academic, and private institutions; and conducts research into the nature of geomagnetic variations for purposes of scientific understanding and hazard mitigation....

Columbia University is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, conducting groundbreaking research in medicine, science, the arts, and the humanities. The University collaborated with the...

This article considers the problematic question of student plagiarism, its causes and manifestations, and how it is addressed in academic environments. A literature survey was conducted to establish how higher education institutions approach these issues, and a twofold investigation was conducted at the University ...

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A fact sheet about the NCI program for academic institutions and treatment centers that work with NCI to design and conduct clinical trials.

This paper examines the topic of policy analysis and draws upon the recently developed Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Management Review and Analysis Program which is a guide to conducting a self-study of an academic library's management and organ...

The academic style (conduct) of academic circles has become a hot topic in the media. This article presents an interview conducted by "China Newsweek" with Vice Director Yuan Zhenguo of the Ministry of Education, Social Sciences Department. In this interview, Zhenguo talks about the Ministry of Education's plan to ...

This study aims to benchmark Chinese TEFL academics' research productivities to identify and address research productivity issues. Using a literature-based survey, this study examined 182 Chinese TEFL academics' research output, perceptions about research, personal dispositions for conducting research and workplace context for ...

Mission The mission of the Institute of Human Nutrition (IHN) is to provide outstanding academic, professional education, and training programs in human nutrition and conduct basic science and translational nutrition education and intervention programs. Programs of Study The Ph.D. program, ranked number one

This report reviews what is known about forgetting as it applies to military tasks. It includes research conducted by the Army Research Institute as well as related work performed by the Air Force and Navy and leading academic institutions. The report dis...

the project must be supported by the PVC/DVC (Academic), or equivalent, of the institution/s concerned on the conduct of the project, as specified in the funding agreement. These reports must be signed by the PVCPRIORITY PROJECTS PROGRAM Guidelines and Supporting Information � 2010 Version 1.0 #12;Contents

The international exchange of knowledge is becoming increasingly important for all activities. Within Europe, the need for simple reviews of institutions within one and the same subject area has become more tangible since the European Union started its pu...

The Association of American Medical Colleges conducted the study to determine the feasibility for broadening the application, utility and scope of the cost finding studies conducted by many academic health centers and individual institutions over the past...

This paper considers Australian academic staff members' attitudes to their colleagues in positions of university leadership, based on responses to the international Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey conducted in 2007. When compared with responses from other participating nations, Australian academics ...

BackgroundThe provision of high-quality clinical care is critical to the mission of academic and nonacademic clinical settings and is of foremost importance to academic and nonacademic physicians. Concern has been increasingly raised that the rewards systems at most academic institutions may discourage those with a ...

Research was conducted to improve applicant selection procedures in the AFROTC scholarship program. The objectives were to document predictive relationships, if any, between student aptitude measures, academic major, institutional selectivity, and eventua...

subjects as required for professional training of air pollution abatement practitioners. Academic trainingEnvironmental Protection This training institute assists state and local air pollution control agencies in the acquisition of professional level skills needed for effective conduct of air pollution

The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc., an independent, nonprofit organization, conducts drug testing and evaluations for academic institutions, government, and industry. This monograph is based on papers or presentations from the 66th Annual Sc...

An overview is provided of the government-funded activities within the National Photovoltaics Program. Tasks conducted in-house by the participating national laboratories or under contract by industrial, academic, and other research institutions are highl...

Hudson Institute conducted a one-year study of the national security aspects of the transfer of advanced technology systems and sub-systems to the Soviet Union. The study is supported by interviews with business executives, government and academic economi...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report entitled Condition of the Mid-Atlantic Estuaries. That report summarizes the findings of several studies conducted by federal and state agencies and academic institutions in Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Estuary, and the c...

In 1999-2000, researchers from US EPA's Office of Research and Development in collaboration with several government and academic institutions conducted pesticide exposure assessment studies in Yuma county. Results from these studies have been previously reported (Gordon SM, et a...

Research capacity building has become a prominent theme in higher education institutions in China, as across the world. However, Chinese TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) academics' research capacity has been quite limited. In order to build their research capacity, it is necessary to understand their perceptions about research. This case study ...

Traditionally, academic freedom has been understood as an individual right and a negative liberty. As William Tierney and Vincente Lechuga explain, "Academic freedom, although an institutional concept, was vested in the individual professor." The touchstone document on academic freedom, the American Association of ...

This paper describes grounded theory research conducted amongst postregistration learners completing an undergraduate programme in nursing studies by distance learning at a UK higher education institute. The focus of enquiry was upon student support and learning. Research was conducted between 1996 and 2001 and included 41 interviews ...

The paper examines influences of doctoral study and structured early career interventions on academic work. It uses evidence from a survey in six Australian universities (n=1158) to explore academics' engagement with research and teaching development. It regards universities as social situations that are ambiguous, presenting conflicting opportunities for ...