The authors offer suggestions for increasing the quality of research in public administration. Suggestions are based on the observation that successful research universities provide four types of support: (1) institutional values supportive of research, (2) faculty capable of doing research, (3) research resources, and (4) institutionalized…

This report provides Rutgers University's policy regarding its commitment to research and graduate education. Briefly examined are some external developments requiring imaginative and aggressive responses on the part of the university so that the school can maintain its position among the top echelon of research universities in the United States.…