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Frazier, William D., Comp. – 1972
This publication provides a descriptive report of 24 mini-grant proposals funded by the Oklahoma Research Coordinating Unit to secondary teachers and counselors. Each report includes: (1) the director(s) and title(s), (2) school affiliation, (3) school administrator, (4) estimated cost of the project, (5) summarization of activities, (6)…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Counselors, Curriculum Development
CHRISTENSEN, VIRGIL E. – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE 5-DAY SEMINAR WAS TO ASSIST RESEARCH COORDINATING UNIT PERSONNEL AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL LEADERS PLAN AND CONDUCT COMPREHENSIVE STATE PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. ITS SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO (1) DEVELOP A CONCEPT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL FOR ITS SUCCESS, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agriculture, Communication (Thought Transfer), Critical Path Method
THOMAS, ROBERT W. – 1966
A STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE UNIT AND A RESEARCH ACTIVITIES UNIT WERE THE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN PROBLEMS OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS. PROBLEM CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH WERE THE ACTIVITIES OF THESE TWO PROJECT COMPONENTS. THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Employment Opportunities
Radnor, Michael; And Others – 1976
This document examines the policy issue of balance between the National Institute of Education's (NIE) role in directing research and development projects and that of field-initiated efforts in the educational R/D & I field. The issue is approached from a systems analysis view: NIE's mission (grouped into research, development,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Research, Institutional Cooperation, Institutional Role
Tuppy, Hans – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1979
Recent tendencies that are likely to endanger free and creative research in Austria are discussed. It is suggested that the danger to free, autonomous research may stem from negligence of the state to provide an adequate organizational framework for research. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Constitutional Law, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Melnick, Rob – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
Public-policy centers and institutes are a growing, visible part of many universities. A cross between think tanks and academic units that provide public service, they focus on policy research and facilitation of public discourse. A national survey reveals faculty's role in their work, the applied multidisciplinary nature of their activities, and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Faculty, College Role, Higher Education
Wiewel, Wim; Broski, David – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
The Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois, Chicago is a high-visibility urban-policy research center that is sometimes drawn into controversial issues. University leadership must defend academic freedom vigorously, but that freedom cannot be used indiscriminately for faculty pronouncements; faculty and administrators must ensure…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Agency Role, College Faculty, College Role
DeGrove, John M.; Matthews, M. J. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1999
For 27 years the Florida Atlantic University Florida International University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems has made major contributions to issues associated with rapid urbanization in southern Florida. Maintaining political support, both in the community and within the two universities, has been crucial to sustaining…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Environmental Research, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
BAIRD, PHILIP G.; CAMPBELL, ROBERT A. – 1966
CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, ORGANIZED LABOR, HIGHER EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TOTALED 160. THEIR OBJECTIVES WERE--(1) TO IDENTIFY NEEDED AREAS OF ATTENTION AND CRITICAL ISSUES FACING VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ILLINOIS, (2) TO SUGGEST…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Cooperation, Conference Reports, Coordination
PECK, ROBERT L.
THE WORK OF THE TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, A LONG-TERM PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATION, AND DISSEMINATION, WAS DESCRIBED. THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION WAS ALSO DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THE SETS OF FACTORS IN TEACHING BEHAVIOR AND CHILD LEARNING WHICH THE CENTER IS UNDERTAKING TO STUDY. THE CENTER IS ALSO CONDUCTING…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Information Dissemination, Research and Development Centers
Cox, John A. – 1969
Procedures and machinery were developed for a statewide, 5-year follow-up of high school and post-secondary vocational students for quality and cost effectiveness analysis purposes. The system calls for specific information about the student to be gathered while he is in school by means of a Student Exit Form. Information is accumulated on…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Expenditures, Followup Studies, High School Graduates
Brown, Paul B. – 1969
This final report of the Louisiana Vocational Research and Development Coordinating Unit covers the period August 1, 1966 through August 31, 1969. The following subjects are discussed: summary of project, major activities and accomplishments during the period, problems, significant findings and events, dissemination of activities, capital…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Problems, Educational Research, Equipment
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Anderson, Joe – Higher Education, 1994
Foresight analysis is proposed as an alternative to strategic planning in the scientific community, and its use by individual funding agencies to develop research resource allocation strategies for specific scientific fields is explored through an analysis in the field of cardiovascular research. Methodology is explained, and preliminary results…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Medical Research
Wiske, Martha Stone – 1989
This paper analyzes the process of collaborative research at Harvard University's Educational Technology Center, focusing on the conflicts or tensions that reveal differences in the cultures of schools and universities. It clarifies differences between schools and universities in tacit assumptions and values, in customary language and norms, and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Clemmons, Jesse Stewart – 1975
The summary describes a study comparing the perceptions of Research Coordinating Unit Directors (RCUDs) at various administrative levels and State Directors of Vocational Education (SDVEs) regarding the roles and objectives of the RCUs in the various States. Roughly 90% of the respective samples responded to mailed questionnaires. The data…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Role, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Administration
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