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

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

Thank you

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