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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research.

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Success Program Launch: A Research Fellowship for Business Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A new experiential learning initiative at Georgia State promotes research skills, critical thinking and innovation for students majoring in business. In the 2021–22 academic year, business majors made up 19 percent of all U.S.

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Federal Research Partnerships Give Universities a Competitive Edge

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate wanted to build a collaborative research space near Eglin Air Force Base, it turned to the University of Florida. FLARE’s National Security Program Area Lead David Bragg oversaw its construction, and in late 2021, the state-of-the-art, 6,000-square-foot space was opened.

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Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne to Resign After Investigation Found Research Data Manipulation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign and retract or issue significant corrections to five of his papers after a Stanford-sponsored investigation found research data manipulation, The Stanford Daily reported. At various times when concerns with Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged—in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-2016, and March 2021—Dr.

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Doctoral progress reviews: managing KPIs or developing researchers?

SRHE

Given that there were just over 100,000 doctoral students registered in the UK in 2021 ( HESA, 2022 ), it could therefore be argued that the progress review is a relatively prominent, and potentially high stakes, example of higher education assessment.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

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University Research Fact Sheet Guidelines

EAB

Infographic University Research Fact Sheet Guidelines 12 Suggested Fact Sheet Components Institutions need to better articulate the value of university research to a broad group of stakeholders, ranging from boards and legislators to the general public.