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Falkenheim, Jaquelina C.; Alexander, Jeffrey M. – National Science Foundation, 2023
This report presents an overview of research and development (R&D) in science and engineering (S&E) fields performed at institutions of higher education in the United States, including historical trends and recent patterns. The report first examines the financing and performance of R&D at universities based on patterns in funding and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Science Education, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Goodall, Amanda – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2005
If the best universities in the world--who have the widest choice of candidates--systematically appoint top researchers as their vice chancellors and presidents, is this one form of evidence that, on average, better researchers make better leaders? This paper addresses the first part of the question: are they currently appointing distinguished…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Administration, Researchers, College Presidents
Finn, Michael G.; And Others – 1979
Presented are data on university researchers engaged in fossil fuel studies funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This information relates to research personnel whose projects were active during 1977 and/or 1978. Frequency and percentage tabulations delineate person-months of graduate student, faculty, and staff research inputs by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Energy, Financial Support, Graduate Students
Sherman, C. R.; And Others – 1981
The results of six studies concerning medical school faculty and clinical research personnel are presented. The studies concern: (1) career research productivity of physician faculty; (2) accession and attrition of medical school faculty who are recent physician graduates; (3) comparison of training programs for physician scientists; (4) the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Career Planning, Employment Projections, Faculty Mobility