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Lynch, Erin; Towns, Tangela; Allen, Louise – About Campus, 2021
The National Center for Educational Statistics (US Department of Education, 2016) reports enrollment in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has increased 36 percent since 1990, with the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPED) reporting 355,058 students enrolled in HBCUs compared to 260,381 in 1990. The growth of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Research and Development, Expenditures
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Noorhapizah; Amhar – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
It is believed that the significance of various factors like the availability of training in technical terms, research and development expenditure, and government scholarships play a major role in increasing the quality of education. This study has been carried out in order to analyze the detailed impact of various variables on the quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Correlation, Economic Factors
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Williams, Ross; de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jensen, Paul; Marginson, Simon – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2013
This paper evaluates the performance of national higher education systems in 48 countries as measured with 20 variables grouped under the four headings of Resources, Environment, Connectivity and Output. Rankings within each module are then combined into an overall ranking that is topped by the United States followed by Sweden, Canada, Finland and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
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Zhang, Liang; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
This study uses panel data to examine the relationship between faculty employment and external R&D expenditures at Research and Doctoral institutions over a 15-year period of time. On average, a 1% increase in the number of full-time faculty is associated with about 0.2% increase in total R&D expenditure. Further, a one percentage point increase…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Tenure, Research Universities, Research and Development
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Ferguson, W. Ker – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This empirical study investigates the hypothesized relationship between US federally funded university research and development (R&D) and its resulting economic impact, as measured by the level of licensing revenue generated by US universities. The author also examines the key operating statistics of the top-ten licensing income-producing…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Research and Development, Income, Technology Transfer
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Houbeck, Robert L., Jr. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses problems in academic research and their effects on libraries. Topics discussed include the trend toward rapid publication in the scientific fields; competition for academic research and development funding; the relationship between federal funding and publications; the role of libraries in the research process; and the role of vendors.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Faculty Publishing, Federal Aid