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The Pilot Years: The Growth of the NACUBO Benchmarking Project.
Kempner, Daphne E.; Shafer, Barbara S. – Business Officer, 1993
The first years of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) pilot project to collect benchmark data on college costs and service levels are discussed, focusing on lessons learned, needs identified, current use of the results, and the project's place in the association's long-term research plan. (MSE)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, College Administration, Data Collection, Databases
Evaluating Research Productivity.
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Zamarripa, Edward – SRA Journal, 1995
A survey of 49 university and other research administrators investigated attitudes concerning research productivity and measures to assess it. Results are compared with those of an earlier survey of research scientists, including a rank-order comparison of the relative importance of a number of productivity measures. Implications for demonstrating…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Effort Reporting Alternatives.
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Selby, Stephen E. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1982
The Office of Management and Budget's new alternatives for reporting an institution's activities under federal grants are outlined and explained, and possible implementation problems with each alternative are suggested. Options discussed include personnel activity reporting, monitored workload, multiple certification, and statistical sampling.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Compliance (Legal), Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
Organizational Models and Staffing Responsibilities for Sponsored Projects Office.
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Rodman, John A. – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1983
Issues in organizing and staffing research administration offices are outlined. Four models are presented for small, medium, and large centralized offices, and for a large decentralized office. Standard job descriptions are given for director, budget specialist, proposal development officer, information specialist, preaward grants specialist, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Centralization, College Administration
Management Information Systems for Faculty Allocations in Institutions of Higher Education: A Case Study for the Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Karadima, Oscar – 1983
The transformation of the present manual system of data manipulation at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile into a computer-based information system capable of supporting decision making is proposed. The information system would be used to determine the number of faculty required by each academic department, based on the number of weekly hours…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction
Management for Research in U.S. Universities.
Woodrow, Raymond J. – 1978
A distinction is made between management for research and management of research. The former refers to the provision of a nourishing climate, sound policies supporting services of various kinds, financial systems, and organizational arrangements that will help research to flourish in a university. It exists to support the management of research, a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Ancillary School Services, College Administration