March 9, 2001

The Wrong Rules for Social Science?

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Scholars say U.S. human-subjects protections, designed for medical studies, hinder vital work

Last August, Sean D. O'Laughlin was eager to wrap up his master's thesis in history at Illinois State University. He'd been at it for a year, and a master's degree would earn him a raise at the high school where he teaches history.

But just before he was to graduate, he found he had a big problem.

His thesis traced how the social-sciences curriculum had evolved between 1890 and

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