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Vlk, Aleš; Fojt, Otakar; Stanzel, Jirí – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2020
The purpose of our contribution is to discuss shortcomings of purely descriptive quantitative evaluation of research policies -- based either on inputs (public investment, number of researchers), or outputs (publications, EU grants, number of patents). To give an example, we compare selected indicators across Visegrad countries in the period…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Research and Development, Input Output Analysis, Investment
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Hou, Chunguang; Fan, Peilei; Du, Debin; Gui, Qinchang; Duan, Dezhong – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
The knowledge production capacity of a country depends not only on its internal innovation factors, but also on its 'social capital' in the global network. International student mobility networks have become an important component of social capital that affects a country's knowledge production capacity. This study combines the social network…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Study Abroad, Social Capital
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Brint, Steven; Carr, Cynthia E. – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2017
Extending and expanding Geiger and Feller's (1995) analysis of increasing dispersion in R&D expenditures during the 1980s, the paper analyzes publication and citation counts as well as R&D expenditures for 194 top producers using Web of Science data. We find high and stable levels of inequality in the 1990s and 2000s, combined with robust…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Universities, Research and Development, Expenditures
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Wells, Xanthe E.; Foster, Nigel; Finch, Adam; Elsum, Ian – Journal of Research Administration, 2017
Sufficient and state-of-the-art research equipment is one component required to maintain the research competitiveness of a R&D organisation. This paper describes an approach to inform more optimal allocation of equipment expenditure levels in a large and diverse R&D organisation, such as CSIRO. CSIRO is Australia's national science agency,…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Research and Development, Equipment, Expenditures
Wagner, James W. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2020
This report is the seventh publication in a series of informational briefings developed as part of "The Guardians Initiative: Reclaiming the Public Trust," an effort to educate and engage trustees as advocates on key issues in higher education. The report shows how academic research generates technological, educational, and cultural…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Trustees, Advocacy
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2009
Obtaining more federal funds is the expressed research goal in "Closing the Gaps by 2015." It states: By 2015, increase the level of federal science and engineering research and development obligations to Texas institutions to 6.5 percent of obligations to higher education institutions across the nation. In 2006, Texas institutions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Cancer, Engineering
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Trochim, William M.; Marcus, Stephen E.; Masse, Louise C.; Moser, Richard P.; Weld, Patrick C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
Over the past few decades there has been a rise in the number of federally funded large scientific research initiatives, with increased calls to evaluate their processes and outcomes. This article describes efforts to evaluate such initiatives in one agency within the U.S. federal government. The authors introduce the Evaluation of Large…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Scientific Research, Peer Evaluation, Logical Thinking
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1988
Japan's postwar research and development (R&D) efforts have passed through several phases to bring the nation to what may be called "relative parity" with the United States. This document examines the characteristics of Japanese and U.S. R&D efforts. Topics compared include: national science resource patterns; science and…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, College Science, Comparative Analysis
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1975
Presents statistics for the distribution of research and development funds and manpower in industry, universities and colleges, other nonprofit organizations, and the Federal government. (MLH)
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Higher Education
Biggar, Ronald; Hoehn, James – 1975
This study contains analyses of trends in the level of university research and development expenditures in the sciences and engineering from 1964 through 1973. The report is divided into three main sections: (1) current research and development expenditures in the sciences and engineering; (2) capital expenditures for research, development, and…
Descriptors: Colleges, Expenditures, Financial Support, Higher Education
Biggar, Ronald S.; Hoehn, James B. – 1976
The National Science Survey of Scientific Activities of Institutions of Higher Education, the subject of this report, is designed to provide national statistics that cast light on these issues. Through analyses of the data, a better picture is purported to be produced on the impact of Federal policy in support of scientific endeavors. The report…
Descriptors: Colleges, Expenditures, Financial Support, Higher Education
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1978
Cites a National Science Foundation (NSF) Report, "Science and Technology: Annual Report to the Congress," for evidence that the United States remains the major technological power in the world. (CP)
Descriptors: Economic Status, Expenditures, Exports, Financial Support
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1975
Presented is a summary of the Research and Development (R&D) expenditures of state public institutions for the fiscal year 1973. A comparison is presented in graph form of these expenditures for the fiscal years 1964, 1968, and 1973. A review, with comparison figures, is given related to distribution of R&D expenditures of state government…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Federal Aid, Newsletters, Research
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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1981
Based upon the findings of a National Science Foundation (NSF) survey of 1980 Industrial Research and Development, this report presents highlights and summaries of statistical data for: (1) total research and development (R&D) funds for 1980; (2) R&D by source of funds; (3) R&D funds as a percent of net sales; (4) energy-related…
Descriptors: Energy, Engineers, Expenditures, Financial Support
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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1981
Highlights of "Research and Development in Industry, 1979" are presented in this report, including summaries on total research and development (R&D) funds, federal and industrial funds, funding for applied and basic R&D, energy R&D, and R&D scientists and engineers. (SK)
Descriptors: Engineers, Expenditures, Federal Aid, Financial Support
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