Article describes some of the experiences pertaining to the management of a highly localized research unit, specifically, the Educational Program Management Center which is located within the Faculty of Educational Development in the College of Education at Ohio State. (Author/MB)

Authors describe how deficiencies resulting from isolation have been met through the development of an organization called Grand Rapids Public Schools-Western Michigan University Center for Educational Studies. (Authors/MB)

This document examines the policy issue of balance between the National Institute of Education's (NIE) role in directing research and development projects and that of field-initiated efforts in the educational R/D & I field. The issue is approached from a systems analysis view: NIE's mission (grouped into research, development,…

Australian education and training and vocational education and training (VET) research are in a state of crisis. Both the higher education and VET sectors are now squeezed and subject to contradictory objectives, multiple accountabilities, heightened expectations, and diminished resources in an environment of uncertainty and frustration. The…