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Download full textAssociation of American Universities, 2011
At the request of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Research Universities, the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have assembled a set of ten recommendations for regulatory reform that would improve research…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Land Grant Universities, Educational Finance, Federal Government
Association of American Universities, 2011
An important factor in the success of America's national research system is that federal funds for university-based research are awarded primarily through peer review, which uses panels of scientific experts, or "peers," to evaluate the quality of grant proposals. In this competitive process, proposals compete for resources based on their…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Peer Evaluation, Quality Control, Public Agencies
Berdahl, Robert M. – Association of American Universities, 2009
A recent ranking undertaken by Jiao Tong University in Shanghai shows 36 U.S universities among the top 50 universities in the world, with eight of the top 10 in the United States. Author Fareed Zakaria has declared: "[H]igher education is the United States' best industry. In no other field is the United States' advantage so overwhelming. Although…
Descriptors: Research Universities, College Role, Scientific Research, Public Policy
