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SBE Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Michael J. Feuer, Executive Director
  • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and
    Education
  • The National Academies
  • November 20-21, 2008

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The National Academies
National Academy of Sciences (1863) National
Research Council(1916) National Academy of
Engineering (1964) Institute of Medicine
(1970)
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering,
and Medicine
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NAS Act of Incorporation
  • ... the Academy shall, whenever called upon by
    any department of the Government, investigate,
    examine, experiment, and report upon any subject
    of science or art ...
  • the Academy shall receive no compensation
    whatever for any services to the Government of
    the United States.
  • - 1863

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Magnetic Deviation
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Fast forward
  • 1863 NAS Act of Incorporation
  • 1916 NRC established as wartime effort
  • 1918 NRC perpetuated by Executive Order
  • 1954 NAS President becomes Chair of NRC
  • 1962 Formal designation of NAS President as NRC
    Chair
  • 1964 NAE established under NAS auspices
  • 1970 IOM established under NAS auspices
  • 1973 NRC reorganized
  • 2001 Reorganization as recommended by the
    Task Force on NRC Goals and Operations

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Founding of the NRC
  • In wartime (1916)
  • to organize the scientific and technical
    resources of the country for the war effort
  • In its perpetuation (1918)
  • to promote scientific and engineering research,
    cooperation in research, survey the larger
    possibilities of science and engineering, and
    disseminate knowledge
  • Established as the operating arm of the NAS, with
    expertise from professional societies, industry,
    and government agencies.

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NAS BUILDING 1924 Dedication with President
Coolidge
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Purposes
  • To advance science and technology
  • To advise government
  • on applications of science and engineering to
    policy
  • on policy for science, engineering, and health
    care

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Special Features
  • Stature of academies memberships
  • Ability to get the very best to serve
  • Pro Bono nature of committee service
  • Special relationship to government
  • Quality assurance and control procedures
  • Reputation for independence and objectivity

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MR. RUSSERT  Was there pressure? DR.
FINEBERG  Absolutely not, Tim.  In fact, the
whole reason why the Institute of Medicine, the
National Academy of Sciences, the National
Research Council exists is to be an independent
voice outside of government to work on behalf of
the needs of the American people.  That's what we
do.  Agencies do not always hear from us what
they want to hear.  Sometimes the evidence does
not point in a direction that is welcome.  Stem
cell guidelines or information about climate
change or, for example, the ways to fix the
Hubble Telescope which came out of the National
Academies--all of these are studies undertaken on
behalf of the American public and the same was
true for our assessment of vaccine safety.
Excerpt from transcript between Tim Russert, NBC
and Dr. Harvey Fineberg, IOM Meet the Press
August 7, 2005
Dr. Harvey Fineberg President, IOM
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The National Academies
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Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and
Education (DBASSE)
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Behavior and Development
Children Families
Cognitive Sensory
Human Factors
Governance



Global Change
Law Justice
Population




Measurement





National Statistics
Evidence for Use
Key National Indicators
Education
Science
Mathematics
Testing Assessment
Teachers
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DBASSEMission and Scope
Advancing the frontiers of the behavioral,
social, and education sciences and their
application to public policy.
  • common versus state standards for education
  • racial and ethnic differences in health
  • psychology of learning
  • prepare for an aging workforce
  • trade-offs between security and individual
    privacy
  • the nature of risk
  • features of high quality child-care settings
  • mitigation of unwanted climate change
  • federal fiscal deficit
  • economic productivity and innovation

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DBASSEPriority Areas
  • National Security (DHS, ODNI)
  • Learning and Brain Sciences (NSF, NICHD, DoEd)
  • Climate Change (NSF, Hewlett Foundation,
    Venture Fund)
  • Gaming and Education (NSF, Hewlett Foundation)
  • Competitiveness and Innovation (Venture Fund)
  • Human Capital
  • Adequacy of the Statistical Workforce for
    Federal Agency Needs (NIH)
  • Future of Journalism and Communications

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All Time Academies Best Sellers
  1. On Being a Scientist, 1st and 2nd eds.
  2. National Science Education Standards
  3. Eager to Learn Summary Special
  4. Starting Out Right Reading
  5. Everybody Counts Helping Children Learn Math
  6. Guide for Care Use of Lab Animals
  7. How People Learn Expanded Ed/Paperback
  8. Info Wom Silicone Breast Imp Bklt
  9. Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
  10. Recommended Dietary Allowances, 9th ed.
  11. Science, Medicine Animals
  12. Nutrition During Pregnancy Lactation Impl
    Guide
  13. Guide Child Care Professionals/Engl
  14. Inquiry the Natl Sci Educ Std
  1. Recom Dietary Allowances 10th ed.
  2. Introducing the NSES Booklet
  3. Science, Medicine and Animals, 2nd ed.
  4. Adviser Teacher Role Model Friend
  5. Biodiversitypaper ed.
  6. Vetiver Thin Green Line Agnst Eros
  7. Nutrition During Preg Summary
  8. Prud Prac Handling Chemicals Cloth
  9. Nutrition During Lactation Summary
  10. Nutrient Req Beef Cattle
  11. Nutrient Req Dairy Cattle 5th ed
  12. On the Shoulders of Giants
  13. Teaching Evolution the Nature of Science
  14. The Hidden Epidemic Summary
  15. Designing Foods-Paper

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NSF supported studies partial list
Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle
Against Terrorists A Framework for Program
Assessment (2008)
Using the American Community Survey for NSFs
Science and Engineering Workforce Statistics
Program (2008)
Putting People on the Map Protecting
Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data
(2007)
Taking Science to School Learning and Teaching
Science in Grades K-8 (2007)
Measuring Research and Development Expenditures
in the US Economy (2004)
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Current NSF-Funded Projects in DBASSE
  • Support for CNSTAT, BBCSS
  • Social Science Evidence for Use
  • Enhancing Professional Development for Teachers
  • Panel on Future Directions for the NSF Survey of
    Federal Funds for Research and Development
  • Confidentiality Criteria for Statistics from
    Survey of Earned Doctorates
  • Learning Science in Informal Environments
  • Learning Science in Informal Environments
    Practitioner Volume
  • Linking Evidence and Promising Practices in STEM
    Undergraduate Education

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DBASSE Volunteer Participation
NAS Members
Total Academy
Academy Members
30
42
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NAE Members
Non Academy
2
129
IOM Members
Total Board
13
174
January 2008
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Thank you
  • mfeuer_at_nas.edu
  • 202-334-2300
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