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Solorzano, Daniel G. – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
This chapter recounts the story of how I came to design a Research Apprenticeship Course at UCLA--what we call the RAC. I lay out the origin story of the RAC dating back to early collaborations with Arturo Madrid of the Tomas Rivera Policy Research Center and the Ford Foundation Family of Fellows in the mid to late 1980s. These collaborations…
Descriptors: Student Research, Research Projects, Apprenticeships, Research Training
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Dove, Edward S.; Douglas, Cristina – Research Ethics, 2023
While ethical norms for conducting academic research in the United Kingdom are relatively clear, there is little empirical understanding of how university research ethics committees (RECs) themselves operate and whether they are seen to operate well. In this article, we offer insights from a project focused on the Scottish university context. We…
Descriptors: Ethics, Universities, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes
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Leibowitz, Brenda; Naidoo, Kibashini – Education as Change, 2017
In the South African higher education context, which is fraught with inequities and where many feel uncomfortable, the focus on socially just pedagogies and the positioning of teachers in relation to this is not just timeous and relevant, but crucial. In this article we share what we believe a posthumanist view has to offer researchers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning
John Zilvinskis; Louis Rocconi – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
The following case study describes a research project that used survey data from the National Survey of Student Engagement to examine the relationship between student engagement in higher education and institutional rank as reported by "U.S. News," "Forbes," and "Washington Monthly." The research article was presented…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Graduate Students, Researchers, College Students
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Rose, Linda P. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Many instructors teach courses that prepare students to do research individually or in teams. These instructors also supervise their students' research projects. Continuous and systematic use of action research principles can help instructors prepare for problems that may develop when students encounter unfamiliar issues at research sites due to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Methods, College Faculty, Research Projects
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Suyemoto, Karen L.; Kim, Grace S.; Tanabe, Miwa; Tawa, John; Day, Stephanie C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2009
In this article, the authors introduce a method of understanding the experiences and needs of Asian American students on college campuses through the research process. Specifically, the authors offer a students-as-researchers approach to connect the transformative educational aims of Asian American studies to the scholarship, service, and lived…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Campuses, Knowledge Level, Asian American Students
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Hernandez, Fernando; Sancho, Juana Maria; Creus, Amalia; Montane, Alejandra – Journal of Research Practice, 2010
This article shows part of the results of a research project: The Impact of Social Change in Higher Education Staff Professional Life and Work (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, SEJ2006-01876). The main aim of this project was to explore and understand how scholars establish a dialogue, resist, adapt themselves or adopt changes, in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Research Projects, Participatory Research
Houwing, J. F., Ed.; Kristjanson, A. M., Ed. – 1984
The 1984 inventory of research into higher education in Canada is presented. Descriptions are provided of about 260 projects that deal with research and practical developments in postsecondary education, its activities and characteristics. The projects, which are entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are grouped…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
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Houwing, J. F., Ed.; Kristjanson, A. M., Ed. – 1985
The 1985 inventory of research into higher education in Canada provides descriptions of 328 research, innovative, and experimental projects on postsecondary education in Canada. The projects, which are entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are grouped under six categories: general; administration, finance and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
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Houwing, J. F., Ed.; Kristjanson, A. M., Ed. – 1981
The 1981 edition of this annual inventory contains descriptions of about 350 research, innovative, and experimental projects concerned with postsecondary education in Canada that are in progress or have been completed during 1980. They represent work of researchers in universities, community colleges, educational organizations, and government…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students
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Houwing, J. F., Ed.; Kristjanson, A. M., Ed. – 1980
This eighth edition of the annual inventory of research on higher education in Canada contains descriptions of over 380 research, innovative, and experimental projects currently in progress or completed in 1979. The projects, entered in the language in which they were reported (English or French), are in six categories: general (accreditation,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Adult Education, College Administration
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). Ad Hoc Committee for Educational Documentation and Information. – 1975
In connection with the first simulation exercise of the Council of Europe's EUDISED project carried out in the field of research and development in education, national agencies were asked to provide 5-page reports on completed research and pilot projects. The Netherlands report covers 12 projects, providing for each the theme, project team,…
Descriptors: College Students, Documentation, Educational Development, Educational Programs
Lestinen, Leena – 1986
A catalogue in Finnish describes 80 research and 27 research and development (R&D) programs in the field of higher education that were completed or in progress in 1983-1984 in Finland. The introduction, abstract, titles of the research descriptions, and names of research institutes are translated into English. A brief review of higher…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
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