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Zoller, Frank A.; Zimmerling, Eric; Boutellier, Roman – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
The funding environment has a profound impact on researchers' behavior. In particular, it influences their freedom and readiness to conduct research ventures with highly uncertain outcomes. In this conceptual paper, we propose a concise new methodology to evaluate researchers' risk aversion based on citation statistics. The derived…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Researchers, Risk, Freedom
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Hardin, Andrew M.; Chang, Jerry Cha-Jan; Fuller, Mark A.; Torkzadeh, Gholamreza – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The use of causal indicators to formatively measure latent constructs appears to be on the rise, despite what appears to be a troubling lack of consistency in their application. Scholars in any discipline are responsible not only for advancing theoretical knowledge in their domain of study but also for addressing methodological issues that…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Measurement, Statistical Data, Meta Analysis
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Board of Governors. – 1978
The long range plan for the University of North Carolina system is the third edition of a plan initiated in 1976. The revised plan incorporates new information on and changes in the system and its programs: status reports on all new degree programs and program tracks previously authorized for planning; requests for authorization to plan new degree…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Objectives