The university-connected research foundation is a separately incorporated unit that serves as a legal entity for administering sponsored research and related programs for a parent university. Fifty-seven organizations presently operating in this manner have been identified, and this study is a characterization and analysis of these organizations…

This booklet resulted from a survey of Canadian school board research units and from a seminar for school board research officers held in Toronto in May 1974. It explains what usually makes up a school board research unit and how a research unit typically relates to the staff and administrative organization of a school system. The 11 activities…

The encyclopedia, in ten volumes, is intended as a standard reference to all facets of education beyond secondary schooling. Its contents are in eight broad categories: (1) national systems of higher education in every country and territory in the world; (2) topical essays on major problems and issues, written with an international perspective;…

This book is a guide to seeking and obtaining funding for research from corporate industry sources. The process outlined in the book can be used by researchers of any discipline in any type of research institution. Part 1 discusses the key to getting industrial support, developing good interpersonal relationships with people in companies. Part 2…

This 11-chapter book is intended to explore the ways in which professional and vocational education and training (VET) can contribute toward building the emerging "knowledge society," particularly the ways in which the research and development community can take proactive steps to shape the emerging knowledge society. Part 1, on…