Home arrow Meetings & Activities arrow Policy Statements
Council of Scientific Society Presidents | Friday, 03 September 2010
Main Menu
Home
Welcome
Ensuring Health of Sci.
CSSP in Washington
Officers and Board
Meetings & Activities
Annual Awards
Alumni Network
Member Links
Newsletter
Sitemap
Contact
Items of Interest
Science Is Fun
General Science Links
Commentary
Leadership Development
Ethics
Public Policy & People
Science Careers
Science News
Loading...
Login Form





Lost Password?
No account yet? Register
Browser Prefs
Add to Favorites
Make Home Page
Downloads
 
 
 
Policy Statements PDF Print E-mail
The Council regularly adopts policy statements recommended by its Committees on issues of importance to the scientific community. Recent CSSP policy statements deal with such issues as:

 educomte_0029_160x100.jpg
CSSP Committee on Math & Science Education creates unified positions on math education and teaching evolution in K-12 schools
 
  Image
Sustainable Water
        Quality and Quantity (65K)
 
 govmtcomte_0124_160x100.jpg
CSSP Committee seeks strategy to rebuild science bridges across the oceans after visa restrictions curtail free flow of scientists into USA



 

 

  • Defining well-qualified teachers of science and mathematics; pdf file (46K)
  • Sustainable water quality and quantity; pdf file (65K)
  • Alternative energy sources needed to mitigate environmental impact and ensure energy security; pdf file (119K)
  • Teaching evolution in science classes; pdf file (117K)
  • Science and mathematics education; pdf file (64K)
  • Federal research and education budget;
  • University-based research; pdf file (58K)
  • Responsible conduct of science;
  • Merit review of federally supported science projects;
  • Unimpeded exchange of scientific information;
  • Minority participation in scientific careers;
  • Appropriate use of animals in research;
  • International scientific cooperation; pdf file (49K)
  • Magnifying public science literacy;
  • Intellectual property rights;
  • Future energy sources;
  • Sustainable biosphere;  pdf file (11kb)
  • Directions for 21st century science;
  • Health effects of low level ionizing radiation;
  • Impacts and implications of frontier bioscience.

 

Image
International Science Committee and N. Neureiter, First
Science Advisor to the Secretary of State, try to resolve issues

 

Policy statements are conveyed to appropriate individuals and organizations via correspondence, Internet, newsletters, conferences, oral testimony, or other means.

 

 

Image
Energy Policy brings
contentuous debate
to a conclusion

Image
Science & Math Education
Committee discuss major issues

Image
Ethical & Social Issues in Science
led by Co-Chairs K. Melson (AAFS)
and J. Lauderdale (ASAS)
wrestle with design of a universal
code of ethics for science research

 

 
[ Back ]