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Direct linkLitwin, Jeffrey M. – Tertiary Education and Management, 2009
A prestigious reputation is the primary success factor in higher education because it attracts resources necessary to sustain growth. Among research-intensive universities (RIUs), research performance is a key driver of institutional reputation. Achieving an accelerating rate of growth of research performance is the desired objective of all RIUs…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Universities, Reputation, Competition
Coleman, Toni; Matthews, Joan – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
Historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) have long struggled to compete with traditionally White institutions (TWIs) when it comes to breakthrough research. Of the 908 U.S. institutions that received National Science Foundation research funding in fiscal year 2005, only 72 were historically Black, and they took in $294.2 million in…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Competition, Research, Research Proposals
Fisher, Marvin – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this study focuses on Arizona's university research and economic development. There is concern that America is losing its competitive edge in the crucial areas of science and technology as fewer students study…
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Development, Educational Quality, Efficiency
Peer reviewedBell, Stephen – Journal of Higher Education, 1996
The development and enhancement of alliances among universities, industry, and government is widely seen as a prescription for strengthening the competitiveness of regional and national economies. The interaction of university and industrial scientists is examined, and whether the creation of Ontario's Centres of Excellence should serve as a model…
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Baer, Walter S. – 1977
Historically, universities have been the principal performers of basic research in the United States, but they are now joined by federal government laboratories, independent research centers, and industrial laboratories. This paper reviews the available data on issues concerning the distribution of R&D resources among cate- gories of research…
Descriptors: College Role, Competition, Contracts, Federal Aid
Bjork, Lars G. – 1984
Inter-organizational cooperation was investigated as one factor associated with the development of the University of New Mexico from an undergraduate teaching institution toward becoming a nationally-ranked graduate research university. A longitudinal, ethnohistorical study was undertaken for the 1967-1978 period. The qualitative research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Role, Competition
