Questions the need for differentiation between doctor of education and doctor of philosophy degrees and the misassumption that doctoral study is primarily academic apprenticeship. Suggests refocusing on process as well as product and developing creative talent regardless of whether the doctoral candidates will be professional scholars or scholarly…

A participatory action research project (a minieconomy) raised the following issues: unpredictability of outcomes, degree of control over the agenda, understanding of what is meant by "research," and the struggle to engage in systematic reflection during the experience. (SK)

Explains aspects of an Internet gopher developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Standard Reference Data (SRD) program. The gopher lists SRD projects and data centers and enables users to find and contact the researchers associated with these projects. Delivery of scientific information is also discussed. (LRW)

Describes a report that attempts to connect student and faculty researchers with research topics that are important to environmental groups. The "Research Needs and Neglected Issues Report" includes a listing of suggested research topics and the names and addresses of people to contact for further information. (LZ)

Includes "Multicultural Issues in Adult Education: Where We've Come from, Where We Are Now, Where We're Going" (Ross-Gordon) and "Multiculturalism and Adult Education: Questions to Guide Our Research" (Merriam). (SK)

Presents the role of human resource development practitioners as organizational researchers. Describes a model for validating instruments, constructs, and strategies, based on communication theory. Cites common errors and issues in the validation of measurement and demonstrates uses of the heuristic validation model. (SK)

The Ethical Analysis Protocol is a set of questions on treatment of participants, research practices, and sociopolitical dimensions of research that can be used to elicit information about ethical assumptions, constraints, and implications of institutional research studies. They provide a framework for ethical analysis of an institutional research…

Examines peer review in the National Institutes of Health and in scholarly journals and discusses limitations--time, paperwork, subjectivity, limited resources, and increased instances of misconduct and unethical behavior. Suggests reforms: eliminate anonymity, use review specialists, have institutions monitor their own faculty, and conduct…

Examines the history of research on the teaching and learning of English as reflected in the 20-year history of the Promising Researcher Award. Focuses upon changes over time in the kinds of questions asked, topics addressed, conceptual frameworks employed, and methodologies used in the studies. Reveals a strong but shifting influence of…

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research. It is suggested that the method advocated is worthwhile, modifiable for other disciplines, and should be read and discussed by scholars from many fields. (VWL)

Relationships between scientists and campus communicators are often poor because the two inhabit very different worlds. Bridging the gap depends on improving communication, which in turn can have far-reaching benefits for both. Efforts to reconcile the two worlds are essential. (MSE)

Increasing numbers of hospitals and medical centers employ clinical nurse researchers. Nursing doctoral programs can prepare graduates for this role with courses in philosophy and ethics; research methods, statistics, and measurement; grantsmanship; and information dissemination. (SK)

Focuses on the methods being used to examine processes of innovation development that pertain to the selection of cases and concepts, observing change, coding and analyzing event data to identify process patterns, and developing theories to explain observed innovation processes. (42 references) (MLF)

Makes the case for teacher research in the academy. Hopes that English department faculty will become willing and active coconstructors of connections between the work of sociolinguists and their own worlds. Suggests that teaching at any level is fundamentally about worlds and stories in contact--worlds which are made and remade through language.…

Introduces a set of companion essays that examine reviews as a mode of inquiry. Explores the practice and outcomes of reviews in their political and conceptual contexts as research methodology and considers what a review is, what it reveals, who benefits from a review, and the actions implied by review findings. (SLD)