Author: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies...

The Earth's population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth...

The National Research Council's Roundtable on Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences held a 2-day workshop on January 15-16, 2015, in Washington, D...

In the past decade, a number of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions have begun to take significant steps to overhaul their juvenile justice syst...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2015-2030 strive for a world that is just, equitable, and inclusive, in which everyone receive...

Students who participate in scientific research as undergraduates report gaining many benefits from the experience. However, undergraduate research...

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend imp...

Children with disabilities and complex medical and educational needs present a special challenge for policy makers and practitioners. These childre...

The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to u...

Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been ac...

Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the constru...

The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...

Currently, many states are adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or are revising their own state standards in ways that reflect the...

Recent demographic trends in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region will shape the growth and age composition of its populations for decades...

In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and w...

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, p...

In February 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore options for expanding the Substance Abus...

Reliable and valid forensic science analytic techniques are critical to a credible, fair, and evidence-based criminal justice system. There is wide...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in 2010, has several provisions that could greatly improve the beha...

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated ...

Communities provide the context in which programs, principles, and policies are implemented. Their needs dictate the kinds of programs that communi...

The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainmentthe number of years a person spends in schoolstrongly predicts adu...

Skilled technical occupationsdefined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's de...

Living independently and participating in one's community are priorities for many people. In many regions across the United States, there are progr...