THE DISPERSION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE 1980S

Authors
GEIGER R FELLER I
Citation
R. Geiger et I. Feller, THE DISPERSION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN THE 1980S, The Journal of higher education, 66(3), 1995, pp. 336-360
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
66
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
336 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1995)66:3<336:TDOARI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The distribution of R&D expenditures was examined among the top 200 ac ademic performers of research between 1980 and 1990 to identify patter ns and causes of relative change. Although the most prestigious univer sities registered a significant overall decrease, dispersion did not a dversely affect academic quality. Medical and ''biomedical'' instituti ons constituted a special case with different dynamics and had a stron g propensity to gain research share.