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Jerrams, Steve; Betts, Tony; Carton, Janet – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
Academic research is increasingly interdisciplinary, inter-institutional and international. In this context, creating and maintaining the balance in the nexus between research, teaching and learning and industry interaction is central to the operation and reputation of a university-level institute. In seeking sustainability, the perennial…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Metric System, Researchers, Research Administration
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Mintrom, Michael – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
How should universities manage their research function? Today, research-based knowledge is viewed widely as fundamental to economic advancement. As a result, universities everywhere are facing pressure to rethink their research activities. A general model of the research process is presented here. Linkages are drawn between that process, other…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Administration, Research and Development, Performance Factors
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. – 1986
The sympoisum was held to describe the roots and future plans of the Engineering Research Center's (ERC's) concept and program. The first section of this symposium compilation describes the national goals that the ERCs represent. The second section presents the point of view of the National Science Foundation on the ERCs--the concept behind them,…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Research Administration
Davey, Ken – Research File, 1996
Canadian university infrastructures have eroded as seen in aging equipment, deteriorating facilities, and fewer skilled personnel to maintain and operate research equipment. Research infrastructure includes administrative overhead, facilities and equipment, and research personnel including faculty, technicians, and students. The biggest erosion of…
Descriptors: Equipment, Facilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Palmer, David D.; And Others – Social Studies of Science, 1988
Examines the patterns of contracts between academic marine scientists and two kinds of federal funding agencies. Discusses the quality of working relationships, quality of academic marine scientific work, and dilemma of conflicting value systems. Finds that the scientists rate science-oriented agencies more favorably than society-oriented ones.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Federal Programs, Oceanography, Public Agencies
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Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Emphasizes the need of leadership and funding for undergraduate education in the National Science Foundation (NSF). Criticizes the current programs of NSF and suggests some ideas about the improvement of undergraduate education. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Federal Aid, Financial Needs, Financial Support
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div. – 1987
This report to the United States Senate deals with the systems and procedures used by various federal agencies to award research funds to universities and the resulting distribution of those funds. More specifically, it is intended to review previous studies of the relationship between the award process and distribution of federal research funds,…
Descriptors: Awards, College Science, Educational Finance, Federal Aid
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Wallerstein, Mitchel B., Ed.; Gould, Stephen B., Ed. – Issues in Science and Technology, 1987
Provides the statements of the representatives of five member countries of the Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Control (CoCom) regarding the dissemination of government-sponsored research. Includes textual statements from representatives of the United Kingdom, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the United States. (TW)
Descriptors: Confidential Records, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information, Government Role
Bond, Jennifer Sue – 1986
West Germany has traditionally excelled in science and technology. During the past 20 years, it has increased its expenditures and personnel for research and development to the extent that it has now reached a level of research and development investment that is comparable to that of the United States. This document profiles West Germany's…
Descriptors: College Science, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Financial Support