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Glantz, Stanton A. – Change, 1972
Great controversy has arisen out of Department of Defense funded projects at Stanford. Many students and faculty believe that militaristic research has no place on a college campus, in spite of protest that the research is of civilian value as well. (HS)
Descriptors: Activism, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Military Organizations
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Mayhew, Lewis B. – Change, 1972
Discusses 3 alternatives for university-based research. (PG)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Institutional Role, Research
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Randal, Judith – Change, 1976
"A Study of Climatological Research as It Pertains to Intelligence Problems," supplied by the CIA to the President's Domestic Council in August 1974, may turn out to be the impetus needed to launch a major publicly funded research initiative. It was prompted by a University of Wisconsin (Institute for Environmental Studies) study on…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Research Projects, Climate, Climate Control
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Farrell, William J. – Change, 1979
The Legislative Environmental Advisory Group (LEAG) is an experimental program whose purpose is to produce public policy research on environmental issues for Iowa state legislators. LEAG's membership, selection of six manageable research areas, evaluation of projects, scheduling, and dissemination of results are briefly discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Grants, Higher Education, Information Needs, Legislators
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Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Hurst, Peter J. – Change, 1996
Using the 1995 National Research Council ratings of doctoral programs in 41 fields, a statistical methodology is offered for assessing how measures of program size, faculty seniority, faculty research productivity, and faculty productivity in producing doctoral degrees influenced raters' decisions. Then using data for one field, economics,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Programs, Economics, Higher Education