The Future of the Survey of Income and Program Participation

      Panel to Evaluate the Survey of Income and Program Participation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates changes needed to improve the usefulness and cost-effectiveness of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). This volume considers the goals for the survey, the survey and sample…

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      Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

      Committee on Population

      Assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. This book discusses the…

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      Integrating Federal Statistics on Children: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics and Board on Children and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the adequacy of federal statistics on children and families. This volume includes papers on the relevant aspects of health care reform, family and community resources, interpersonal violence, the transition…

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      Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa

      Includes chapters on child mortality, adult mortality, fertility, proximate determinants, marriage, internal migration, international migration, and the demographic impact of AIDS.

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      Toward a National Health Care Survey: A Data System for the 21st Century

      Panel on the National Health Care Survey,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Division of Health Care Services

      Contains an evaluation of the plan developed by the National Center for Health Statistics for restructuring its provider surveys. This work identifies the data needed by researchers and policymakers to…

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      Assessing Evaluation Studies: The Case of Bilingual Education Strategies

      Panel to Review Evaluation Studies of Bilingual Education,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Providing a detailed critique of the two largest studies of US bilingual education programs, this book examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. Using…

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      Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Childbearing

      Panel on Adolescent Pregnancy and Childbearing, National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the trends in and consequences of teenage sexual behavior and offers insights on the issues of sexual initiation, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and the well-being of adolescent families. This…

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      Pre-College Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand and Quality

      Panel on Statistics on Supply and Demand for Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,Dorothy M. Gilford,Ellen Tenenbaum

      The report of a panel assembled by the National Research Council to evaluate the statistics on the supply and demand for science and mathematics teachers concludes that the available data…

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      Valuing Health Risks, Costs and Benefits for Environmental Decision Making: Report of a Conference

      Commission on Physical Sciences,Mathematics and Resources,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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