Recently added articles from Journal of Research Administration:
From the editor's desk.(Introduction)(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2009; ... This has been a year of remarkable anniversaries. It is the International Year of Astronomy remembering Galileo's first use of the telescope. This year calls to mind the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his Origin of Species ....
Re-imagining the human dimension of mentoring: a framework for research administration and the academy.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Introduction Administrators and educators have become so metric oriented that it has become challenging to retrieve the human face of mentorship. In fact, mentoring may be considered a lost art and science. In Greek mythology, the spirit of mentoring is reflected in the ...
Establishing user needs--a large-scale study into the requirements of those involved in the research process.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Introduction In 2004, the British Government announced its plan to support the development of Virtual Research Environments (VREs). The definition and understanding of what constitutes a VRE has continued to evolve since that time. Based on a definition put forward by Fraser ...
Teaching and assessing the responsible conduct of research: a Delphi consensus panel report.(Report)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Introduction Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) education and training too often emphasize rules like "Do not falsify data" or "Do not plagiarize." These are simple extrapolations of what most researchers learned in kindergarten: lying and stealing are wrong. Reminding ...
Faculty perspectives on academic work and administrative burden: implications for the design of effective support services.
Sep 22, 2009; ... Introduction Around the world, higher education institutions face significant fiscal pressure and escalating costs. At many institutions, researchers are under increased pressure to obtain funded-project revenue as a way of counteracting a decline in government allocations for ...