Meeting 6

Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences
December 13, 2000 - December 14, 2000
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.

Agenda:

DECEMBER 13, 2000

1:30 – 2:30 Presentation

New Board Initiatives on Minority High Achievement

Dr. Anthony Jackson

Accelerating Minority Educational Advancement

L. Scott Miller, author of An American Imperative

DECEMBER 14, 2000

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 Introduction of Raynard Kington, Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH

9:15 Presentation

New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach
Report from the Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social
Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health.
Study Director, Christine Hartel

10:15 AM Break

10:30 Response from OBSSR, Dr. Kington

11:00 National Science Foundation/Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science 2003 Initiative

Miron Straf, NRC and NSF

12:00 Lunch

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Closed Session

Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:

Anne Petersen (chair)
Linda Burton
Eugene Emory
Rochel Gelman
Anthony
Jackson
Peter Lennie
Marcia Linn
Elissa Newport
Charles Plott
Edward
Smith
James Stigler
John Swets
Esther Thelen
Richard Thompson
William Yost

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Current Projects under the Board
NRC in the 21st Century
New Project Initiatives and Sources of Funding
Information and Decisions in Markets
Future BBCSS Planning and Membership

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Board Roster
Prospectuses for possible future projects
List of CBASSE Publications

Summary of the Millenium Conference