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IRA Award-Winning Research.
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Seifert, Mary – Reading Teacher, 1983
Presents summaries of the research studies winning the Albert J. Harris Award, the Elva Knight Research Grants Award, and the Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award at the 1983 convention of the International Reading Association. (FL)
Descriptors: Awards, Doctoral Dissertations, Professional Associations, Reading Research
Project Linking Different Computers May Alter the Way Researchers Collaborate.
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
A National Science Foundation project will develop the technology for exchange of scientific documents containing text, images, drawings, charts, graphs, animation, and even voice among dissimilar computers, altering the nature of research collaboration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cooperation, Higher Education, Information Transfer
Why Don't More Blacks Study Blacks?
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Wright, Steven J. – Change, 1979
The scarcity of past research on Black higher education by Black researchers is discussed and compared with present investigations. Five current major studies are outlined and a list of suggested areas for future investigation is included. (JMF)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Education, Blacks, Educational Research
Competition for Federal Money Is Said to Have Damaging Effect on Scientists.
Cordes, Colleen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Intense competition for federal research funds in some areas of science is generating more narrow research training, conflict between research and teaching responsibilities, and alienation and frustration among young scientists, who must scramble for tenuous research positions that lead nowhere. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Employment Opportunities, Federal Aid