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Download full textLe Grew, Daryl – Vestes, 1984
University management is needed that is sensitive to the need for diversity; encourages autonomy among researchers; can communicate across the developing gap between management and researchers; and encourages both central, established research projects and more peripheral, exploratory ones. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Copas, Ernestine M., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Proceedings of a workshop on career advancement for women faculty members and administrators within the University System of Georgia are presented. The workshop was a vehicle for faculty development and an experience in networking. Topics include professional writing in science, the humanities, and education; strategies for academic promotion, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Ladders, Editing, Faculty Promotion
Owen, Michael – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1992
There are many excellent scientists in the natural and human sciences in Canada's small universities. If the institutions implement internal procedures to encourage and foster a research climate and if research councils consider alternative strategies for research funding, research productivity could expand greatly in quality and scope. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedZamarripa, Edward – SRA Journal, 1995
A survey of 49 university and other research administrators investigated attitudes concerning research productivity and measures to assess it. Results are compared with those of an earlier survey of research scientists, including a rank-order comparison of the relative importance of a number of productivity measures. Implications for demonstrating…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedBland, Carole J.; Ruffin, Mack T., IV – Academic Medicine, 1992
A review of the literature on university faculty research productivity found a consistent set of 12 characteristics common in research-conducive environments. Findings included (1) the leader has a disproportionate impact through his influence on all the other characteristics, and (2) participative governance is important in promotion of research…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Faculty, Environmental Influences, Governance
Peer reviewedBailey, Jeffrey G. – Higher Education Management, 1994
A study in a new university investigated the relative importance of six factors (job security/promotion, availability of research resources, contribution to university mission, personal stimulation/challenge, colleague relationship, and professional recognition/development) on research commitment and productivity. Discipline, rank, and gender were…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Attitudes, College Administration, College Faculty
