The university as an open system is addressed in 13 papers and 12 abstracts of papers from the 1983 forum of the European Association for Institutional Research. Topics are as follows: program review, analysis of faculty outcomes and characteristics, manpower planning in Dutch universities, adult education in the United Kingdom, outside funding,…

The Presidential Young Investigators (PYI) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has the goals of attracting and retaining outstanding young faculty members in science and engineering, improving the research capabilities of academic institutions, promoting research funding from the private sector, and fostering cooperation between…

The purpose of this 1979 study was to determine the ethnic origin and sex of faculty members and of doctoral students in universities offering advanced degrees in health, physical education, or recreation. It was suggested that such data may be used by institutions to determine future work force availability and to formulate affirmative action…

Professionalism and its relationship to scholarly productivity was studied. Specific areas of analysis were the degree of professionalism of criminal justice educators, rankings of a series of selected publications, and the relationship between professionalism level and journal productivity. Data were derived from responses by 1,028 of 1,274…

The findings and 13 recommendations of a NSF Advisory Council task force that evaluated universities as centers of basic research are presented. Listed are the major strengths of universities as centers for basic research (including continuity and tradition, freedom of research, interactions among disciplines) and such threats to their viability…

Fulbright awards for study abroad for 1981-82 are listed by country and program area, and information is provided on eligibility requirements, application procedure, terms of award, and factors affecting selection for American scholars. Most of the awards listed are for more or less specific fields or disciplines, but some teaching and research…

The continued increase in the number of academically employed scientists and engineers (S/E) in the face of financial constraints in higher education is analyzed, based on data from the National Science Foundation's academic science surveys and extensive interviews of university officials at 23 institutions. The following areas are addressed:…

This paper discusses the growing resource imbalance that is emerging between public and private institutions of higher education and the growing inequality of resources that is occurring within the public and private sectors. It illustrates implications of some of these changes for patterns of faculty compensation and faculty turnover observed…

This paper illustrates a researcher/teacher's "situated," (using the workplace as a cultural context) and "gendered" (following the female's subjective preference for context and relationship) understanding of ethics and school-university collaboration. It discusses two ethical issues that arise when school and university…

Foreign scholars at United States research universities increased by 2.3% in 1995-96, after two years of decline. A large majority are doing research; others are teaching. Almost 42% came from Asia, with the largest number from China. The number from Russia rose 84%. Most are in the medical, physical, or life sciences and engineering, and are…

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…

The status of Australian law and policy concerning college faculty's intellectual property rights is examined briefly. A number of recent occurrences, some reflecting trends and some discrete events, are used to illustrate the legal and cultural circumstances that frame the discussion about intellectual property and academics. (MSE)

Describes the Teacher-Scholar program supported by the Ohio Writing Project and Miami University's Department of English, in which secondary teachers go to Miami University for one year to teach, to study rhetoric and composition theory, and to conduct their own research projects. Reports that, upon returning to their schools, participants conduct…

Origins of the University of California's procedures for systematic review of principal investigators' financial disclosures prior to acceptance of grants, and the manner in which they are working at present, are examined. The disclosure requirements, faculty committee, criteria, and disclosures made during 1988 are described. Two case studies are…

Suggests that highly scholarly active faculty exist in substantial numbers on select college campuses and that such faculty are more likely to be perceived as effective teachers than faculty who are not scholarly active. Presents some findings from an ongoing reseach project as an argument about faculty priorities. (SM)