Organized research units--also known as centers, institutes, and laboratories--are increasingly prominent in the university. This paper examines how ORUs emerge to promote global agendas and international collaborations in an academic health center in North America. The roles these units play in helping researchers work across institutional and…

This booklet consists of introductory statements to prospective students in the University of Nairobi's Postgraduate Diploma in Curriculum Development Program, and provides an outline of the course content of the nine month program. The course is divided into three phases: correspondence, residential, and field work. During the correspondence…

This report contains the findings of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, FY 1977. The survey was mailed to 539 universities and colleges including all graduate-degree-granting institutions and all others that spent $50,000 or more for R&D activities. Estimates made…

The application of a theory combining research and teaching is examined as it has been applied in Poland, considering practical experience, policy issues, research funding, traditional university structure and attitudes, and administrative innovations such as the research institute. (MSE)

Supports the contention that current attempts to improve the quality of university instruction represent meagre efforts due to insufficient commitment, and a lack of resources, both in finances and in personnel. (AM)

Data on funding and manpower are gathered by means of a series of surveys that cover the different performance sectors. This study combines data for 1973 from reports covering state agency expenditures for research and development and a series covering all institutions of higher education expenditures. This joint consideration of state agency and…

Activities undertaken in four program divisions and in governance and administration within the University of Mid-America are reviewed in this progress report. The four divisions are research and evaluation, academic planning, course design and production, and marketing. In each section the program actions taken are enumerated, along with the…

The Center for Learning and Development (CLD) at McGill University offers services and support to faculty in matters of course design, development, and evaluation. It serves as a resource center providing literature, consultations, and workshops on new developments in educational theory. CLD members research contemporary issues in education, and…

In the third of four articles concentrating on six basic weaknesses in campus-based teacher education programs, the problems of inadequate research and development activities and ineffective admissions standards are discussed. (CJ)

In an effort to obtain systematic information concerning environmentally-oriented instruction and research programs at state universities, the Council on Research Policy and Administration of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges developed a questionnaire for this purpose. The objectives were to obtain information…

An analysis of the massive amount of literature pertaining to the improvement of professional instruction in dental education resulted in the formation of a comprehensive model of 10 categories, including Delphi technique; systems approach; agencies; workshops; multi-media, self-instruction; evaluation paradigms, measurement, courses, and…

Centers and offices that promote the improvement of learning and teaching in higher education are presented in this annotated version of the directory of pedagogical services in Canadian universities and colleges. The introductory section examines: (1) establishment of pedagogical services, (2) goals and objectives of the services that center on…

This article attempts an analysis of the present-day French university system and an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of the educational reforms which have been instituted since the upheaval of May 1968. Educational legislation relevant to the new directions in the French universities is discussed, as well as the organization of the…

Illustrated are the roles of teachers, learners, administrators, and a research unit in changing policies and practices on assessment in a university. A case study is used and organizational theory and the participant-observer approach are drawn upon. The Australian National University is the subject. (MSE)

A project undertaken at Macquarie University's National Centre for Language Teaching and Research (Australia) focuses on the literacy development of adult learners from non-English speaking backgrounds. The project draws on systemic-functional linguistics and work in literacy that derives from this theory. Systemic linguistics provides a theory of…