Potential opportunities for shared research often centered on the expertise of a single person who had a track record of such work; as the development of research studies typically requires more than one year, it is not surprising that initial efforts aimed at fostering collaborative research focused on persons with significant pre-existing experience in research.
Initial efforts were directed towards creating a negative image of pre-war Poland, and later efforts were aimed at fostering anti-Soviet, antisemitic, and pro-German attitudes.
Results showed that all three conditions were equally effective at fostering learning, near transfer, effort reduction, self-efficacy, and perceived competence.
The high court had just ruled that race is a legitimate factor in admissions policies aimed at fostering campus diversity ( Science, 27 June, p. 2012), a stance that many took as a vote of confidence in their efforts, too.
The programmes aim at fostering self-management.
China's leaders have been criticized -- quietly at home and openly by health experts abroad -- for their initial efforts to conceal the extent of SARS, thus hampering control efforts and fostering the disease's global spread.
A minister on Chicago's West Side told me that when he began preaching there 10 years ago, his congregation scoffed at his efforts to foster matrimony.
The evening, which starts at 6, will raise money for the organization's efforts to foster fair and accurate coverage of gay men and lesbians.
Its efforts to foster peace with Palestinians are ignored.
