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Taghavi, Mona; Taghavi, Hamed; Taghavi, Milad – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: Due to the increased research funding which academic institutions receive to perform advanced R&D, there is an indispensable need to have a systematic approach for selecting competent academicians capable of leading such projects. This paper aims to propose an approach to develop a system for Research Project Leadership Stipulation in…
Descriptors: Leadership, Research Universities, Research Projects, Comparative Analysis
Kearns, Peter; Papadopoulos, George – 1993
This report reviews the research and development (R&D) structures and practices for vocational education, training, and employment in the United States, Germany, France, Sweden, and England. The organization and management of each country's R&D system as well as R&D agendas and priorities are analyzed. General observations and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Bruce, Bertram C.; Levin, James A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1997
Describes a new way of classifying uses of educational technologies based on a four-part division: inquiry, communication, construction, and expression. This taxonomy is compared to previous taxonomies of educational technologies. The utility of the taxonomy is tested by using it to classify "advanced applications of technologies"…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Educational Technology
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Sendov, Blagovest – Higher Education in Europe, 1984
Relationships between the higher education institutions of the USSR and Bulgaria and their respective academies of sciences with regard to the conduct of scientific research are discussed. Focus is on the need for contact and exchange between the two kinds of institutions. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Role, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Groth, Randall H.; And Others – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
Application of a multidimensional measure of university research activity, the Research Activity Index (RAI), is described and compared to the more common use of research and development expenditures as a criterion of activity. The RAI incorporates seven expenditure variables, three graduate-student-related variables, and a research library…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures
Cartter, Allan M.; Ruhter, Wayne E. – 1975
This investigation of first-time job placement of new PhD's was based on data from the National Research Council's doctorate record files and analyzed through the development of a new quality rating scheme that separates colleges and universities into 12 groups. An analysis of the percentages of new women doctorates in research, postdoctoral work,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Smith, Henry Lee, Jr.; Sustakoski, Henry J. – 1968
The Buffalo English Linguistics Project was planned as a controlled experiment testing the comparative effectiveness of two general approaches to English language study on the secondary school level--the traditional and the linguistic. Paired groups of high school English classes matched on the basis of grade level and socio-economic criteria were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Instructional Materials
Ashton, Arthur B.; Leslie, Larry L. – Business Officer, 1986
A national study of university research activities resulted in a ranking of institutions based on factors other than dollar funding for research, including numbers of scientific personnel and students involved, research facilities and equipment in use, research degrees awarded, library research resources, and changes in institutional conditions.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equipment, Expenditures, Facilities
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Payson, Steven; Jankowski, John E., Jr. – 1996
This volume analyzes data from a National Science Foundation survey on the financial and human resources devoted to research and development (R&D) in the United States, and compares U.S. performance to that of other nations. After some general notes about National Science Foundation surveys and performer-reported bases, the text: (1)…
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Expenditures
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Kinsella, Janet; Bryant, Philip – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews recent and current research and development projects in the United Kingdom dealing with online information systems. Main areas of research (systems design, impact on user behavior and organizational structure, ergonomics and bibliographic factors) and research techniques (features analysis, transaction log analysis, surveys and comparative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1982
Statistical data on research and development (R&D) expenditures from the 1980 Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges are presented. Information was obtained from 514 schools and 19 federally funded R&D centers. In order to provide national totals for academic R&D expenditures, estimates were made…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Engineering, Environmental Research
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Van de Kaa, Dirk J. – Higher Education, 1994
It is suggested that, in the Netherlands' system of resource allocation for research, there is subtle and powerful pressure for consensus. Changes in science policy orientation since the 1960s are traced, and the current framework for policy formation, planning, and decision making is sketched. Three peer review models are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conformity, Decision Making, Democratic Values
Sutphin, H. Dean, Ed. – 1989
This document includes abstracts of research and development projects dealing with agricultural education that were completed in the United States between September 1, 1987, and August 31, 1988. A total of 185 research abstracts are included (71 master's papers or theses, 44 doctoral dissertations, and 70 staff studies. Thirty institutions from 27…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agriculture