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SBE Advisory Committee Meeting
Michael J. Feuer, Executive DirectorDivision of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
The National Academies
November 20-21, 2008
National Academy of Sciences (1863)
National Research Council(1916)
National Academy of Engineering (1964)
Institute of Medicine (1970)
The National Academies
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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
Magnetic Deviation
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 asNRC 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
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.
NAS BUILDING: 1924 Dedication with President Coolidge
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
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
Dr. Harvey FinebergPresident, IOM
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
Estimated Total Expenditures of $247.3 million
Potential Funding, Various Sources
13%
Other, Private11%
Other, Federal6%
NRC Internal Funding
3%
Department of Commerce2%
NASA3%
Department of Defense13%
National Science
Foundation6%
Department of
Education1%
NAE Internal Funding
1%
Department of Energy2%
Department of Transportation26%
EPA3%
Department of Health & Human Services
7%
Ford Foundation
3%
PROGRAM SUPPORT BY SOURCE FOR FY2007
The National Academies
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
Behavior and DevelopmentBehavior and Development
GovernanceGovernance
EducationEducation
MeasurementMeasurement
Children & Families
Cognitive & Sensory
Human Factors
Science MathematicsTesting &
AssessmentTeachers
NationalStatistics
Evidence forUse
Key NationalIndicators
Global Change
Law &Justice
Population
DBASSE:Mission and Scope
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
Advancing the frontiers of the behavioral, social, and education sciences and their application to public policy.
DBASSE:Priority 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
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
16. Recom Dietary Allowances – 10th ed.
17. Introducing the NSES Booklet
18. Science, Medicine and Animals, 2nd ed.
19. Adviser Teacher Role Model Friend
20. Biodiversity—paper ed.
21. Vetiver: Thin Green Line Agnst Eros
22. Nutrition During Preg – Summary
23. Prud Prac Handling Chemicals Cloth
24. Nutrition During Lactation Summary
25. Nutrient Req Beef Cattle
26. Nutrient Req Dairy Cattle 5th ed
27. On the Shoulders of Giants
28. Teaching Evolution & the Nature of Science
29. The Hidden Epidemic: Summary
30. Designing Foods-Paper
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)
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
DBASSE Volunteer Participation*
NAS MembersNAS Members 30
NAE MembersNAE Members 2
IOM MembersIOM Members 13
Total AcademyTotal Academy 42
Non AcademyNon Academy 129
Total BoardTotal Board 174
% Academy Members
% Academy Members
24%
*January 2008
