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Direct linkSalomaa, Maria; Caputo, Andrea – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
Universities of applied sciences (UAS) have a strong mandate to carry out research, development and innovation (RDI) activities in collaboration with local stakeholders. Geographical proximity is one of the key factors for the creation and success of RDI activities because of the positive balance between costs and benefits of local knowledge…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Research and Development, Innovation, Institutional Mission
Ramiel, Hemy – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
This article analyzes the intersection between neo-liberal educational reforms and educational technology in the Israeli education system, through a study of the policy work of an edtech research and development unit in Israel named MindCET, which operates a startup accelerator and other activities and programs. Based on ethnographic research from…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Correlation
Buckley, Anthony Paul; Davis, Stephen – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
Start-up incubators are one of a number of micropolicy interventions used by states to support their technology entrepreneurs. Since 2000, the number of incubators in the United States has almost trebled while that in Europe has more than doubled. This article outlines the challenges involved in attempting to evaluate the contribution of the…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Universities, Entrepreneurship, Technology
Lenihan, Helena – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2011
Given that most economies are now in recession, policymakers are looking to small firms to act as engines of economic growth; this has led to a revived interest in the role of enterprise policy. The "new" enterprise policy is systemic, promoting and shaping externalities and capabilities. At its core are R&D, innovation and education. It…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Program Evaluation, Models, Logical Thinking
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2016
The creation of this document has been driven by an intensive review process by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs to assure the credibility of its scientific content. Over the past 12 years, the Council's ongoing work to bring science to bear on public policies for…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Public Policy, Child Development, Young Children
Besharov, Douglas J.; Williams, Heidi – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Innovation inducement prizes have been used for centuries. In the United States, a recent federal policy change--the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010--clarified and simplified a path by which all federal agencies can offer innovation inducement prizes, thus intensifying interest in how government agencies can most effectively design…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Innovation, Incentive Grants, Rewards
Ramstad, Elise – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: During the past decade new types of broader networks that aim to achieve widespread effects in the working life have emerged. These are typically based on an interactive innovation approach, where knowledge is created jointly together with diverse players. At the moment, the challenge is how to evaluate these complex networks and learning…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Innovation, Learning Processes, Evaluation Methods
Download full textFrechtling, Joy A., Ed. – 1995
Papers in this collection explore alternative and nontraditional approaches to evaluation. They provide options, speculations, and propositions that affect each thinker's ideas on how to trace the impact of National Science Foundation-supported programs. Organized around a central theme of footprints as evidence of a program's impact, the papers…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Information Dissemination, Innovation
Klein, Susan – 1997
The leadership role of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in developing a System of Expert Panels to identify and share promising and exemplary products, programs. and practices is discussed. The System of Expert Panels should enable the Federal government to help the public learn about replicable research and development…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Federal Government, Government Role
HAMMOND, ROBERT L. – 1967
A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF INNOVATIONS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS. RECOGNIZING THIS NEED, A TEAM OF EDUCATORS DEVELOPED AN APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF EVALUATION THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF A MODEL. THE FIRST STEP IN THIS EVALUATION PROCESS IS TO BEGIN WITH A SINGLE SUBJECT AREA OF THE CURRICULUM. SECONDLY,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Evaluation, Innovation, Inservice Education
ROGERS, CHARLES H.; SCARBOROUGH, C. CAYCE – 1966
TWENTY-FIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION ATTENDED A SEMINAR WHERE THE OBJECTIVES WERE -- (1) TO STIMULATE THE INITIATION OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, (2) TO ASSIST LOCAL OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN PLANNING SUCH…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs, Educational Resources, Experimental Programs
Evans, Rupert N. – 1979
Federal support for research in vocational education dates from the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917. However, only one substantial study of vocational education research has been undertaken. In 1974, the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council was awarded funds from the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education for a two-year examination…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
