Citing the need for more research and research training in counselor training programs, this article presents the development of an interuniversity research team that addressed factors related to research productivity, as well as a preliminary evaluation of this innovative method of enhanced research training. (JPS)

Great controversy has arisen out of Department of Defense funded projects at Stanford. Many students and faculty believe that militaristic research has no place on a college campus, in spite of protest that the research is of civilian value as well. (HS)

Describes potential areas for service-learning research involving older adults. Provides methodological recommendations intended to address such issues as recruitment, retention, and randomization of participants; appropriateness of assessment tools; student training in research methods; and treatment of topics such as sexuality. (Contains 46…

This report is one of a series of papers on policy alternatives commissioned by the California Legislature's Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. Most of the papers are directed toward synthesis and analysis of existing information and perspectives on the role of research in California. Topics cover the categories of research…

Use of the results of investigator-initiated research in dental health services policy and administration, and the relationship between the researcher and decision making or implementation based on his findings, are examined. (MSE)

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program was established more than 30 years ago, and 10 RELs have been working at school sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories since 1985. The labs work on regional and national education issues, applying what they learn from their own and others' research and development…

The role of industry in the planning and management of research is discussed. It is suggested that university research should be ahead of industry and industry should not try to influence academic programs in the basic sciences. (Author/SF)

The monograph grew out of the Critical Issues Conference sponsored by the Ontario Council for Leadership in Educational Administration (OCLEA). At the one-day conference, 57 researchers and practitioners discussed the ten major areas of research and development needs. These areas, identified in advance of the conference, were leadership and…

This paper summarizes a May 1972, study of the relationship between teaching and research in seventeen University of Washington departments. The study sought correlations among the following: (1) Research reputation, measured by departments' ratings in the most recent American Council on Education's rating of Graduate Programs. (2) Departmental…

The dissemination activities through which college admissions officers heard about Project CHOICE, a three-year project to help colleges improve the information they provided to prospective students, were investigated. The study involved determining how well various dissemination methods (newsletter, journal articles, conference presentations,…

Presents some findings and recommendations of the University of Tennessee's research into ways of improving the management of large scale interdisciplinary research projects as part of the Research Management Improvement Program. (Author/AM)

Describes the activities, goals, and benefits of the Regional Program for Nursing Research Development, a regional approach to stimulating clinical nursing research, conducted under the auspices of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (Division of Nursing). (TA)

"A Study of Climatological Research as It Pertains to Intelligence Problems," supplied by the CIA to the President's Domestic Council in August 1974, may turn out to be the impetus needed to launch a major publicly funded research initiative. It was prompted by a University of Wisconsin (Institute for Environmental Studies) study on…

Issues in technology transfer of inventions created through federally-funded, university-based research are reviewed, and the role of the Patent and Trademarks Amendments Act of 1980 in changing the presumption of title is discussed. (MSE)

The role of state government in university-industry research cooperation should be expanded. It is the states' responsibility, more than the federal government's, to foster effective and expeditious use of scientific and engineering resources in relation to the civilian economy, and the states must foster organizational arrangements to support…