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Natow, Rebecca S. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
For stakeholders who would like to see more research as a basis for educational policy, it is important to understand the prevalence of research use and the sources of the studies used by policymakers, as well as the factors that hinder research use in educational policymaking. Through an analysis of regulatory documents and interviews with 34 key…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Incidence
Monastersky, Richard – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
When a jury convicted a Tennessee professor this month of illegally exporting information to foreign countries via his graduate students and a trip to China, it sent a message to colleges that they need to scrupulously monitor their faculty members' research and their compliance with the often confusing universe of export-control regulations. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, International Trade, Federal Legislation
Cross, Christopher – 1979
Although the evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs was mandated with its passage in 1965, the emphasis on evaluation increased in 1974 with the incorporation of Section 151. That section was redesignated in 1978 as Section 183. Section 183 included the directive that evaluations be conducted every third year, to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Evaluation Needs, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Unlike other universities, the University of Arizona is ending a policy of direct commercialization of faculty research, citing new federal rules governing conflict of interest and institutional budget constraints as the reasons. The decision also follows a suit against the university concerning spinoff rights. Critics argue that the university…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty, Conflict of Interest
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Griswold, Carolyn P. – Review of Higher Education, 1999
A study explored constraints experienced by policy researchers working for the National Commission on Student Assistance, founded in 1980 to investigate federal student-aid policy. It analyzed how political changes limited the scope of research questions, influenced reporting of results, and reduced effects of research on policymaking. Findings…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Higher Education, Policy Formation
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Academe, 1984
In a statement of the American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, recently imposed government restraints on disclosure of academic research results are criticized as adding to already excessive restrictions, compromising academic freedom, and susceptible to executive manipulation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, College Role, Committees
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Opacinch, Cheryl – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1981
Points out federal influences on postsecondary education. Outlines the programmatic focus of federal postsecondary policy, lists the groups that influence policy making, and explains the policy-making process. Explores the usefulness of community college research for policy making and provides recommendations for increasing research utilization.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Shattuck, John – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
The text of a report written by a Harvard University administrator concerning federal regulation of the flow of research results addresses issues of prepublication review and research contract restraints, a trend toward increased security classification of information, imposition of export controls on research, and restrictions on foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Contracts, Disclosure
Weathersby, George B. – 1981
Federal and state roles in higher education and possible actions and priorities for the federal government with regard to research are considered. Federal sponsorship of research is directed to better inform policy-makers who share responsibilities for the national interest in higher education. Attention is directed to the following concerns:…
Descriptors: College Role, Educational Benefits, Educational Research, Federal Government
Baer, Walter S. – 1980
While there is general agreement that stronger university-industry interactions are desirable and in the public interest, these interactions are only means to other ends. The promotion of industrial innovation is the goal of most immediate interest to government, but closer links can also support regional economic development, improve research and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Exchange Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
Firestone, William A.; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1982
Focusing on the promotion of reform and knowledge use in school districts, this paper reports on data from a study investigating assistance and enforcement strategies adopted by three types of regional educational service agencies. Assistance in this context means provision of legal or program knowledge needed to operate successful programs.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Diffusion, Education Service Centers, Educational Change
Dailey, Ross; And Others – 1980
This curriculum guide is designed to prepare secondary school students for entry-level and career-level positions in the largest area of employment in distribution and marketing--retail merchandising. Developed for use in the twelfth grade competency cluster phase of New York State secondary marketing and distributive education program, this…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Competency Based Education, Distributive Education
Mikulecky, Larry – 2003
A review of current literature identifies three growing trends. First, there has been an increase in legislatively mandated accountability that requires taxpayer-funded education and research programs be demonstrated effective by "scientifically based research." To receive federal monies programs must emphasize quantitative,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Articulation (Education)
ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education, Bloomington, IN. – 1986
This compilation of 214 monograph abstracts by 109 researchers and practitioners from the United States and several foreign countries encompasses a broad range of topics in education. The monographs report on regulation and legalization in education, finance and cost models, education and labor markets, educational technology, governance, tuition…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Finance