Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to share the experience of Universiti Sains Malaysia in promoting the sustainable development agenda through its leadership role in the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Penang using an "inside-out approach". Design/methodology/approach: This paper describes the institutional structure, policies and…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the case of the cross-border RCE Rhine-Meuse established as the first Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development in Europe. RCE Rhine-Meuse is an initiative of two institutions of higher education in the South of The Netherlands, but reaching out to the German and…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to open up a discussion about the roles and responsibilities of universities in society. Design/methodology/approach: The vision of the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Skane a leading example on how to develop new knowledge about education for sustainable development (ESD) at all levels. The paper poses the…

This paper contains a mission statement and overview of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education's (NCRVE) agenda for 1993. The first part outlines the goals and programs of NCRVE's six research and development areas: the economic context of vocational education; the institutional context of vocational education; curriculum and…

The data in this report were compiled from the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) fiscal year 1992 Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges. They refer to science and engineering (S & E) expenditures for separately budgeted research and development, which include all funds expended for activities…

The chairman of the Committee on Labs and Centers, National Council on Educational Research, policymaking body for the National Institute of Education (NIE), states that education issues cannot be separated from questions of philosophy. Shared values represent an appropriate and useful utilization of taxpayer money at NIE. (MLF)

This seminar guide was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) to assist program administrators in accessing, understanding, judging, and using research for themselves and for their staff. Professional developers may want to use this seminar in place of a regularly scheduled meeting, such as a statewide…

This program was designed to prepare leaders in educational research and development. Its main features were attendance at credit and noncredit courses at the University of Wisconsin, the pursuit of personal research interests, and participation in activities of the Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning. The three specific…

This report covers the activities of the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) from October 1, 1967 through October 31, 1968, and indicates the major efforts projected for the future. Included in the report are descriptions of the Center's projects and activities, the new CSE approach, administrative functions and supporting services, its staff…

Discusses how, thus far, research and development throughout the new Bell system has faired well through the divestiture, but how the market imperatives on the new Bell Labs and their offspring may eventually affect the spending patterns on innovation. (JD)

The article describes activities of the Technology Assessment Program of Gallaudet Research Institute to serve the deaf community by focusing on consumers' needs, encouraging research and development, improving technology transfer and dissemination, and nurturing cooperation amid complexity. (DB)

The role of video technology in research and instruction with the deaf at Gallaudet University is described. Studies of sign language and deaf culture have made use of videotapes, various time-code devices numbering each frame, the split screen, the video printer, and videodiscs. (DB)

Research and development (R & D) have been a fundamental of the human performance technology heritage. This treatise is intended to refocus the profession on the importance of R & D, presenting a classification scheme of purposes, methods, and categories for embracing multiple views of R & D. (Author/JOW)

In the information age, Educational Technologists exist in complex, codependent organizations where the information age is demanding changes to our theory and praxis (Reigeluth, 2001). In this paper, the author argues that advanced leadership theory and practice can be used to characterize and design educational technology R&D, along with…

This document reports on federal Research and Development (R&D) funding trends for the last 10 years and explains the sources of Federal R&D revisions. The data are obtained from an annual census of approximately 30 federal agencies that report obligation data to the National Science Foundation Survey of Federal Funds for R&D. (YDS)