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Download full textNSF 75-311, 1975
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…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Expenditures, Higher Education, Research
Peer reviewedRip, Arie – Higher Education, 1994
Analysis of the role of research councils and the awarding of research grants suggests that they have become part of the reward system of the scientific community. It is proposed that research councils must become entrepreneurial, seeking both resources and a role in strategic networks, or face obsolescence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Economic Climate, Educational Change, Entrepreneurship
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1993
High-performance computing refers to the use of advanced computing technologies to solve highly complex problems in the shortest possible time. The federal High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative of the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA) attempts to accelerate availability and use of high performance computers and networks.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1971
Functions of the Center for Computer Sciences and Technology (CCST), a national center for computer research and development for the United States government, are described. CCST provides computer and related services to the National Bureau of Standards of which it is a part and to other government agencies on a cost-reimbursable basis. The Office…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Automation, Computer Assisted Instruction
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. National Council on Educational Research. – 1976
The National Council on Educational Research (NCER), and its parent organization, the National Institute of Education (NIE), were established by law in 1972. NCER functions as an advisory arm to NIE, by establishing general policies; recommending programs to strengthen educational research and to disseminate and implement research findings;…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
van der Klauw, C. F., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Information is presented concerning the European Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (EARDHE) and educational research and development occurring at the universities in the Netherlands. Additionally, perspectives on how university teachers in Hamburg, Germany, can improve their teaching methods are considered. The goals and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Assessment
